— DADS invites Regions 2, 9, and 10 assisted living providers to attend a DADS Regulatory Services Division meeting on May 15, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 4801 Osborne Dr., El Paso Police Department, West Side Regional Command Center. in El Paso. Register here.
— DADS will hold a meeting for Region 6 only NFs on June 22, 2012, from 1-4 p.m. at the United Way of Greater Houston, Auditorium, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston. Register here before June 8.
— DADS will issue an RFP to re-procure CMPAS in existing catchment areas. DADS hopes to have the new contracts in place no later than August 31, 2012. The web link for the RFP for the CMPAS procurement will be available as soon as possible on the Electronic State Business Daily.
— DADS released “Physical and Behavioral Health Services in the Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) and Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Medicaid Waiver Programs (PDF).”