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Review past HCS and TxHmL webinars and frequently asked questions.

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.

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

Information on how to become a licensed Nursing Facility provider 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.

These are the PASRR training resources available.

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

Nursing facility providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Department of State Health Services.

HHSC has published a new nursing facility Change of Ownership Report that provides a breakdown of licensing and contracting processing times, and the average time for licensing to complete an initial review.

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

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made recent revisions to the structure of the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP).

Texas nursing facilities (NFs) must not transmit Minimum Data Set (MDS) Optional State Assessments (OSAs) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).