Resources
Resources are listed below for assisted living and other long-term care providers.
Texas Regulatory Guidance and References
Assisted Living Facilities (ALF)
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/long-term-care-providers/assisted-living-facilities-alf
Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities Type A & B (TAC Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 553, Sub chapter C:
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti=26&pt=1&ch=553
Home & Community-based Services (HCS):
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/long-term-care-providers/home-community-based-services-hcs
HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES (HCS) PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE (CFC)(TAC Title 40, Part 1, Chapter 9, Sub chapter D):
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=40&pt=1&ch=9&sch=D&rl=Y
Nursing Facilities
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/long-term-care-providers/nursing-facilities-nf
Nursing Facilities (NF) (TAC Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 554):
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti=26&pt=1&ch=554
Nursing Homes Code of Federal Regulations:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/part-483/subpart-B
Nursing Home Crosswalks:
Long-term Care Resources
Contracting with HHS
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/business/contracting-hhs
42 CFR Part 483 - REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/part-483
Provider letters are documents informing providers of updated regulation, changes in governance, and other important changes to assisted living facility requirements:
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/long-term-care-providers
Health and Safety Code:
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/hs/htm/hs.247.htm
Ombudsman Programs:
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/about/your-rights/hhs-office-ombudsman
HHS Forms site:
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/regulations/forms
Texas Food Establishment Rules:
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=8590002102
National Fire Protection Association
Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) for facility construction and management:
National Fire Protection Association Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
NFPA 13 Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems (https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/all-codes-and-standards/list-of-codes-and-standards/detail?code=13
NFPA 13D Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes
NFPA 13R Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise Residential Occupancies
Behavioral Health Services Providers (Clinics, HCBS-MH, YES, Substance Abuse, etc.)
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/behavioral-health-services-providers
Other Guidance and References for Providers
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2018). National Provider Identification number:
Cornell University ILR School Employment and Disability Institute. (n.d.). Person Centered Planning Education Site.
http://www.personcenteredplanning.org/.
Internal Revenue Service. (n.d.). Business Structures. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/business-structures
National Institute on Aging (n.d.). What Is Long-Term Care? https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-long-term-care.
Texas Health and Human Services. (n.d.). What is Long-term Care? https://hhs.texas.gov/services/aging/long-term-care/aging-disability-resource-center/what-long-term-care
Doing Business with Health and Human Services
https://hhs.texas.gov/doing-business-hhs
Medicaid & CHIP (Texas)
https://hhs.texas.gov/services/health/medicaid-chip
Managed Care Contracts and Manuals
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Provider Information
https://hhs.texas.gov/services/health/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-provider-inform
Area Agencies on Aging
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/long-term-care-providers/area-agencies-aging-aaa
Dementia Resources
James L West Center for Dementia Care (Training & Events)
https://www.jameslwest.org/education/education-calendar
Alzheimer's Association
Resources for current and future residents of assisted livig