The following information was obtained from the April 25 issue of the Texas Register:
Adopted Rules
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) adopted amendments to §§19.208, 19.214, and 19.2112, in Chapter 19, Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification, which will update terminology and state agency names and correct rule cross-references to reflect changes from health and human services agencies consolidations in 2004 and to make sections consistent with other DADS rules.
For more information, see the relevant section of the Texas Register.
HHSC also adopted amendments to §§94.2, 94.3, and 94.9 – 94.11 in Chapter 94, Nurse Aides, which will allow the Nurse Aide Registry to deem a nurse aide to be unemployable based on a finding that the nurse aide is listed as unemployable in the Employee Misconduct Registry.
For more information, see the relevant section of the Texas Register.
