TITLE: Relating to home and community support services licensing requirements.

SUMMARY: Relating to home and community support services licensing requirements.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to home and community support services licensing requirements. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 142.003(a)(19), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (19) a person that provides home health, hospice, habilitation, or personal assistance services only to persons receiving benefits under: (A) the home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program; (B) the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program; (C) the STAR + PLUS or other Medicaid managed care program under the program's HCS or TxHmL certification; or (D) the Intellectual and developmental disabilities habilitative specialized services (IHSS)program; (E) Section 534.152, Government Code; or SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.