Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council Meeting Agenda

Location: For members of the public, the physical location of the conference call will be Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Moreton Building, Room M-100, Austin, Texas 78756.

This meeting will be webcast. This public meeting will be webcast and archived on the Texas Health and Human Services website for later viewing: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings.

Members of the public may access a live stream of the meeting at https://texashhsmeetings.org/HHSWebcast. Select the tab for the Moreton M-100 Live on the date and time for this meeting. Please e-mail Webcasting@hhsc.state.tx.us if you have any problems with the webcasting function.

The Statewide Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) will convene as posted to hear, consider, discuss, and take formal action, as applicable and necessary, on the following agenda items, as time allows:

1. Call to order.
2. Presiding member's welcome, introductions, and logistical announcements.
3. Establish a quorum – roll call and possible action to approve excused absences.
4. SHCC discussion and possible action to approve September 26, 2024, Meeting Minutes.
5. Presentation on the e-Health Advisory Committee (e-HAC). Presenters: e-HAC Vice-Chairs Ms. Nora Cox, Executive Director of the Texas e-Health Alliance and Brett Moran, MD, Sr. Vice President and Chief Health Officer of the Parkland Health and Hospital System.
6. Presentation on Texas (Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health) AIM program. Presenter: Dr. Manda Hall, Deputy Commissioner, Community Health Improvement Division, Texas Department of State Health Services.
7. Presentation on initiative to address congenital syphilis. Presenter: Dr. Kelly Fegan-Bohm, Medical Director, Community Health Improvement Division, Texas Department of State Health Services.
8. SHCC agency representatives’ reports.
   1. Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
   2. Texas Health and Human Services Commission – Medicaid Program.
   3. Texas Department of State Health Services.
   4. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
9. Health Professions Resource Center report.
10. Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies report.
11. Preliminary discussions on 2026 State Health Plan Update.
12. Administrative items and next steps:
    1. Tentative SHCC meeting dates: May 22, 2025, and September 25, 2025.
13. Public comment.
14. Adjourn.

Note: The SHCC may act upon any agenda item.

Public Comment: Members of the public who would like to provide oral or written public comment are encouraged to do so by completing a Public Comment Form https://forms.office.com/r/g0fSxzXkB8 marking the appropriate box for oral or written comment.

Registration for public comment should be completed no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 25, 2025.

• The request must contain your name and either the organization you are representing or that you are speaking as a private citizen and your direct phone number.
• Written comments are limited to three minutes and may or may not be read during the meeting for consideration by the advisory committee.
• Oral public comments are limited to three minutes. Speakers must state their name, and, on whose behalf, they are speaking.
• Public members who are using handouts are asked to provide an electronic copy in an accessible .pdf format that will be distributed by DSHS staff to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council members, State staff, and public distribution. Handouts are limited to two pages (paper size: 8.5” by 11”, one side only) of documentation. Handouts must be emailed to DSHS immediately after registering and include the name of the person who will be commenting.
• Instructions for providing oral comments will be emailed to you.

For Additional Information Contact: Lissette Curry at 512-696-3881 or SHCC@dshs.texas.gov, Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756.

This meeting is open to the public. No reservations are required and there is no cost to attend this meeting.

This meeting will also be conducted via videoconference call in accordance with the requirements of Section 551.127, Texas Government Code. The member of the Council presiding over the meeting will be physically present at the location specified above.

Persons with disabilities who wish to attend the meeting and require auxiliary aids or services should contact Lissette Curry, at 512-696-3881 or SHCC@dshs.texas.gov at least 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements may be made.

Please note that this governmental meeting is, in the opinion of counsel representing the Health and Human Services Commission, an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, and the Health and the Human Services Commission is providing notice of this meeting as required by Chapter 551. In addition, please note that the written communication required by Texas Penal Code Section 46.15(o), prohibiting firearms and other weapons prohibited under Section 46.03, will be posted at the entrances to this governmental meeting.