DSHS Legislative Information

The Department of State Health Services established this page as a single point of access for legislative information. Items contained on this page include the DSHS Legislative Appropriations Request(LAR), legislative presentations and reports to the Texas Legislature.

DSHS Strategic Plan

The Health and Human Services System FY 2007-2011 Coordinated Strategic Plan was submitted to the the Governor and Legislative Budget Board on April 11, 2006.

Legislative Appropriations Request

FY 2008-2009 Legislative Appropriations Request

80th Legislative Session

• General Appropriations Bill (HB 1) - http://www.lbb.state.tx.us
• Legislation Affecting DSHS (195K Word)
  

Legislative Presentations

• February 13, 2007/February 15, 2007 - House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services/Senate Finance Committee (1MB PDF)
  
  
• February 15, 2007 - House Public Health Committee - Topic: Pandemic Influenza (3.7MB, PowerPoint)
  
  
• May 24, 2006 - House Human Services Committee Hearing (159K, PowerPoint)
  
  
• June 21, 2006 - Senate Criminal Justice Committee Hearing (97K, PowerPoint)
  
  
• June 28, 2006 - House Appropriations Committee - Joint Hearing of the Health & Human Services and Criminal Justice Subcommittees (52K, PowerPoint)
  
  
• August 8, 2006 - House Human Services Committee Hearing (88K, PowerPoint)
  
  
• August 23, 2006 - Joint Hearing of Senate Health & Human Services and Senate State Affairs Committees (146K, PowerPoint)
  
  
• August 23, 2006 - Senate Health & Human Services Committee Hearing (106K, PowerPoint)
  
  
• August 31, 2006 - Joint LBB/Governor's Office of Budget, Planning & Policy Hearing on the DSHS Legislative Appropriations Request (2.8MB, PowerPoint)
  
  
• September 19, 2006 - Senate Health & Human Services Committee Hearing (1.8MB, PowerPoint)
  
  
• October 23, 2006 - Senate Finance Committee (1MB, pdf)
  

Reports to the Legislature

• Primary Health Care Services Annual Report Fiscal Year 2005 (367K, Word)
• Texas Cervical Cancer Strategic Plan (HB 2475, 79th Legislature) (267K, Word)
• SB 132 Report: The Supply of and Demand for Registered Nurses and Nurse Graduates in Texas (416K, pdf)
• Texas Child Fatality Review Team (CFRT) Annual Report 2006 (2.5M, pdf)
• Primary Health Care 2004 Annual Report (720K, Word)
• Funding Equity Rider Report (58K, pdf)
• Rider 64, House Bill 1, Report on Community Hospitals (958K, pdf)
• Recommendations and Key Findings - Advisory Panel on Health Care-Associated Infections (270K, pdf) Submitted to meet the reporting requirements of SB 872, 79th Legislature, Regular Session
  

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Last Updated September 6, 2007