Texas Administrative Code

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 N	REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
RULE §554.1304	Rehabilitative Services in Medicaid-certified Facilities

(a) Rehabilitative services covered by Medicaid are physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, and speech therapy services.

(b) A facility must ensure that rehabilitative services covered by Medicaid are provided to a resident to evaluate or treat a function that has been impaired by illness or injury. Rehabilitative services must be provided with the expectation that the resident's functioning will improve measurably in 30 days.

Source Note: The provisions of this §554.1304 adopted to be effective May 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 2393; amended to be effective November 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 9387; amended to be effective September 10, 2017, 42 TexReg 4468; transferred effective January 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register December 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 8871