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How to become a child care home provider in Texas.

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.

Licensing and regulatory information for residential child care operations in Texas.

Texas HHS protects children by regulating and educating child care providers.

Information for Texas Community Attendant Services (CAS) providers.

Electronic Visit Verification is a computer-based system that verifies the occurrence of authorized personal attendant service visits by electronically documenting the precise time a service delivery visit begins and ends. Texas requires EVV for certain Medicaid funded home and community-based services provided through HHSC and MCOs.

Resources for Texas PACE program providers.

Regulatory information for Texas Home Living Waiver providers.

Beginning April 13, 2025, password requirements to log in to the Child Care Regulation Provider Portal are changing.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for HCS, TxHmL, ISS, PI and ICF/IID providers regarding the latest information from LTCR. 

Long-term Care program providers and regulatory staff are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April and May, .

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will provide an in-person training event for HCS and TxHmL Providers.

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

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will provide an in-person training event for HCS and TxHmL Providers on March 5.

HHSC has published proposed rules changes for Chapter 745, Licensing in the Texas Register.