Texas does not issue a separate 'memory care license.' Any facility that markets or holds itself out as providing dementia care must instead file an Alzheimer's/dementia Disclosure Statement with HHSC under 26 TAC Section 553.264, and make it available to families before admission.
What this means in practice
This surprises a lot of Fort Worth families who assume memory care is licensed the same way as, say, a nursing home specialty unit would be. It isn't. The disclosure statement is a required document, not a marketing brochure -- it must describe the facility's dementia-specific philosophy of care, staffing and training standards, physical environment and secured-egress design, and how residents are assessed before and after admission. Ask to see the current disclosure statement by name on any tour. A facility that cannot produce one immediately for a unit it is actively marketing as memory care is not meeting a basic Texas requirement, and that alone is worth asking follow-up questions about.
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