Reports and Presentations

Note: These files are in PDF format unless otherwise noted.

December 2, 2022

Report on the Mental Health First Aid Program for Fiscal Year 2022
MHFA is an evidence-based curriculum used to teach individuals how to help someone who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
Annual Report on Quality Measures and Value Based Payments - Fiscal Year 2022
This report describes HHSC Value-based Care Strategy and Managed Care Value-Based Payment Programs, Quality Improvement Programs, Trends in Quality Measures, MCO Performance Indicator Dashboard, HIV Viral Suppression, Relocation to a Community-Based Setting and Statewide Initiatives to Improve Maternal Health Care.

November 30, 2022

Pilot Program for Providing Medical Transportation to Pregnant Women and New Mothers - Pilot Results - 2022
HHSC must implement a pilot allowing a woman during and after pregnancy enrolled in STAR to bring another child with her when using nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) services.
Promoting Independence Plan - December 2022
The Promoting Independence Plan is Texas' comprehensive response to the Supreme Court's 1999 Olmstead decision, but also outlines a vision and guiding principle for the Health and Human Services Commission to provide a system of holistic services and supports that foster independence and self-determination for people with disabilities so that they may be able to live fully integrated into their chosen communities.

November 28, 2022

State Efforts to Address Maternal Depression, Mortality and Morbidity in Texas - 2022
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) system’s strategies, programs, and initiatives to reduce maternal depression, mortality and morbidity.
STAR Kids Alternative Model Feasibility Report - 2022
This report includes research findings and stakeholder feedback regarding the provision of Medicaid benefits to children enrolled in the STAR Kids managed care program under an accountable care organization or alternative payment model.

November 21, 2022

Community Resource Coordination Groups of Texas Report - 2022
The report provides information about the experiences of CRCGs in their efforts to provide a coordinated approach to service delivery for children, youth, adults, and families with multi-agency needs.

November 16, 2022

Medicaid Behavioral Health in-lieu-of Services - Annual Report 2022
HHSC must implement contract provisions allowing an MCO to offer their members certain medically appropriate, cost-effective, evidence-based services in lieu of mental health or substance use disorder services specified in the Medicaid State Plan.

October 13, 2022

Consolidated Reporting of Opioid Use Disorder Related Expenditures - Fiscal Year 2021
Rider 52 requires HHSC to submit a report that provides information about actual annual expenditures from the previous fiscal year for all opioid-related programs at HHSC, DFPS and DSHS.

October 10, 2022

Next Steps - A Study on State Hospital Step-Down Services - 2022
Report on the efficacy and efficiency of step-down services in diverting people from the state mental health hospital inpatient system into the community.