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Rules and Standards for Child Care in Texas
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing, Policy
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Information about Licensed Child Care & Child-Placing Agency Administrator Licensing in Texas.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing
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Information about controlling persons for child care providers.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Policy
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How to become a child care home provider in Texas.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing
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Information about Texas Child Day Care Provider licensing and regulation.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Children, Food
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The HHS Centralized Background Check Unit is required to do background checks to see if a person has a criminal history or an abuse and neglect history that might be a risk to the health and safety of children. Background checks are required for Child Care providers, Residential Child Care providers, and Foster and adoptive homes.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing
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Licensing and regulatory information for residential child care operations in Texas.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
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Texas HHS protects children by regulating and educating child care providers.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
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Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) 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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy, Reporting
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Food, Policy, Licensing and Credentialing, Contact
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 3, 2023
Due to recent weather, a power outage affected the processing of Electronic Visit Verification visit transactions. HHSC will provide an update when processing is back to normal.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJanuary 26, 2023
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.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJanuary 20, 2023
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) re-announces recall of 4.7 million Rock ‘n Play Sleepers.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJanuary 20, 2023
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) re-announces recall of 694,000 Rocking Sleepers.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation