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Personal Habilitation prepares the applicable onboarding process for clients. This library is here when you want to understand or review a specific official form.

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Most-used packet

Hiring a new employee

Think of this as a sequence: eligibility → background/registry → wage/schedule → agreements → orientation.

Form 1724 · Hiring someone

New Employee Packet Cover Sheet

The checklist/cover sheet that helps make sure the new-hire documents were processed and distributed correctly.

Who: Employer · When: At hire
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Form 1725 · Hiring someone

Criminal Conviction History & Registry Checks

Authorizes required checks and documents the results. HHSC says this must be completed before a service-provider applicant can be hired/retained.

Who: Applicant + Employer + FMSA · When: Before hire
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Form 1728 · Hiring someone

Liability Acknowledgement

Explains and documents the liability relationship between the CDS employer and the applicant.

Who: Employer + Applicant · When: For each potential employee
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Form 1729 · Hiring someone

Applicant Verification for Employees

Documents that the applicant meets required employment qualifications. The FMSA verifies the applicant before hire.

Who: Employer + Applicant + FMSA · When: Before hire/rehire
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Form 1734 · Hiring someone

Relationship Status Certification

Checks whether the employee’s relationship to the person/employer/DR is allowed under the applicable CDS rules.

Who: Service provider + Employer · When: Before hire
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Form 1739 · Hiring someone

Service Provider Agreement

The agreement between the service provider and the FMSA acting for the Texas Medicaid agency. Services delivered before written eligibility approval are not payable.

Who: Service provider + FMSA · When: Before payment / service start
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Form 1730 · Pay & payroll

Wage and Benefits Plan

Records hourly wage, overtime rate, benefits, deductions and payroll/distribution choices.

Who: Employer + Employee · When: At hire and when compensation changes
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Form 1731 · Managing an employee

Employee Work Schedule & Assigned Tasks

Records the employee’s schedule/tasks and changes to them when this form is required.

Who: Employer + Employee · When: At hire and when schedule/tasks change
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Form 1732 · Managing an employee

Management & Training of Service Provider

Documents initial orientation, ongoing training, evaluations, supervision and performance issues.

Who: Employer · When: Orientation, training, evaluation or supervision events
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Form 1732-EMR · Managing an employee

Employee Misconduct Registry Addendum

Documents required notification about the Employee Misconduct Registry.

Who: Employer + Employee · When: Initial orientation and annual evaluation
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USCIS Form I-9 · Federal

Employment Eligibility Verification

Federal employment-eligibility form. Use the current USCIS version and follow document-verification rules.

Who: Employee + Employer · When: New hire
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IRS Form W-4 · Federal

Employee’s Withholding Certificate

Tells the employer how to calculate federal income-tax withholding from pay.

Who: Employee · When: New hire and when withholding changes
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