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The purpose of this letter is to provide guidance to local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) and Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Program providers regarding implementation of the federal Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings regulations.

HHSC adopted rules in Title 26, Chapter 745, Subchapter M to replace repealed rules in title 40, Chapter 745, Subchapter M. The rules are effective Jan. 26, 2023.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) re-announces recall of 4.7 million Rock ‘n Play Sleepers.

 The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) re-announces recall of 694,000 Rocking Sleepers.

Texas Workforce Commission Child Care and Early Learning Division and Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation have developed a “Roadmap to Success” to support newly licensed/registered child care programs in Texas.

HHSC will submit a final Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The STP is posted for public comment.

IL 2023-03 is posted to the HHS site for HCS, TxHmL, LIDDA, FMSA and EVV.

Child Care Regulation has proposed updates to the Criminal History Requirements Charts. The proposed updates were published in the Texas Register and CCR is accepting public comments from Jan. 6–Feb. 5, 2023.

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has released a Spanish version of the current Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate (OOH DNR) order.

HHSC published an alert on Dec. 21, 2022, informing long-term care providers that expedited delivery is available for a limited time for personal protective equipment through the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

Visit the Texas Register to review a summary of comments HHSC received during the formal public comment period and HHSC’s response to the public comments, including whether HHSC made any changes to the rules.

This alert informs Long-term Care (LTC) providers that expedited delivery is available for a limited time for personal protective equipment through the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

Long-term Care providers are invited to complete a short survey about alternative or after-hours Joint Training opportunities.

Effective Dec. 18, Child Care Regulation is adding a “Transfer Date” field on the “Agency Home Change Request” page of the CCR Account for child-placing agencies.

In response to questions and concerns related to the processing of Individual Plan of Care (IPC) forms, HHSC is clarifying required actions by submitters and how they parallel to processes in the Intellectual Disability (ID) Client Assignment and Registration System (CARE).