Open enrollment is active. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services (CRS) program is accepting applications under HHS0017426 for Post-Acute Rehabilitation Services (PARS) serving people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), or both.
Services covered: residential rehabilitation, non-residential rehabilitation, outpatient therapy and authorized ancillary goods and services. HHSC requires services to be based on an interdisciplinary assessment and Individualized Program Plan (IPP), with specific services pre-authorized before delivery.
Eligible provider settings: qualifying Texas assisted living facilities, nursing facilities, general hospitals, specialty hospitals, chemical-dependency treatment facilities, Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSAs), and qualifying non-residential post-acute facilities. Required facility and professional licenses/certifications must remain current, and applicable accreditation requirements also apply.
Payment structure: this is a provider-contract and reimbursement pathway, not a conventional grant. PARS uses per-diem and fee-for-service reimbursement. HHSC makes no guarantee of referral volume, utilization or compensation, and CRS is the payor of last resort when comparable benefits are available.
Important deadline discrepancy: HHSC’s current public opportunity page lists August 31, 2031 at 5:00 PM CDT as the submission deadline, while the controlling HHS0017426 Open Enrollment PDF lists December 31, 2030 at 5:00 PM CST as the final date for receipt of applications. Atlas uses the earlier December 31, 2030 deadline as the conservative operational control until HHSC formally reconciles the two official sources.
Technology and equipment note: the OE defines assistive technology broadly as equipment or product systems used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities. It also allows pre-authorized ancillary goods and services to be reimbursed fee-for-service. That does not make general telehealth hardware automatically reimbursable. Any N9+ use would need to be tied to an eligible participant’s authorized rehabilitation plan and accepted by HHSC under applicable ancillary-service and rate rules.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 92/100. This is a durable statewide rehabilitation contracting lane with clear eligibility for hospitals, nursing and long-term-care settings, HCSSAs and other post-acute providers.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 50/100. The opportunity is not a direct equipment grant, but the ancillary-goods structure creates a possible downstream technology pathway when an enrolled provider can document a participant-specific, pre-authorized rehabilitation need and HHSC accepts the item/service and reimbursement treatment.
Official source: Texas HHS Open Enrollment HHS0017426.