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

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

The SSPD program provides services in a variety of settings to assist individuals in developing the skills needed to remain in the community as independently as possible. Services included in the service plan consist of counseling, personal care and help with the development of skills needed for independent living in the community. Services vary depending on the regional contract This page contains information for SSPD providers.

Information for providers of Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECCs). PPECCs allow minors from birth through age 20 with medically complex conditions to receive daily medical care in a non-residential setting.

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.

Home Delivered Meals provides nutritious noontime meals delivered to people in their homes on a scheduled basis. Meals may also be delivered to a location other than an individual's home, provided the location is within the provider's service area and is approved by the case worker. Those eligible for HDM are aged 18 years or older. An interest list is maintained for people interested in applying for this program. This page contains information for HDM providers.

HHSC is adopting the following new and amended rules regarding child care center interim director in Chapter 746, Minimum Standards for Child-Care Centers.

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) has published the 2025 Proprietary System Operator (PSO) Operational Readiness Review (ORR) onboarding schedule and the new PSO Onboarding Standard Process Overview and Timeline (PDF) to the TMHP EVV webpage.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in December.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in December.

To enhance program integrity, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is reducing the use of alternative devices as an approved method to clock in and clock out of for Electronic Visit Verification required services.

HHSC rescinded PL 2024-20 Requirements for Tuberculosis Screening and Testing. Additional guidance regarding tuberculosis screening and testing will be forthcoming.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in November and December.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in November.

The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their fall 2024 in-person conference, “Inspire, Educate & Empower Person-Centered Dementia Caregivers.”