Overview
The 2000-01 General Appropriations Act and S.B. 1839 (77th Legislature) established the attendant compensation rate enhancement and the nursing facility direct care staff rate enhancement. This made certain funding contingent upon HHSC adopting agency rules to incentivize increased compensation to attendants and established incentivizes that increased direct care staffing and direct care wages and benefits in nursing homes.
Overview of Community Care Attendant Compensation Rate Enhancement (.pdf)
Overview of IDD Attendant Compensation Rate Enhancement (.pdf)
Overview of Nursing Facility Direct Care Staff Enhancement & Accountability (.pdf)
Enrollment
Open enrollment
Open enrollment begins on the first day of July and ends on the last day of that same July preceding the rate year for which payments are being determined, unless the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) notified providers before the first day of July that open enrollment has been postponed or cancelled. Read more...
New contracts and component codes
A new contract is defined as a contract or component code whose effective date is on or after the first day of the open enrollment period for that rate year. New contracts will be mailed information from HHSC regarding their enrollment. Read more...
Rules
2015 Open Enrollment Information
View the Open Enrollment Notification Letters
Other Documents Important To The 2015 Enrollment Information
View the Participation Status - Levels Awarded
View the Enrollment Contract Amendment Instructions
Complete the Enrollment Contract Amendment form - Open Enrollment for 2015 has closed. Please call (512) 730-7404 if you have questions.
View the Enrollment Worksheets and Instructions
2015 Enrollment Limitations Information
View the Enrollment Limitations Letters
View the Contracts Receiving Enrollment Limitation Letters
View the Request for Revision Report and Instructions
Training Information
View the Enrollment Training Information