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Home and community support services agencies should attend this Oct. 21st webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.

Emergency Rules for Home and Community Support Services Agencies Response to COVID-19 in 26 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 558.960 expire on July 21 and will not be renewed.

A recording of the July 15 Home and Community Support Services Agencies Provider COVID-19 Webinar with Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

Long-term Care Regulation will offer a Home and Community Support Services Agencies Provider COVID-19 webinar from 11 a.m.–noon Central time on Friday, July 15

Notice for LTC Providers on revised guidance for COVID-19 flexibility for RN services provided by Telehealth.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibilities were put in place to allow nursing assessments to be provided by telehealth (synchronous audio-visual technology).

Effective May 1, 2022, HHSC will transition certain COVID-19 flexibilities to interim guidance in accordance with House Bill (H.B.) 4 (87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021).

COVID-19 Flexibility for CLASS and DBMD Case Managers will End when PHE Ends

COVID-19 Flexibilities for Pre-Enrollment and Enrollment Will End when PHE Ends

A recording of the April 8, 2022, COVID-19 webinar with LTCR for HCSSA providers is available for those unable to attend.

LTCR provides the latest information and answers questions submitted in advance on COVID-19 in this HCSSA Provider COVID-19 Webinar.

CMS issued revised QSO-21-08-NLTC (PDF) . It informs surveyors of acute and continuing care facilities, including home health and hospice agencies, that use of the special COVID-19 focused infection control surveys and tools are no longer needed on a national basis.

HHSC is not currently assessing compliance with CMS’s Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rules, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 5, 2021.