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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.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing
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Licensing and regulatory information for residential child care operations in Texas.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
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Texas HHS protects children by regulating and educating child care providers.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
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The Minimum Data Set 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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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The SSPD program provides services in a variety of settings to assist individuals in developing the skills needed to remain in the community as independently as possible. Services included in the service plan consist of counseling, personal care and help with the development of skills needed for independent living in the community. Services vary depending on the regional contract This page contains information for SSPD providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Regulatory and other information for Texas Residential Care providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsNovember 7, 2024
To enhance program integrity, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is reducing the use of alternative devices as an approved method to clock in and clock out of for Electronic Visit Verification required services.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsNovember 1, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in November and December.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 31, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in November.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 29, 2024
The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their fall 2024 in-person conference, “Inspire, Educate & Empower Person-Centered Dementia Caregivers.”
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 28, 2024
The current emergency communication system (Connect) for long-term care providers will end on Oct. 31 and will be replaced by the new system (AlertMedia), which is anticipated to go live no later than Dec. 1.
- Provider NewsOctober 25, 2024
HHSC has published proposed rule changes for Chapter 745, Licensing in the Texas Register.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsOctober 22, 2024
The grace period that allowed nurse aides, medication aides, nursing facility administrators and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs to continue with an expired status is ending on Nov. 30.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 18, 2024
Effective Oct. 16, HHSC moved the News and Information and the Provider Letter content to new locations on the Long-Term Care Regulation Provider webpages.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers