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The term "negotiated rulemaking" specifies a particular process to be used to draft a proposed rule. This process provides for a group of 12-15 stakeholders who represent differing interests affected by the proposed rule to negotiate and potentially reach agreement on a proposed rule.

HHSC is mandated to create and provide nursing facilities with one of the posters required by Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 554, §554.1921(e), the notice of how to file a complaint, giving the toll-free telephone number. This page provides information on how to obtain these posters.

CDS Program Handbooks and Forms

Consumer Directed Services (CDS) Webinar recordings and presentation documents.

Training resources for CDS providers.

Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.

Information on how to become a licensed Nursing Facility provider in Texas.

A list of CDS training presentations.

Texas HHSC, along with the University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.

HHSC is hosting Electronic Visit Verification policy training webinars for program providers, financial management services agencies and Consumer Directed Services employers to complete the EVV policy training requirement.

Nursing facility providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and DSHS.

HHSC in partnership with Simple Long-term Care will be hosting two webinar trainings for nursing facilities to review the updated Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Level 1 Screening Form (PL1) deploying June 30, 2023.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinars hosted in June.

Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) is hosting monthly meetings for Providers and Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs), who use the Long-term Care (LTC) Online Portal for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) waiver programs.