Resources
Resources are listed below for assisted living and other residential care providers.
Texas Regulatory Guidance and References
for Assisted Living Facilities
Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities Type A & B (TAC Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 553, Sub chapter C, Section §553.41):
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti=26&pt=1&ch=553
Provider letters are documents informing providers of updated regulation, changes in governance, and other important changes to assisted living facility requirements:
https://apps.hhs.texas.gov/providers/communications/letters.cfm
Health and Safety Code:
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/hs/htm/hs.247.htm
Provider letters are documents informing providers of updated regulation, changes in governance, and other important changes to assisted living facility requirements:
https://apps.hhs.texas.gov/providers/communications/letters.cfm
Forms- Assisted Living Handbook:
https://hhs.texas.gov/laws-regulations/handbooks/alh/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
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
Communications to HHS Services Providers: Provider Letters
https://apps.hhs.texas.gov/providers/communications/
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Provider Information
https://hhs.texas.gov/services/health/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-provider-inform
Resources for current and future residents of assisted livig