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Licensing and regulatory information for residential child care operations in Texas.

Program contact information for STAP vendors.

STAP Vendor Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), contains the most commonly asked questions by  program vendors.

The Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP) helps people who have a disability that interferes with their access to telephone networks purchase basic specialized assistive equipment or services.

To ensure that ALF licensure applicants can meet the requirement to become licensed, HHSC has created this online computer-based training.

Texas Health and Human Services contracts with licensed agencies to provide personal assistance services to people who have physical disabilities who are mentally and emotionally competent and willing to supervise their attendant or have someone who can supervise the attendant for them. The individual interviews, selects, trains, supervises and releases their personal assistants. Health-related tasks are prescribed by physician.

Information about the licensing and regulation of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Texas.

Information about how to become an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) provider in Texas

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation has published Provider Letter 2021-32 (Revised), Implementing ALF Life Safety Code Rules, for assisted living facilities.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in April.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for ALF providers on April 17, from 11 a.m.–noon.

Long-term Care Licensing has created process maps to provide an overview of the licensing and certification process.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in February and March. If you register and can’t attend, please cancel your registration as soon as possible.

On March 1, 2024, as a result of stakeholder feedback, HHSC Long-term Care Regulation withdrew the proposed amendments to 26 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 553 Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities, which appeared in the Dec. 22, 2023, issue of the Texas Register.