Handbook Revision, July 3, 2023

This revision of the Statewide Intake Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on July 3, 2023. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

Jurisdiction over Home and Community Support Services Agencies (PATS 13990)

This handbook revision updates policy about jurisdiction for the following:

  • Home and community support services agency (HCSSA) providers when the client is an adult and the payment is through Medicaid.
  • All HCSSA providers for children, regardless of funding source.

This policy revision is necessary to comply with House Bill 4696, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session.

See:

2430 IMPACT Resource Searches

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3172 Referred to HHSC

3172.1 Facilities and Services under the Jurisdiction of Health and Human Services (HHS)

3172.2 Dual Jurisdiction

3172.3 When to Close the I&R

3172.4 When to Assign the I&R

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4741 Care Provided in a Child’s Home

4741.1 Specialized Ongoing Care inside a Child’s Home

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4760 Child Lives in an HCS Group Home or Receives Services in Another Setting

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5223.2 Caretaker

5223.3 Paid Caretakers as Alleged Perpetrators

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5331 Loans to an Unrelated Paid Caretaker

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5720 Determining Jurisdiction Based on Payment Source

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5736 Facility Under the Jurisdiction of a Different Health and Human Services (HHS) Program

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6000 HHSC Provider Investigations (PI) Facility

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6823 Unsuccessful IMPACT Search

6830 Dual Jurisdiction between PI Facility and Another HHS Division HHSC LTCR or HHSC HCFR

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6844 Jurisdiction of Reports Involving Children or Adults in HCS Group Homes or Receiving Services in Other Settings

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7000 HHSCProvider Investigations (PI) Community

7100 Provider Investigations – Community

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7222 Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

7222.1 Alleged Perpetrator and Adult Client

7222.2 Alleged Perpetrator and Child Client

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7530 Resource Section

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7620 Reports Involving Children in DFPS Conservatorship

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7643 Past Allegations Related to a Client Who Was a Child at the Time of Incident

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7730 Dual Jurisdiction between PI Community and Another HHS Division HHSC LTCR or HHSC HCFR

Day Habilitation Centers (PATS 13993)

This policy revision does the following:

  • Provides clarification on assessment of reports involving day habilitation centers when the center is licensed as a day activity and health services (DAHS) or individualized skills and socialization (ISS) facility and the alleged perpetrator is an employee of the facility.
  • Updates links to 6750 Contracted Services Outside the Facility in 6634, 6635, and 6638.
  • Adds a link to DAHS in 6810.
  • Updates the list of providers that are not investigated by PI Community in 7710.

Note: Section 6751 is being renumbered (to 6752) but not revised.

See:

6634 Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Condition (ICF/IIDs) and Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Group Homes

6635 Community Centers

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6638 Resource Is Unknown or Not Found

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6750 Contracted Services Outside the Facility (Such as Dayhabs)

6751 Day Habilitation Center (Dayhab)

6751 6752 Choosing the Resource When There Are Multiple Clients

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6810 Facilities Not Investigated by PI Facility

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7710 Providers Facilities Not Investigated by PI Community