Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 142.004 — LICENSE APPLICATION
HS § 142.004Title 2. HEALTH · Part G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION · Ch. 142. HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES · Art. A. HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES LICENSE
Statute text
View on source(a)An applicant for a license to provide home health, hospice, habilitation, or personal assistance services must:
(1)file a written application on a form prescribed by the department indicating the type of service the applicant wishes to provide;
(2)cooperate with any surveys required by the department for a license; and
(3)pay the license fee prescribed by this chapter.
(b)In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), if the applicant is a certified agency when the application for a license to provide certified home health services is filed, the applicant must maintain its Medicare certification. If the applicant is not a certified agency when the application for a license to provide certified home health services is filed, the applicant must establish that it is in the process of receiving its certification from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(c)The executive commissioner by rule shall require that, at a minimum, before the department may approve a license application, the applicant must provide to the department:
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0398, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 826 (H.B. 4001), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.