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Information for Texas Family Care Providers

Advance care planning means planning ahead for how you want to be treated if you are very ill or near death. This page provides information about that process for both providers and consumers.

Listing of handbooks and forms for nursing facility providers in Texas

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.

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

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

Medicaid home and community-based services provide opportunities for people to receive long-term services and supports in their own home or community, rather than in an institution or isolated setting.

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting comments from stakeholders on the following draft rules.

This course covers the Home Health regulatory part of OASIS. It is for administrators and alternate administrators employed at Medicare certified home health agencies and licensed home health agencies seeking Medicare certification.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued revised Quality Safety & Oversight Memo (QSO) 20-39-NH Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19 and allows QSO-20-38-NH on COVID-19 Long-term Care (LTC) Facility Testing to expire.

HHSC will be providing ongoing opportunities for CLASS and DBMD providers and FMSAs to hear about recent program updates.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued memo QSO-23-13-ALL which outlines the expiration of emergency waivers issued during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to the minimum health and safety requirements for nursing facility (NF) providers.

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.