Surviving Disaster: How Texans Prepare Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and flash floods – these are all common occurrences in Texas. Are you prepared? Watch Surviving Disaster: How Texans Prepare and learn from other Texans who have survived these types of disasters. Then make your plan. It happened to them. It could happen to you. [Ready or Not]

HB 497 Report on Medicaid Funding

House Bill 497, passed by the 81st Texas Legislature, directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Insurance to study the impact on state health care systems if the Medicaid program is abolished or if the amount of federal funding for the program is severely reduced. The report found that the current trajectory of Medicaid spending is unsustainable and requires significant reform at the federal level.  [HB 497 Report]

Consolidated Budget

The Consolidated Budget for FY 2012-2013 provides summaries of the legislative appropriations requests for the state’s five health and human services agencies, outlines critical funding needs, identifies federal funding issues and provides additional information on a number of issues.   [Consolidated Budget]

2012-2013 Budget Requests

Texas health and human services agencies have submitted their Legislative Appropriations Requests (LARs) for the 2012-2013 biennium:

Health and Human Services Commission LAR
Department of Aging and Disability Services LAR
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services LAR
Department of Family and Protective Services
Department of State Health Services

Budget Reductions

Texas health and human services agencies submitted their response to the January 15, 2010, request from state leadership to identify possible savings in agencies’ FY2010-2011 budgets. Leadership has made decisions on those recommendations and the agencies have now posted their approved plans.

• Approved Budget Reduction Plans – May 18, 2010
• Budget Reduction Options – Feb. 26, 2010

HHS Strategic Plan for 2011-15 Available

The Health and Human Services System has released its Strategic Plan for the years 2011-2015. This Strategic Plan assesses the economic, demographic, and legislative environment in which the five state agencies within the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) system will operate during the plan period. [Strategic Plan 2011-15]

You can report suspected waste, fraud or abuse in health and human services programs to the HHSC Office of Inspector General online or by calling 800-436-6184. You may also make a report to the Texas State Auditor's Office by calling 800-TX-AUDIT.