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Rules and Standards for Child Care in Texas

Information about Licensed Child Care and Child-Placing Agency Administrator Licensing in Texas.

Information about controlling persons for child care providers.

How to become a child care home provider in Texas.

Information about Texas Child Day Care Provider licensing and regulation.

The HHS Centralized Background Check Unit is required to do background checks to find out 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.

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

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

Program contact information for STAP vendors.

STAP Vendor Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), contains the most commonly asked questions by  program vendors.

The Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP) helps people who have a disability that interferes with their access to telephone networks purchase basic specialized assistive equipment or services.

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.

HHSC has published proposed rule changes for the chapters below in the following pages of the Texas Register: Chapter 744, 746, and 747.

HHSC Child Care Regulation is thrilled to announce the launch of the updated Search Texas Child Care, a pivotal tool for Texas families seeking the right child care solutions.

HHAeXchange is hosting an Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Town Hall Webinar on Thursday, April 25, from 1–3 p.m. Central time for program providers and financial management services agencies (FMSAs) who use HHAeXchange as their EVV system.