Following the newspaper’s investigation into failings and cutbacks in the state’s managed care program, three Texas House committees will meet this month to discuss ways to improve the program.
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Texas reproductive rights groups worried about Trump proposal to strip funding from clinics affiliated with abortion providers
Anti-abortion advocates and state leaders, meanwhile, hope the rule will help the state power the right to distribute federal family planning dollars.
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Amid contracting scandal, Charles Smith to retire as head of Texas health commission
Smith, executive commissioner for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, will step down at the end of May after weeks of intense scrutiny over how the commission handles contracts.
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Report: Thousands more Texas women being served in health programs
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.
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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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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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Health agency leader: “We welcome” audits into contracting issues
Texas Health and Human Services executive commissioner Charles Smith said during a speech Thursday that his agency is working to improve how it handles contracts.
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Texas House Speaker Joe Straus calls for investigation into state health agency contracting
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said that the House Appropriations Committee or the General Investigating and Ethics Committee should look into the Health and Human Services Commission’s practices for contract oversight.
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Texas takes early steps to repair or replace its aged mental hospitals
Texas Health and Human Services officials announced Monday that they are receiving $47.7 million to begin needed construction for existing state hospitals, some of which are more than a century old.
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Texas has enough federal funds to keep CHIP running through the end of March
Texas now has enough federal money to keep alive a health insurance program for more than 400,000 uninsured kids and pregnant women through the end of March, a state official said Friday.
