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The HHS Executive Commissioner Cecile Erwin Young today named Dr. Jennifer Shuford commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, effective immediately.

HHS employees sponsored 852 wish lists and donated over 2,500 gifts to children in foster care.

In anticipation of the upcoming solicitation and resulting contract for STAR Kids, HHSC is issuing this Request for Public Comment to seek information and comments regarding the proposed Best Value Criteria the agency will use to evaluate and select the successful respondent.

The new channel has been popular, garnering more than 1,600 subscribers and tens of thousands of video views.

HHS in the News features news stories and articles about the positive impact the Texas Health and Human Services Commission provides Texans through its programs and services. 

HHSC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Children’s Health hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the state’s newest psychiatric hospital in Dallas, The Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that HHSC is providing more than $341.4 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for the month of December.

HHSC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Children’s Health are hosting a groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 5 to kick off construction of the state’s newest psychiatric hospital in Dallas.

World AIDS Day provides an opportunity to unite in the fight against HIV, show support for people living with HIV and remember those who have died from an HIV-related illness.

HHSC and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin will host a media tour at Austin State Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 29, to showcase a major construction milestone of the 240-bed replacement hospital.