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Home Health and Hospice Agencies CLIA Waiver Information

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As COVID-19 testing becomes more available, it will be important for home health and hospice agencies to apply for a CLIA waiver as part of their overall preparedness efforts.

Unless your agency currently provides laboratory services in accordance with 26 TAC §558.284, you will need to apply for a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment waiver to offer and perform certain COVID-19 testing for employees and clients directly.

To obtain a CLIA Waiver for COVID-19 point of contact testing using a rapid POC diagnostic testing device, complete Form CMS-116 (PDF) available on the CMS CLIA website or on the HHSC Health Care Facilities Regulation - Laboratories webpage found under the Application header.

Applications must be emailed to the HHSC regional CLIA licensing group at HHSC HCF Regulation – Laboratories webpage.