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

Advance care planning means planning ahead for how you want to be treated if you are very ill or near death. This page provides information about that process for both providers and consumers.

The term "negotiated rulemaking" specifies a particular process to be used to draft a proposed rule. This process provides for a group of 12-15 stakeholders who represent differing interests affected by the proposed rule to negotiate and potentially reach agreement on a proposed rule.

Information for Texas Family Care Providers

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

Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.

Information about the licensing and regulation of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions (ICF/IIDs) in Texas.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for Assisted Living Facility (ALF) providers on April 16 from 11 a.m. to noon.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation (LTCR) issues guidance on Life Safety Code (LSC) topics at least twice a year.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is hosting a nursing facility provider webinar on March 12 to provide the latest updates from LTCR.

LTCR has updated the ICF federal, licensure and state standards of participation tag crosswalks to the most current version.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued QSO-25-12-NH (PDF).

The legislatively mandated Surrogate Decision-making Program authorizes Surrogate Decision Makers and Surrogate Consent Committees to provide written informed consent for certain treatment decisions for adult individuals with intellectual disabilities who have no legal guardian, and have been assessed to lack the capacity to consent for themselves, and reside in community-based intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related conditions.

HHSC Joint Training is requesting feedback from providers related to a proposed training on the ICF internal investigation process.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is aware that an unauthorized third party impersonating the agency sent an email requesting the recipient complete and sign documents using DocuSign from HHSC employees.