Articles tagged: Health and Human Services Commission
Health Agency to Press Forward with Licensing Child Detention Centers
The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has submitted a proposed rule that would create a new child care licensing category for detention center...Read More
After Planned Parenthood Ouster, More Medicaid Births and Less Birth Control
A new study released Wednesday reports that after anti-abortion Texas lawmakers blocked Planned Parenthood from participating in the Texas Women’s Health Pro...Read More
Planned Parenthood Ouster Leaves Waco Cancer Patients Without Services
According to a finalized list of BCCS clinics for the 2016-17 fiscal year, obtained Wednesday by the Observer, at least one area of the state where Planned Pare...Read More
Texas Tackles Reweaving a Tangled Repro Health Safety Net Without Planned Parenthood
As Texas consolidates its multi-pronged family planning programs, doctors air their concerns about meeting patients' needs with limited resources.
At Wednesday’s Women’s Health Advisory Committee meeting — the second convening of the nine-member committee assembled to help bureaucrats navigate the c...Read More
State: Two Planned Parenthood Affiliates Guilty by Association
The state has formally begun the process of ousting two more Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates from the joint state-federal Medicaid program, though it hasnâ€...Read More
Texas to Cut Off Remaining Medicaid Funds for Thousands of Planned Parenthood Clients
This latest attempt at defunding Planned Parenthood could mean reduced access to family planning and other reproductive health services for the low-income Texan...Read More
HHSC: Public Input ‘Vital’ to New Women’s Health Panel
The committee — its creation was mandated by an amendment to the state health overhaul bill passed earlier this year — has been tasked with guiding HHSC thr...Read More
Court Hearing Highlights Callous Incompetence Behind Medicaid Therapy Cuts
A Travis County judge has temporarily blocked the state from reducing funding for a Medicaid-backed therapy program for thousands of Texas kids with special nee...Read More
Texas Parents, Therapists Speak Out: No Cuts For Thousands of Special Needs Kids
A rider in the conference committee’s budget, inserted at the 11th hour, made dramatic cuts to the Texas Medicaid Acute Care Therapy Program. Some had suggest...Read More