Despite rising numbers, it’s still not known whether the number of women accessing such services has returned to the levels that preceded massive budget cuts during the 2011 legislative session.
Marissa Evans
Marissa Evans reported on health and human services policy for the Tribune from 2016 to 2019. Before the Tribune she reported for CQ Roll Call in D.C., where she covered state legislatures and health care issues. Her reporting has appeared in Civil Eats, NBC BLK, Cosmo for Latinas, Kaiser Health News, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Star Tribune and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. She is a 2013 alumna of Marquette University in Milwaukee.
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A Texas health commission employee was fired. Then she received the private information of more than 100 clients.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Office of the Inspector General is investigating how a former agency employee was mailed a box full of private client information.
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Fifth Texas health commission official out amid contracting woes
Ron Pigott, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s deputy executive commissioner for procurement and contracting services, is the latest person to leave the agency amid a shake-up over contract mismanagement.
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Texas health official resigns amid contracting errors
Heather Griffith Peterson, chief operating officer for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, resigned amid continued criticism from auditors over mismanagement of state contracts.
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State auditor finds more contracting errors made by health agencies
The State Auditor’s Office released a 30-page report on Monday showing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services bungled a contract with Genesis Systems Inc.
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Dangerous Deliveries
More questions than answers in Texas maternal mortality study, lawmakers say
A study published this week in a medical journal revealed that a new state methodology drastically reduced the count of maternal deaths in Texas for 2012. What will that mean for state policy on maternal mortality?
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Report: Texas’ maternal deaths were dramatically lower in 2012 under new methodology
Some of the state’s top health experts released a report in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology on Monday that used a new method for counting — and found that the number of women who died dropped from 147 to 56.
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Texas children’s therapy providers face dilemma over offering services
Ahead of a Texas House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday to discuss Medicaid therapy rate cuts and the state’s Early Childhood Intervention program, some providers are considering ending services due to financial struggles.
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Report: Drugs or alcohol factor into half of Texas child abuse and neglect deaths
The number of Texas children dying from abuse and neglect decreased by 22.5 percent in fiscal year 2017, according to a state report, but drug and alcohol use among caregivers is still leading to deaths from trauma, accidental smothering while sleeping and auto accidents, among other causes.
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In “race to the courthouse,” lawyers urge Texas counties to sue over opioids
Local officials across Texas are hearing from lawyers who want to help them sue pharmaceutical companies over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis.
