| Topic | Program | Contact | Phone |
|---|
| Camps for Youth (Health Inspections) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Youth Camp Program
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Campylobacteriosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Wendy Albers Greg Leos | 512-776-6648 512-776-6326 512-776-3182 |
| Cancer Clusters (Excess Cancer) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall
| 512-776-2652 |
| Cancer Statistics | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch | John Arend Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-6036 512-776-3422 Fax: 512-776-7681 |
| Cancer Studies Research | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch | John Arend Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-6036 512-776-3422 Fax: 512-776-7681 |
| Cancer Surveillance (Texas Cancer Registry) | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch
| CancerData@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Car Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Car Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-776-2207 800-252-8255 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Nancy Eichner
| 512-776-3684 |
| Case Management/Social Work | Case Management | Case Management
| 512-776-2168 |
| Cemeteries | Vital Statistics | Field Services
| 512-776-3010 |
| Central Adoption Registry | Vital Statistics | Tricia Zeigler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Certificates of Free Sale / Origin and Sanitation | Certificate of Free Sale Program | Foods Licensing Group
| 512-834-6626 |
| Cervical Cancer Screening | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Anna Osborne
| 512-776-3500 |
| Cervical Cancer Testing | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Anna Osborne
| 512-776-3500 |
| Chagas Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| Checkups | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Cheeses | Milk and Dairy Group | Milk and Dairy Group | 512-834-6758 |
| Chemical Contamination (Chemical Exposure) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | epitox@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Chemical Dependency Counselors | Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Chemical Threat - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Emergency Preparedness Branch | Rahsaan Drumgoole William "Bill" Edgemond
| 512-776-6171 512-776-7270 |
| Chemicals (Hazardous Workplace) | Hazard Communication Worker Right-to-Know Program | Hazard Communication Program
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Chempack | Community Preparedness Section | Michael Poole
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2084 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Chicken Pox (Varicella) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Brandy Tidwell Kayla Boykins Eric Garza | 512-776-6577 512-776-3124 512-776-6825 |
| Child (Placing Agency Records) | Vital Statistics | Tricia Zeigler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Child Fatality Review Program | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Amy Bailey
| 512-776-2311 |
| Child Fatality Review Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Child Health | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Ramah Leith | 512-776-2021 |
| Child Lead Reporting (formerly Disease Reporting Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Patrick Bloomingdale Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-2919 512-776-6704 |
| Child Passenger Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-776-2207 |
| Child Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Child Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Patrick Bloomingdale Teresa Willis
| 512-776-2919 512-776-6318 |
| Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) | Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program | CSHCN
| 512-776-7355 800-252-8023 |
| Chlamydia | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| Chronic Wasting Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Civil Commitment | Office of Violent Sex Offender Management | Marsha McLane
| 512-834-4590 fax: 512-834-4595 |
| Civil Rights Issues | HHSC Civil Rights Office | HHSC Civil Rights
| 888-388-6332 TTY 877-432-7232 |
| Clinical Laboratories (CLIA) – Medicare Certification | Health Facility Compliance | Sue Zimmerman Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2603 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Closures (Fish/Oysters) | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Coccidiodomycosis-Valley/Desert Fever | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Michael Fischer
| 512-776-6354 512-776-6338 |
| Code Enforcement Officer Registration | Code Enforcement Officer Registration Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Code Enforcement Officer Registration Program | 512-834-4512 |
| Cold/Flu Protection and Prevention | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Leslie Brannan Johnathan Ledbetter
| 512-776-6354 512-776-6223 |
| Communications | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Community Health Worker | Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program
| Beatrice Smith Adriana Flores
| 512-776-2808 512-776-3860 |
| Community Hospital Capital Improvement | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6700, ext. 6745 |
| Community Mental Health Centers (Medicare Certification) | Health Facility Compliance Patient Quality Care Unit | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Community Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements | 512-458-7219 |
| Comprehensive Cancer Control | Adult Health and Chronic Disease Branch | Carleigh Baudoin
| 512-776-2209 |
| Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation (Medicare Certification) | Health Facility Compliance Patient Quality Care Unit | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Confidentiality Issues | General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-7236 |
| Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Congenital Hypothyroidism | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Consumer Products (Hazardous) – Permits | Hazardous Consumer Products Registration Program (Licensing Unit) | Hazardous Products
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2174 |
| Consumer Products (Hazardous) – Regulations | Hazardous Consumer Products Registration Program (Policy and Standards) | Hazardous Products
| 512-834-6787, ext 2301 |
| Contact Lens Dispensing Permits | Contact Lens Dispensing Permit Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Contact Lens Dispensing Permit Program | 512-834-4515 |
| Contaminated Sharps Injuries | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kelly Broussard
| 512-776-2358 |
| Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kelly Broussard
| 512-776-2358 |
| Continuing Education | Academic Affairs | Laura Wells
| 512-776-3566 |
| Continuing Medical Education | Academic Affairs | Laura Wells
| 512-776-3566 |
| Continuing Nursing Education | Academic Affairs | Laura Wells
| 512-776-3566 |
| Contracts | Contract Oversight and Support Section | Jovita Salinas
| 512-458-7484 |
| Controlled Substances Schedules | Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Coronavirus | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Johnatan Ledbetter Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-6354 512-776-6223 512-776-6393 |
| Cosmetics | Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Council on Sex Offender Treatment | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Celeste Lunceford
| 512-834-4551 |
| County Fact Sheets/Selected Health Facts | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| County Indigent Health | County Indigent Health | Mary Kathryn Zambrano
| 512-776-6467 |
| Crabmeat Safety | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-6338 512-776-6393 |
| Crisis Stabilization Units (Hospital Licensing) | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6326 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Cyclospora | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6326 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Cysticercosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-3791 |