Texas HHSC Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services — Hospital Services Open Enrollment (HHS0017427)

FundingNo fixed award ceiling or guaranteed contract value. HHSC may award one or more contracts and expressly guarantees no volume, usage, or compensation. Hospital services are paid under contracted rate methodologies; authorized ancillary services, including medical equipment and supplies, are paid fee-for-service under applicable HHSC rates and require a separate service authorization.

DeadlineACTIVE OPEN ENROLLMENT — HHSC's current opportunity page lists August 31, 2031 at 12:00 PM CT, while the original Open Enrollment PDF still lists December 31, 2030 at 5:00 PM CT. Until HHSC reconciles the two official sources, Atlas uses December 31, 2030 at 5:00 PM CT as the conservative operational deadline and advises applicants to confirm the controlling close date directly with HHSC.

Last verifiedAugust 30, 2026

Required next actionConfirm the organization qualifies as a general hospital providing inpatient/outpatient hospital services, a specialty hospital providing inpatient comprehensive medical rehabilitation, or an eligible chemical-dependency treatment facility. Review the current HHSC opportunity page and Open Enrollment package, confirm the controlling enrollment close date with the CRS contracting team because the official webpage and PDF conflict, assemble facility licensing/accreditation, insurance, Texas business authorization, service-location and professional-credential documentation, and submit a complete application. Technology or medical-equipment vendors should not treat this as prime hospital eligibility; any ancillary equipment pathway requires an eligible provider relationship and HHSC service authorization.

Broad Eligibility

Eligible applicants/providers must meet at least one of three facility pathways: a general hospital providing inpatient and outpatient hospital services; a specialty hospital providing inpatient comprehensive medical rehabilitation services; or a chemical-dependency treatment facility. Approved service locations, applicable facility licenses/accreditation, insurance, professional credentials and authorization to do business in Texas are required. The program serves individuals with traumatic brain injury, traumatic spinal cord injury, or both through inpatient, outpatient and acute inpatient comprehensive medical rehabilitation services.

Atlas Analysis

A long-horizon Texas healthcare procurement and reimbursement pathway for hospital and rehabilitation services serving people with TBI and TSCI. HHSC may award one or more contracts, but there is no guaranteed utilization or compensation. The contract framework supports inpatient and outpatient hospital care, acute inpatient comprehensive medical rehabilitation and separately authorized ancillary services. The solicitation expressly identifies medical equipment and supplies among allowable ancillary goods/services, with fee-for-service payment based on applicable HHSC rates after service authorization; this creates a potential vendor/subcontract pathway but not general prime eligibility for standalone technology companies. Atlas is publishing the opportunity because it is unquestionably open now while prominently preserving the unresolved official deadline conflict rather than choosing an unsupported later date.

Source verificationOfficial government source · resources.hhs.texas.govAtlas last verified this record August 30, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗