Texas Health and Human Services (2024)

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HHSC manages programs that help families with food, health care, safety, and disaster services including the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Children's Medicaid, and Supplemental Nutritional Assistance (SNAP) programs.

HHSC manages programs that help families with food, health care, safety, and disaster services including the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Children's Medicaid, and Supplemental Nutritional Assistance (SNAP) programs.

You can make a complaint by mail or fax, but HHS prefers that people submit online via the Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) or call 1-800-458-9858 so we can get all of the information right away to investigate and resolve a complaint.

We'll send you a letter when it's time to renew your benefits. If you need to sign a renewal form you can: Sign it electronically on Your Texas Benefits. Call 2-1-1 to have a paper form mailed to you.

Kate Hendrix is the chief of staff for Texas Health and Human Services Commission Executive Commissioner Cecile Erwin Young. She supports and advises the Executive Commissioner and oversees the day-to-day operations of the commissioner's office.

The Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is currently being conducted. If you receive a phone call on behalf of the Texas Department of State Health Services and CDC asking you to answer some questions about your health and health practices, it is a legitimate phone call.

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

Apply for Medicaid in Texas

You can enroll through HealthCare.gov or the state Medicaid website. You can enroll by phone at 800-318-2596. Eligibility: The aged, blind, and disabled. Also, parents with dependent children are eligible with household incomes up to 15% of FPL.

What is 211 used for in Texas? ›

2-1-1 Texas is a free statewide 24-hour information and referral service. By simply dialing 2-1-1, callers can receive information about community and social services, such as food pantries, emergency shelter, rent assistance, utility bill assistance, child care, and senior services to name a few.

Licensed or certified Texas Health and Human Services providers must notify the agency if someone in their care has been or may be physically or mentally abused, neglected or exploited.

STAR is a program for children, newborns, pregnant women and some families. STAR+PLUS is a program for adults with a disability, people 65 or older, and women with breast or cervical cancer. STAR Kids is a program for children and adults 20 and younger with a disability.

HHS is the U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

Overview. DSHS oversees programs, including disease prevention, EMS (Emergency Medical Services), health care professional licensing, and birth and death certificates. DSHS offers 2 programs specifically for families of children with disabilities or special health care needs.

Medicaid is safety net health insurance that is there for the Texans that need it most, including Texas children, mothers, grandparents and people with disabilities. It helps provide for everything from routine checkups and heart surgeries to home health and at-home nursing care.

The HR division provides talent management oversight and support through recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits administration, communication and training, and maintaining compliance with government regulations.