TEXAS · CARE PROGRAM
Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS)
Licensed adult day facilities, including those with HHSC DAHS or Title XX contracts; the registry search applies before offering employment to anyone, the DPS check to unlicensed staff.
- Registries named
- 8
- Required
- 6
- Expected
- 2
- Screened by ezOIG
- 7 of 8
- Rules checked
- October 15, 2026
Required checks
Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agencyList of Excluded Individuals/Entities
HHS Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list- WHEN
- MONTHLY At hire and monthly (HHSC-contracted facilities)
- BASIS
- 26 TAC § 52.107(f)
A contractor must: (1) review the LEIE maintained by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and the LEIE maintained by the HHSC Office of Inspector General: (A) before hiring an applicant for employment or contracting with a potential subcontractor; and (B) at least monthly, for each employee and subcontractor;
Read the source law.cornell.edu
HHSC-OIG Exclusions List (Texas Medicaid List of Excluded Individuals/Entities)
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check- WHEN
- MONTHLY At hire and monthly (HHSC-contracted facilities)
- BASIS
- 26 TAC § 52.107(f)
A contractor must: (1) review the LEIE maintained by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and the LEIE maintained by the HHSC Office of Inspector General: (A) before hiring an applicant for employment or contracting with a potential subcontractor; and (B) at least monthly, for each employee and subcontractor;
Read the source law.cornell.edu
Criminal History Conviction Name Search (Computerized Criminal History, CCH)
Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records Division
NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire, unlicensed employees (licensed staff are exempt, § 250.003(a-1))
- BASIS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 250.003-250.004; 26 TAC § 559.51(b)(2)
Identifying information of an employee in a covered facility or of an employee of an individual employer shall be submitted electronically, on disk, or on a typewritten form to the Department of Public Safety to obtain the person's criminal conviction record when the person applies for employment and at other times as the facility or individual employer may determine appropriate.
Read the source tcss.legis.texas.gov
Employee Misconduct Registry (EMR)
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before offering employment, then at least every 12 months
- BASIS
- 26 TAC § 559.51(b)(3)
before offering employment to any individual, search on the HHSC internet website, employee misconduct registry (EMR) established under Texas Health and Safety Code § 253.007, and HHSC nurse aide registry (NAR) to determine if an individual is designated in either registry as unemployable
Read the source law.cornell.edu
Nurse Aide Registry (NAR)
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before offering employment, then at least every 12 months
- BASIS
- 26 TAC § 559.51(b)(3)
before offering employment to any individual, search on the HHSC internet website, employee misconduct registry (EMR) established under Texas Health and Safety Code § 253.007, and HHSC nurse aide registry (NAR) to determine if an individual is designated in either registry as unemployable
Read the source law.cornell.edu
Debarred Vendor List
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
SCREENED BY EZOIG Read with the state's exclusion list check- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire (HHSC-contracted facilities)
- BASIS
- 26 TAC § 52.107(d)
before contracting with a potential subcontractor or offering employment to an applicant for employment, search the Debarred Vendor List maintained by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Read the source law.cornell.edu
Expected checks
Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outrightTexas Board of Nursing License Verification
Texas Board of Nursing
SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, the facility nurse (RN or LVN)
- BASIS
- Standard practice: 26 TAC § 559.59(b) requires the facility nurse to hold a Texas Board of Nursing licence, but no DAHS rule names verifying it
An RN must have a license from the Texas Board of Nursing and practice in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act and rules and regulations of the Texas Board of Nursing.
Read the source law.cornell.edu
SAM.gov exclusions
General Services Administration
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov- WHEN
- MONTHLY At hire and monthly
- BASIS
- Standard practice for Texas Medicaid providers; no Texas rule names SAM.gov for these workers
Also required
Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these- Written policy on tuberculosis screening of employees (26 TAC § 559.51(b)(5))
- Drivers hold a current DPS operator's licence for the vehicle class (26 TAC § 559.59(d)(1))
- Written information about the EMR to each employee (26 TAC § 559.51(b)(3)(B); § 561.3(c))
Why some registries are not screened yet
- Requires an employer account
- Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.
Guidance, not legal advice
This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Texas's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Texas Health and Human Services Commission or your own counsel before relying on it.
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