January 16th, 2023

Adoption Date of HCS Rules and Status of Statewide Transition Plan (STP): 

gave HHSC preliminary approval of its STP on 12/21/2022.  The STP will be posted for public comment this Friday (Jan. 20th, 2023).

It is unclear when the HCS rules will be adopted.

See graph of draft rules below (pages 12-17 for HCS).  Includes CLASS, TxHML, MDCP, and DMDB programs as well.

Appendix A: Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Statewide Transition Plan