Tag Archives: Health and Human Services Commission
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
UPDATED: Cuts Threaten Therapy Services for Disabled Texas Kids
Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a budget rider directing the Health and Human Services Commission to find ways to save on Medicaid therapy costs. The ...Read More
Report: Thousands Fewer Women Served by Women’s Health Program Since 2011
According to a biennial report released Tuesday by the Health and Human Services Commission, the number of women served by the Texas Women’s Health Program dr...Read More
