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Reminder: LTC Provider Reporting Guidelines as COVID-19 Cases Surge

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Assisted living facilities, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual disabilities are required to report COVID-19 cases in residents or staff to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) only if:

  1. It is the facility’s first ever COVID-19 case
  2. It is the facility’s first case after having had no COVID-19 cases among staff or residents for 14 days or longer

Read Provider Letter 2021-04 (PDF).

Email questions to LTCR Policy for more information, including a decision tree on when to report.