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This webpage provides planning and response information, resources and strategies that can assist the area agencies on aging network to better prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies, disasters, epidemics and pandemics.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Office of Area Agencies on Aging (OAAA) applies for grants funded by Administration for Community Living (ACL). These are the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) and Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) grants. In Texas, SHIP is called the Health Information, Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP). Both grants serve Medicare beneficiaries in all 254 counties across Texas. The SHIP grant has existed since 1992 and the MIPPA grant was implemented in 2008 to support the SHIP efforts.

Texas Area Agencies on Aging procedural information.

Information for Texas Community Attendant Services (CAS) providers.

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

HHSC Joint Training is requesting feedback from providers about proposed trainings related to Long-term Care Regulations.

FEI Systems will host a monthly provider demonstration webinar on June 10, 2025, from 10–11 a.m.

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

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

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following hurricane season webinar trainings hosted in May, and June, .

The goal of this course is to give HCSSA providers a detailed overview of what to expect during the survey process.

The April 30 recording of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Programs and Provider Investigations Quarterly Webinar with Long-term Care Regulation is available.

Joint Training will be hosting two in-person training courses in Amarillo for Long-term Care Providers.

Each training will offer guidance for the new CMS All-Payer OASIS Submission Requirement, effective Jan. 1, 2025, and mandatory by July 1, 2025. 

Joint Training will be hosting an in-person emergency preparedness training for long-term care providers on April 17.