Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 554 - NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AND MEDICAID CERTIFICATION
Subchapter T - ADMINISTRATION
Section 554.1901 - Administration

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 554.1901

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

A nursing facility must be administered in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

(1) Licensure. A nursing facility (NF) must be licensed by HHSC as described in § 554.201 of this chapter (relating to Criteria for Licensing).

(2) Compliance with federal, state, and local laws and professional standards. The facility must operate and provide services in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards and principles that apply to professionals providing services in such a facility.

(3) Medicaid-certified facilities' relationship to other Health and Human Services regulations.

(A) In addition to compliance with the regulations set forth in this chapter, as Medicaid providers, facilities are obliged to meet the applicable provisions of other federal regulations, including those pertaining to:
(i) nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (45 CFR, Part 80);

(ii) nondiscrimination on the basis of disability (45 CFR, Part 84);

(iii) nondiscrimination on the basis of age (45 CFR, Part 91);

(iv) nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability (45 CFR, Part 92);

(v) protection of human subjects of research (45 CFR, Part 46);

(vi) protection from fraud and abuse (42 CFR , Part 455); and

(vii) protection of individually identifiable health information (45 CFR, Parts 160 and 164).

(B) Although the regulations listed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph are not in themselves considered requirements under 42 CFR, Part 483, their violation may result in the termination or suspension of payment with federal funds, or the refusal to grant or continue payment with federal funds.

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