Reports and Presentations

The 85th Legislature authorized the creation or funding of three significant behavioral health collaborative matching grant programs for the 2018–19 biennium to support community programs or collaboratives providing mental health services, behavioral health services or both to specific Texas populations.

Overview of implementation activities for peer support as a Medicaid benefit

The presentation contains a summary of HHSC oversight of nursing facilities, information on citations for abuse and neglect in nursing facilities, impact of three strikes legislation and current background check requirements for professions that work in long-term care settings.

The presentation describes cooperative efforts between HHSC and TEA on trauma informed care.

Section 534.068(f) requires HHS to submit a report annually to the Governor, Legislative Budget Board, and Legislative Audit Committee. The report must include a summary of the significant findings identified during a review of fiscal audit activities. Audits are conducted and submitted to HHS in compliance with Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 534.068(a). 

As Required by Senate Bill 1, Article II, Rider 45, 85th Legislature, Regular Session this report details the agency’s performance metrics related to integrated care, jail and emergency department (ED) diversion, post-release linkage to care, homelessness reduction, supportive housing, and medication adherence to better hold MCOs accountable for the care of individuals with serious mental illness.

The Internal Audit Plan is a list of the schedule audits to be conducted in FY19 based on a business risk assessment focused on identifying and evaluating risks related to each major HHS activity and input from management.

HHSC must submit a report on the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) to the Legislature by December 1 of each year to include LMHA/LBHA employees, contractors, university and ISD employees, school resource officers and individuals from the community who have been trained as MHFA trainers.

Texas Human Resources Code, Section 51.006, requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to publish a report each even-numbered year that summarizes data received from family violence centers under contract with the agency for the Family Violence Program (FVP). This report provides information on fiscal year 2017 program expenditures and highlights the successes HHSC-funded contractors had in providing family violence services to positively impact the health and well-being of family violence survivors and their children.

The report fulfills the fourth quarter requirement which require a quarterly report on waiting lists for mental health services in the former NorthSTAR service area.

This presentation provides an update on changes to HHSC's contracting and procurement processes, improvements made to the agency's oversight of Medicaid managed care, and implementation of legislation from the 85th Session.

Summary: The following report presents quantitative and qualitative information regarding all tags cited at the Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) level during licensing and certification surveys and complaint or incident investigations performed in nursing facilities during the first quarter of 2018 (01/01/2018 – 03/31/2018).

This report includes information on the turnover and fill rates, use of contractors by SSLC and position type, initiatives undertaken during the reporting period to improve staff recruitment and retention, resources expended on the initiatives, and outcomes qualifying the impact of the initiatives at the SSLCs.

Quarterly Rider 217 report for TIERS reflecting actual expenditures, cost savings, and accomplishments.

High performance bonuses are annual incentive payments to states meeting standards established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for high or most improved performance in the administration of SNAP. HHSC is directed to use a portion of bonus awards to develop and operate a nutrition education and outreach program, or other activities to improve low-income consumers’ access to basic nutrition and healthy foods and prepare a report each year of the biennium summarizing its progress implementing the education and outreach program and related activities.

This annually-required legislative report addresses the progress of HHSC, in collaboration with the IDD System Redesign Advisory Committee (IDD SRAC), to implement an acute care and long-term services and supports system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

As Required by Senate Bill 1, Article II, Rider 20, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, this report evaluates how Texas Medicaid providers and managed care organizations use existing Pay-for-Quality measures to improve healthcare delivery and whether these initiatives result in a higher quality of care and improved health outcomes. The report includes recommendations to improve current pay for quality measures, areas requiring additional study, and how the agency could potentially use study findings if it expands the use of P4Q measures into outpatient settings.

This report includes efforts to-date to establish the Veterans Recovery Pilot Program.

This presentation summarizes HHS cybersecurity and data privacy initiatives and HB 8 implementation.

The Unit Cost for Services Report is submitted per Human Resources Code, Section 101A.107. The report must clearly identify the unit cost of each service provided by the 28 Texas Area Agencies on Aging, other than services related to community service volunteering and subsidized employment services.

This presentation provides an overview of HHSC's base and exceptional item requests for the 86th Legislative Session.