Reports and Presentations

Presentation providing an update on SB 1849 (88R) implementation.

Presentation providing an update on Senate Bill 24 implementation.

Presentation providing update on SB 26 (88R) implementation.

This presentation discusses progress on mental health projects and services funded by the previous legislative session.

This report requires state agencies that pay for the health care of Texans to coordinate data to identify outliers and improvements for efficiency and quality that can be implemented within each health care system.

The 2024-25 General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (Article II, Health and Human Services Commission, Rider 4), directs the Health and Human Services Commission to prepare a report analyzing the costs of state- and federally-funded residential and non-residential services in the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) waiver program, the Texas Home Living waiver program, and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID).

This report evaluates compliance by managed care organizations (MCOs) in allocation of additional funds related to pediatric services and evaluates distinctions in access to care among pediatric age groups, specifically ages 0 to 4 as compared to 5 to 20.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston shall submit annual operating cost to the HHSC for all state contracted inpatient mental health hospital beds funded though Goal D, Additional Health Related Services, and Goal G, Facilities. Click here for Appendix A – Letter Submitted by UTHealth Houston (PDF) and Appendix B – Operational Cost Data Submitted by UTHealth Houston (Excel).

Overview of Texas Medicaid Waivers.

This presentation will be an update on the implementation of HB 1575: Relating to improving health outcomes for pregnant women under Medicaid and certain other public benefits programs.