Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 262 - TEXAS HOME LIVING (TxHmL) PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE (CFC) › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 262.5 - Description of TxHmL Program Services

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) TxHmL Program
				  services are described in this section and in Appendix C of the TxHmL Program
				  waiver application approved by CMS.
(1)
				  Adaptive aids include devices, controls, or items that are necessary to address
				  specific needs identified in an individual's service plan. Adaptive aids enable
				  an individual to maintain or increase the ability to perform ADLs or the
				  ability to perceive, control, or communicate with the environment in which the
				  individual lives.
(2) Audiology is
				  the provision of audiology as defined in the Texas Occupations Code Chapter
				  401.
(3) Speech and language
				  pathology is the provision of speech-language pathology as defined in the Texas
				  Occupations Code Chapter 401.
(4)
				  Occupational therapy is the provision of occupational therapy as described in
				  the Texas Occupations Code Chapter 454.
(5) Physical therapy is the provision of
				  physical therapy as defined in the Texas Occupations Code Chapter
				  453.
(6) Dietary is the provision
				  of nutrition services as defined in the Texas Occupations Code Chapter
				  701.
(7) Behavioral support is the
				  provision of specialized interventions that:
(A) assist an individual to increase adaptive
				  behaviors to replace or modify maladaptive or socially unacceptable behaviors
				  that prevent or interfere with the individual's inclusion in home and family
				  life or community life; and
(B)
				  improve an individual's quality of life.
(8) Day habilitation is assistance with
				  acquiring, retaining, or improving self-help, socialization, and adaptive
				  skills provided in a location other than the residence of an individual. Day
				  habilitation does not include in-home day habilitation.
(9) In-home day habilitation is assistance
				  with acquiring, retaining, or improving self-help, socialization, and adaptive
				  skills provided in the individual's residence.
(10) Dental treatment is:
(A) emergency dental treatment;
(B) preventive dental treatment;
(C) therapeutic dental treatment;
				  and
(D) orthodontic dental
				  treatment, excluding cosmetic orthodontia.
(11) Minor home modifications are physical
				  adaptations to an individual's residence to address specific needs identified
				  by an individual's service planning team.
(12) Licensed vocational nursing is the
				  provision of licensed vocational nursing as defined in the Texas Occupations
				  Code Chapter 301.
(13) Registered
				  nursing is the provision of professional nursing as defined in the Texas
				  Occupations Code Chapter 301.
(14)
				  Specialized registered nursing is the provision of registered nursing to an
				  individual who has a tracheostomy or is dependent on a ventilator.
(15) Specialized licensed vocational nursing
				  is the provision of licensed vocational nursing to an individual who has a
				  tracheostomy or is dependent on a ventilator.
(16) Community support provides
				  transportation to an individual.
(17) Respite provides temporary relief for an
				  unpaid caregiver of an individual in a location other than the individual's
				  residence.
(18) In-home respite
				  provides temporary relief for an unpaid caregiver of an individual in the
				  individual's residence.
(19)
				  Employment assistance provides assistance to help an individual locate paid
				  employment in the community.
(20)
				  Supported employment provides assistance, in order to sustain competitive
				  employment, to an individual who, because of a disability, requires intensive,
				  ongoing support to be self-employed, work from home, or perform in a work
				  setting at which individuals without disabilities are
				  employed.