Who it’s for: New or expanding providers in Texas launching Outpatient, IOP/PHP, Residential, or Detox substance-use/chemical-dependency programs.

Outcome: A complete, submission-ready Texas facility license application with supporting policies, plans, and evidence files—plus hands-on guidance through approvals and pre-opening readiness.

• Feasibility & service line fit: Outpatient vs. IOP/PHP vs. Residential/Detox; level-of-care requirements and staffing implications.
   
• Facility & zoning check: Certificate of Occupancy, fire/life-safety, local inspections, and floorplan review.
   
• Critical path & timeline: Week-by-week task plan from today through first patient.
   

• Texas license application: Completion of all required forms, disclosures, ownership/controlling entity attestations.
   
• Attachments package: Organizational chart, governing body minutes/resolutions, leadership CVs, affiliation docs.
   
• Environmental documentation: Emergency operations, infection control, safety management, incident reporting.
   
• Coordination with HHSC/regulators: We manage questions, follow-ups, and resubmissions until a decision.
   

• Custom policy set aligned to Texas requirements and best practices for your level(s) of care.
   
• Program manuals & workflows: Admission, assessment, treatment planning, discharge/aftercare, outcomes tracking.
   
• Clinical documentation kit: Intake forms, consents, screening tools, progress note templates, audit checklists.
   
• Staffing model & competencies: MD/NP, RN/LVN (as applicable), licensed therapists, counselors, techs; job descriptions and training matrix.
   

• Life-safety readiness: Fire drills, extinguisher logs, hazard surveillance, utility management, ligature/contraband controls (as applicable).
   
• Medication & MAT options: Non-dispensing protocols; if offering MAT/detox, set up physician orders, standing protocols, diversion prevention, and med storage workflows. (DEA/board registrations available as add-ons.)
   

• Pre-survey mock inspection: Tracer-style walkthrough, document review, staff interviews.
   
• Corrective Action Plan (CAP): Risk-ranked findings, owners, due dates, and retest.
   
• Go-live checklist: From final punch-list to first-day script for front desk and clinical team.
   

• Week 1–2: Readiness, document intake, floorplan/CO review, draft critical path.
   
• Week 3–5: Application completion, policy build, environmental plans.
   
• Week 6–8: Submission, regulator Q&A, mock survey scheduling.
   
• Week 9–16: Mock survey, CAP close-out, final approvals & opening prep.
  Actual timing depends on local inspections, facility readiness, and regulator response.
   

• Facility address & floorplan; evidence of CO/fire clearance (or path to obtain).
   
• Ownership/leadership IDs and disclosures; governing body designee.
   
• Preferred levels of care, hours, and service scope; initial staffing commitments.
   
• Point person for weekly decisions and document sign-offs.
   

• Completed Texas license application + all attachments (digital package).
   
• Custom policy & procedure manual and clinical documentation kit.
   
• Emergency operations, infection control, safety program documents.
   
• Mock survey report + Corrective Action Plan tracker.
   
• Go-live checklist and first-week operating cadence.
   

• DEA registration & med management SOPs (if administering controlled meds/MAT).
   
• Payer enrollment/credentialing (Medicaid/managed care, commercial panels).
   
• Joint Commission readiness integration for dual accreditation track.

• Provide all TAC 564 mandatory trainings
   
• Marketing launch kit: Referral outreach plan, scripts, and website content.
   

• Project fee: scoped to level of care & facility readiness (common range: $12,500–$48,000).
   
• Milestones: 40% at kickoff • 40% at submission • 20% after mock survey/CAP close-out.
   
• Guarantee: We cannot guarantee state timelines or approvals, but we stay engaged through Q&A and resubmissions until the agency issues a decision.
   

• Texas-specific expertise across outpatient, IOP/PHP, residential, and detox.
   
• End-to-end: from facility prep and documents to mock survey and go-live.
   
• Plain-English guidance, accountable timelines, and artifacts your staff can actually use.
   

Ready to start?
We’ll book a 45-minute kickoff, confirm scope/level of care, and issue your week-by-week plan within 48 hours.