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1 2514 Stenson Dr | Cedar Park TX 78613 | 512-336-1005 | LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES HANDBOOK TAC TITLE 40, PART 1, CHAPTER 97 | Page 1 of 94 LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES HANDBOOK TAC TITLE 40, PART 1, CHAPTER 97 The following information is provided to individuals for the sole purpose of preparing to complete education courses which will allow that individual to complete the necessary education prerequisites required to become a Home Health Administrator or Alternate Administrator.

2 This information was obtained from the DADS website on June 15, 2012. Because unlike a nursing home or assisted living facility where patients come to you, you are entering a patient s home therefore you must be held to a higher standard. There is a greater level of trust involved. It remains the full responsibility of each agency to remain in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations and/or laws governing HCSSAs and the services they provide. Agencies must be able to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulations and/or laws during the initial HCSSA survey and during any subsequent visits.

3 2514 Stenson Dr | Cedar Park TX 78613 | 512-336-1005 | LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES HANDBOOK TAC TITLE 40, PART 1, CHAPTER 97 | Page 2 of 94 LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES HANDBOOK TAC TITLE 40, PART 1, CHAPTER 97 SUBCHAPTER A ~ PURPOSE AND SCOPE (a) Purpose (1) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the Health and Safety Code (HSC), Chapter 142, which provides the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) with the authority to adopt minimum STANDARDS that a person must meet in order to be licensed as a Home and COMMUNITY Support Services Agency (HCSSA) and also to qualify to provide certified home health services.

4 The requirements serve as a basis for licensure and survey activities. (2) Except as provided by the HSC relating to Exemptions from LICENSING Requirement, a person, including a health care facility licensed under the HSC, may not engage in the business of providing home health, hospice, or Personal Assistance Services (PAS), or represent to the public that the person is a provider of home health, hospice, or PAS for pay without a HCSSA license authorizing the person to perform those services issued by DADS for each place of business from which home health, hospice, or PAS is directed.

5 A certified HCSSA must have a license to provide certified home health services. (b) Scope. This chapter establishes the minimum STANDARDS for acceptable quality of care, and a violation of a minimum standard is a violation of law. These minimum STANDARDS are adopted to protect clients of HCSSAs by ensuring that the clients receive quality care, enhancing their quality of life. (c) Limitations. Requirements established by private or public funding sources such as health maintenance organizations or other private third-party insurance, Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA)), Medicare (Title XVIII of the SSA), or state-sponsored funding programs are separate and apart from the requirements in this chapter for agencies.

6 No matter what funding sources or requirements apply to an agency, the agency must still comply with the applicable provisions in the statute and this chapter. The agency is responsible for researching availability of any funding source to cover the services the agency provides. ~ DEFINITIONS The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Accessible and Flexible Services ~ services which are delivered in the least intrusive manner possible and are provided in all settings where individuals live, work, and recreate.

7 (2) Administration of Medication ~ the direct application of any medication by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means to the body of a client. The preparation of medication is part of the administration of medication and is the act or process of making ready a medication for administration, including the calculation of a client's medication dosage; altering the form of the medication by crushing, dissolving, or any other method; reconstitution of an injectable medication; drawing an injectable medication into a syringe; preparing an intravenous admixture; or any other act required to render the medication ready for administration.

8 (3) Administrative Support Site ~ a facility or site where an agency performs administrative and other support functions but does not provide direct home health, hospice, or personal assistance services. This site does not require an agency license. (4) Administrator ~ the person who is responsible for implementing and supervising the administrative polices and operations of a home and COMMUNITY support services agency and for administratively supervising the provision of all services to agency clients on a day-to-day basis. 2514 Stenson Dr | Cedar Park TX 78613 | 512-336-1005 | LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES HANDBOOK TAC TITLE 40, PART 1, CHAPTER 97 | Page 3 of 94 (5) Advanced Practice Nurse ~ a registered nurse who is approved by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) to practice as an advanced practice nurse and who maintains compliance with the applicable rules of the BON.

9 See the BONs definition in 22 TAC (6) Advisory Committee ~ a committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group, or any subcommittee or other subgroup, established for the purpose of obtaining advice or recommendations on issues or policies that are within the scope of a person's responsibility. (7) Affiliate ~ with respect to an applicant or license holder, which is: (A) a corporation means each officer, director, and stockholder with direct ownership of at least 5%, subsidiary, and parent company; (B) a limited liability company means each officer, member, and parent company; (C) an individual means: (i) the individual's spouse; (ii) each partnership and each partner thereof of which the individual or any affiliate of the individual is a partner.

10 And (iii) each corporation in which the individual is an officer, director, or stockholder with a direct ownership or disclosable interest of at least 5%. (D) a partnership means each partner and any parent company; and (E) a group of co-owners under any other business arrangement--means each officer, director, or the equivalent under the specific business arrangement and each parent company. (8) Agency ~ a home and COMMUNITY support services agency. (9) Alternate Delivery Site ~ a facility or site, including a residential unit or an inpatient unit: (A) that is owned or operated by an agency providing hospice services; (B) that is not the hospice's principal place of business.