Reports and Presentations

Updates on Federal Rules for Opioid Treatment Programs as requested by the Texas House Public Health Committee.

Updates on Remote Patient Monitoring as requested by the Texas House Public Health Committee.

This presentation provides an overview of HHS's mission, vision, organizational structure, and key functions. It covers key budget drivers and highlights of House Bill 1. It also summarizes the agency's exceptional item requests as well as caseload and cost growth trends.

The first presentation provides an overview of Medicaid and CHIP Services in Texas. The second presentation covers HHSC’s plan for ending continuous Medicaid coverage, including background, federal guidance, and a timeline.

This presentation covers Mental Health Services in Texas. It includes an overview of mental health appropriations and services, as well as COVID-19 funding. Topics covered include prevention and early intervention, community-based treatment and recovery, and community-based crisis response. It also addresses inpatient acute care, including contracted private psychiatric beds, community mental health hospital beds, and state hospital beds.

This presentation provides an overview of HHS's mission, vision, organizational structure, and key functions. It covers key budget drivers and a summary of Senate Bill 1. It also summarizes the agency's exceptional item requests as well as caseload and cost growth trends.

This report provides updates on the improvement process for reducing the time it takes for nursing facility providers undergoing a change of ownership (CHOW) to receive payment for services to Medicaid clients.

The Delivery of Health and Human Services to Young Texans report outlines services for children under six years of age, a critical time of early development which impacts children’s long-term outcomes. This biennial report updates the 2020 edition, as required by Government Code, Section 531.02492(b).

Value-Based Payment and Quality Improvement Advisory Committee Recommendations to the 88th legislature.

This report is required biennially to discuss the effects of telemedicine, telehealth and home telemonitoring services on the Texas Medicaid program including number of providers using these services, geographic disposition of these providers, the number of patients treated, the types of services provided, and the cost of utilization.