Proposed Medicaid cuts of up to 85% by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) would destroy the state’s durable medical equipment (DME) infrastructure – and ...

Stephanie Muth, the former commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, has been named Texas’ next health commissioner. Her first day will be on Jan. 3.

After a yearslong legal battle, federal officials are asking Texas schools that used a Medicaid reimbursement program for special education services to return $16 million that they say were billed ...

Governor Abbott appoints Stephanie Muth as the new Executive Commissioner for Texas Health and Human Services, starting January 3, 2026, with extensive public health administration experience.

Texas is halting the state’s new Medicaid contracts, a district judge declared Oct. 4. The judge issued a temporary injunction, stopping the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) from ...

Texas state law establishes an “expiration date” for state agencies, meaning those agencies will automatically be abolished on that date unless lawmakers pass legislation to continue it. The current ...

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission said that a data breach might have exposed personal information about 3,392 people in or near Tyler, Texarkana, Longview, Marshall, ...

The state of Texas is applying the brakes to its new Medicaid contracts, with a Travis County district judge issuing a temporary injunction that stops the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ...

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Texas has been held in contempt by a federal judge in the state’s long running battle over its child welfare system. It will be forced to pay $100,000 a day in fines until it comes back into ...

HHSC attorneys are prohibited from giving legal advice to the public. HHSC staff, supervisors and other HHSC non-attorneys are prohibited from recommending specific actions to become eligible for ...

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