Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Questions Related to COVID-19

Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent this bulletin at 05/15/2020 04:05 PM CDT / Este e-mail ha sido enviado por Texas Health and Human Services Commission el 05/15/2020 04:05 PM CDT
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Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Questions Related to COVID-19

HHS has published a HCS and TxHmL Frequently Asked Questions Related to COVID-19 (PDF). Topics include:

  • General Policies and Procedures
  • Grocery Store Letters
  • Essential Services
  • Provider Transfers
  • Documentation Requirements
  • Auto-Renewals of Individual Plan of Care (IPC)
  • Provider Rate Increases and Billing for Services
  • Nursing
  • Community First Choice Personal Attendant Services/Habilitation
  • Consumer Directed Services
  • Day Habilitation
  • Individual Absences from Residential Support Services/Supervised Living/Host Home/Companion Care
  • Own Home/Family Home
  • Waiver Survey and Certification
  • Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authorities
  • Electronic Visit Verification
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Staffing
  • General Questions for HCS, TxHmL and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individual with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ICF/IID)
  • Life Safety Code and Fire Marshal Inspections