Gov. Abbott Announces Stephanie Muth as New HHS Executive Commissioner ...

Cecile Erwin Young, Texas’ health commissioner who was appointed during one of the state’s earliest and worst waves of COVID-19 cases, is retiring. Her last day will be Jan. 2. “This agency impacts ...

On November 24, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed a 2024 lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney General ...

A Texas district court has overturned a Biden administration regulation from 2023 tweaking how hospitals that serve a large low-income population are paid by Medicare. Baylor All Saints Medical Center ...

The state of Texas sued the Biden administration in a bid to block a rule designed to protect the privacy of women living in states that ban abortion who travel over state lines for the procedure. In ...

AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is notifying recipients of agency services and other affected individuals that their protected health, personal identifying information or ...

The White House is backing off from enforcing in Texas a U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule that allows children to obtain contraceptives without their parents’ consent, state ...

The TPI’s enabling statute may be found at Texas Government Code Chapter 2177. The TPI Business Plan submitted on September 30, 2024, may be found at ...

People receiving services from Texas Health and Human Services, and other individuals, may have had sensitive personal information about their health and identity inappropriately accessed or used ...

Cook Children's Health Plan president Karen Love speaks during a news conference in Fort Worth on June 26. Cook Children's Health Plan was denied two Medicaid contracts by the Texas Health and Human ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – In Texas, health advocates often find themselves playing defense to encourage leaders to preserve the state’s relatively frugal public service offerings while also pushing for more ...

April 6 (UPI) --Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy told people gathered at a funeral for a second child in Texas who died from the disease that a vaccine is the "most effective" way ...