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Kidney Health Care is a statewide program that helps Texans with end-stage renal disease pay for: Dialysis treatments Access surgery Drugs Travel to transplant or dialysis services (mileage reimbursement) Medicare premiums

The HHS Centralized Background Check Unit is required to do background checks to find out if a person has a criminal history or an abuse and neglect history that might be a risk to the health and safety of children. Background checks are required for Child Care providers, Residential Child Care providers, and Foster and adoptive homes.

Pediatric palliative care is a unique area of practice. Unlike adult palliative care, pediatric palliative care focuses on both quality of life and the developmental stage of the child.

Palliative care is patient-centered and family-focused care that provides an adult or child of any age with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness.

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

The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized collection of demographic and clinical information that describes a person's overall condition. All licensed nursing facilities in Texas are required to submit MDS assessments for all residents admitted into their facility. The current version is MDS 3.0.

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

Texas local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) provider information.

Information about permanency planning for children.

IDD Program Eligibility & Support (IDD PES) has both advisors and reviewers. Reviewers can help with level of care determinations.

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

The Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas.

HHSC Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services has published a memo to the local IDD authorities outlining their role after Long-term Care Regulation identifies a potential threat.

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