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Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting informal comments from stakeholders on the following proposed rule — Title 26 Chapter 553, Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities.

HHSC Publishes FAQs for ALF Providers

HHSC has extended the start date when Electronic Visit Verification claims for Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living will deny for no matching EVV visit.

On Friday, HHSC published a notice announcing a power outage that affected the processing of Electronic Visit Verification visit transactions. The Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership has now processed all impacted visit transactions successfully. All processing is back to normal.

Due to recent weather, a power outage affected the processing of Electronic Visit Verification visit transactions. HHSC will provide an update when processing is back to normal.

HHS reminds long-term care facilities and agencies to review and update emergency plans for freezing temperatures and snow.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in February. Please verify if registering for a webinar or in-person class.

HHSC is offering the January 2023 online quarterly webinar for Financial Management Services Agencies. This webinar is a mandatory training intended only for FMSAs currently contracted with HHSC and managed care organizations.

Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership updated the Electronic Visit Verification Portal and related training materials on Jan. 13.

HHSC will submit a final Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The STP is posted for public comment.

A new version of the Electronic Visit Verification Personal Care Services Bill Codes table is available in Excel and PDF formats on the EVV web page.

A recording of the Jan. 11 assisted living facility updates webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

Following the repeal of the Assisted Living Facility COVID-19 Emergency Rules, HHSC Long-term Care Regulation (LTCR) has retired the COVID-19 Response Plan for ALFs and the ALF Frequently Asked Questions document, effective Jan. 10, 2023.

IL 2023-03 is posted to the HHS site for HCS, TxHmL, LIDDA, FMSA and EVV.

HHSC is amending the Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Texas Administrative Code rules (Title 1, Chapter 354, Project number 21R152), which describes requirements related to EVV.