Texas nursing homes cited for immediate jeopardy

• 736 of 1,177 Texas nursing homes (63%) have at least one deficiency at severity J, K or L, the "immediate jeopardy" level, in the CMS records for their last three inspection cycles.
• 140 of them had such a citation in the 12 months before CMS processed this data (Sep 1, 2026) that is not recorded as past non-compliance. They are listed first.
• Across Texas the records hold 2,152 J/K/L citations; 545 of them (25%) are recorded as past non-compliance, meaning the home had already fixed the problem before the inspection.

Federal rules define immediate jeopardy as "a situation in which the provider's noncompliance with one or more requirements of participation has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to a resident" (42 CFR 488.301). Each citation describes conditions found at that inspection; homes must correct them, and many were corrected long ago. "Disputed" means CMS shows a J/K/L citation still under informal dispute resolution as of the data date. How severity works.