7000, Required PASRR Training
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Revision Notice 22-1; Effective Nov. 28, 2022
Local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) must ensure that PASRR evaluators, habilitation coordinators, and service coordinators conducting transition planning are trained per 26 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 303.
Required HHSC-developed trainings related to PASRR can be found on the HHS Learning Portal PASRR Training page. To access training, create a user login and follow the instructions to complete the courses.
7100, Required Training for a Habilitation Coordinator
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7100, Required Training for a Habilitation Coordinator
Revision 22-1; Effective Nov. 28, 2022
7110 Training Completed Prior to Habilitation Coordination
Revision 22-1; Effective Nov. 28, 2022
LIDDAs must develop trainings at a local level to ensure, before providing habilitation coordination, a habilitation coordinator receives trainings that address:
- appropriate LIDDA policies, procedures, and standards;
- HHSC rules relating to PASRR, the provision of specialized services, and other HHSC rules affecting the LIDDA, including:
- 26 TAC Chapter 303, related to PASRR; and
- 26 TAC Chapter 554, Subchapter BB, Nursing Facility (NF) Responsibilities Related to PASRR.
- HHSC's IDD PASRR Handbook;
- developing and implementing a Habilitation Service Plan (HSP);
- conducting assessments, service planning, coordination, and monitoring;
- providing crisis prevention and management;
- community support services;
- presenting community living options using HHSC-developed materials and forms, and offering educational opportunities and informational activities about community living options;
- arranging visits to community providers;
- accessing specialized services for a person;
- the rights of a person with an intellectual disability (ID), including the right to live in the least restrictive setting appropriate to the person's individual needs and abilities and in a variety of living situations, as described in the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act, Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 592 and in an HHSC-developed rights handbook; and
- advocacy for individuals with ID or developmental disability (DD).
In addition to the trainings above, LIDDAs must also ensure the following trainings are completed before habilitation coordinators provide services:
- HHSC computer-based training, An Overview of the PASRR Process ; and
- additional trainings designated by HHSC. Please refer to Section 7200, HHSC-developed Training.
7120 Training Completed Within the First 60 Days of Habilitation Coordination
Revision 25-1; Effective Nov. 12, 2025
LIDDAs must make sure a habilitation coordinator completes the following training within the first 60 days of performing habilitation coordination duties:
- All HHSC instructor-led training about habilitation coordination, and
- HHSC computer-based training, Introduction to Person-Centered Planning.
Note: Habilitation coordinators must complete all trainings in 7110, Training Completed Prior to Habilitation Coordination, before providing habilitation coordination. Until the habilitation coordinator completes the trainings required in this section, a supervisor, team lead or quality monitoring staff person who has successfully completed the trainings in this section must review and sign off on work completed by a habilitation coordinator.
7130 Training Completed Within the First Year of Habilitation Coordination
Revision 25-1; Effective Nov. 12, 2025
A habilitation coordinator must complete person-centered thinking training approved by HHSC within the first year of performing habilitation coordination duties.
7140 LIDDA Responsibilities of Habilitation Coordinator
Revision 25-1; Effective Nov. 12, 2025
A LIDDA must:
- make sure a habilitation coordinator shows competency in providing habilitation coordination; and
- maintain documentation of the training received by habilitation coordinators.
7200, HHSC-Developed Training
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Revision 22-1; Effective Nov. 28, 2022
All new PASRR staff regardless of role or function are required to complete the online course entitled An Overview of the PASRR Process.
Additionally, the following instructor-led courses are required based upon the functions the staff person performs for the LIDDA:
- If new staff performs or supervises habilitation coordination duties, they must successfully complete Service Planning and Monitoring.
- If new staff performs or supervises PASRR service coordination/enhanced community coordination (SC/ECC) duties, they must successfully complete Transition and Diversion.
- If new staff performs or supervises staff who conduct PASRR evaluations (PEs), they must successfully complete PL1 and PE.