The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Quality Monitoring Program (QMP) helps address conditions in Texas nursing facilities (NFs) that could be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of residents. QMP is not a regulatory program and quality monitors do not cite deficient practices. Quality monitors prioritize visits to NFs that have a history of resident care deficiencies, or that have been identified as having a higher-than-average risk of being cited for significant deficiencies in future surveys conducted by the HHSC Long-Term Care Regulation staff. During these visits, the quality monitors — nurses, pharmacists, and dietitians may:
The 2025 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference (QLTCC) will be held at the Renaissance Austin Hotel, Aug. 27-28, 2025.
The QLTCC offers presentations from nationally and internationally recognized experts. The topics include caring for people with dementia; infection prevention and control; current heath care trends; and cutting-edge advances in long-term care, aging, and disabilities.
QMP has developed evidence-based best practice frameworks for improving the quality of care provided to people living in Texas nursing facilities.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas. This partnership makes available eight web-based modules delivering best practices education to providers of long-term care in Texas nursing homes. The modules are:
Each module provides education and resources for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, direct care staff, residents, and their family members. Continuing education credit is available for registered nurses, certified nurse aides and licensed nursing facility administrators. The information provided will help guide the decision-making process and improve care, using evidence-based best practices. This educational opportunity is provided free of charge.
House Bill (HB) 2658, 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 amended the Government Code section 533.00251, adding Subsection (h) and directed the HHSC executive commissioner to adopt rules regarding the MPS for NFs that participate in STAR+PLUS.
For more information on the minimum performance standards, benchmarks, and resources, read Nursing Facility Minimum Performance Standards.
QMP Resources has training information, innovative interventions, and other tools.
In 2001, the 77th Texas Legislature passed the Texas Long-Term Care Facility Quality Improvement Act (Senate Bill 1839). This bill had several components, one of which was the Quality Monitoring Program for Nursing Facilities.
Based on that bill, the following state rules and statutes were created:
