Choosing services, delivery model, or providers
Confirm authorization, rate basis, provider acceptance, and start
Treat the official rate schedule as one input and obtain case-specific service and start confirmation.
Official sources checked 2026-07-28
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HCS Payment Rates Effective September 1, 2025Before you start
- Program, service, code or modifier when applicable, unit, level of need or delivery context, plan and authorization, provider or CDS arrangement, effective date, schedule, and proposed start.
Who to contact
Use the official destination above or the LIDDA, service coordinator, program office, or contact named in the current notice.
Step by step
- Match the service to the current official schedule, including code, unit, context, components, and effective period.
- Confirm the person-specific service authorization and applicable delivery model.
- Get provider or CDS implementation acceptance, schedule, and start date in writing.
Expected next
Written authorization and implementation start, or a named unresolved dependency.
Save this proof
Plan, authorization, rate source and effective date, exact rate row, provider or CDS confirmation, schedule, and start.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Require the service coordinator and provider or FMSA to reconcile any conflict before treating the service as ready.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Confirm authorization, rate basis, provider acceptance, and start checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and date started
- Documents or information supplied
- Confirmation or notice
- Current status
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from LIDDA Person-Directed Planning, TxHmL and CFC Individual Plan of Care, HCS Payment Rates Effective September 1, 2025
Official resources
Limits
The September 1, 2025 schedule was the current official HCS schedule found on July 28, 2026. A published rate is not individual authorization, take-home pay, provider capacity, family liability, or a start date.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.