Consolidated Budget
The consolidated HHS budget currently is around $80 billion for the biennium. HHS considers transparency a pillar of operations and offers the following information to show how the agency is ensuring tax payer money is spent effectively.
Five Percent Biennial Budget Reduction Plan
HHSC submitted a five percent reduction plan and summary of its impact to agency operations and the delivery of health and human services across the state on June 15, 2020, as directed by Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Speaker Dennis Bonnen.
- State of Texas Directs State Agencies to Reduce Budgets by Five Percent (PDF)
- 2020-21 Biennium Five Percent Budget Reduction Plan (PDF) – Original proposal submitted June 15, 2020
- Revised 2020-21 Biennium Five Percent Budget Reduction Plan (PDF) – Amended proposal submitted Sept. 14, 2020
Financial Reports
Monthly Financial Reports
The Monthly Financial Reports complies with Rider 16(e) of the Appropriations Act. Each agency must submit a monthly report on expenditures and encumbrances of the agency by strategy.
The Texas Department of State Health Services Monthly Financial Reports are available on the Texas DSHS Data and Reports page.
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
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January 2020 | January 2019 | January 2018 | January 2017 |
February 2020 | February 2019 | February 2018 | February 2017 |
March 2020 | March 2019 | March 2018 | March 2017 |
April 2020 | April 2019 | April 2018 | April 2017 |
May 2020 | May 2019 | May 2018 | May 2017 |
June 2020 | June 2019 | June 2018 | June 2017 |
July 2020 | July 2019 | July 2018 | July 2017 |
August 2020 | August 2019 | August 2018 | August 2017 |
September 2020 | September 2019 | September 2018 | September 2017 |
October 2020 | October 2019 | October 2018 | October 2017 |
November 2019 | November 2018 | November 2017 | |
December 2019 | December 2018 | December 2017 |
To request older HHSC Monthly Financial Reports, please contact Sheila Hyde, Business Support Manager.
Annual Financial Reports
Consolidated Budget Request
The HHS Consolidated Budget Request summarizes the requests for legislative appropriations for the Texas health and human services agencies. The request highlights critical funding needs across the agencies and categorizes the requests to help decision makers and the public analyze the service and operational needs throughout the state's health and human services system. Major federal funding issues are identified and provider rate methodologies are included for legislative consideration.
- 2020-2021 Consolidated Budget Request (PDF)
- 2018-2019 Consolidated Budget Request (PDF)
- 2016-2017 Consolidated Budget Request (PDF)
Operating Budgets
The Operating Budget gives a point-in-time snapshot of past years and a projection of a future year. It is produced every odd numbered year and is submitted to the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy as well as the Legislative Budget Board.
Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)
The legislative appropriations request is prepared under the guidelines of the state's Legislative Budget Board and submitted every two years for the next biennium. The LAR itemizes budget requests for each agency and includes performance measures designed to ensure the money is spent efficiently and effectively.
Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Strategic Plans
Every two years, the Texas Health and Human Services system updates its Strategic Plans, which describe its work to address multifaceted and evolving factors affecting health and human services. Each of the system's divisions contributes to the development of the Strategic Plans.
The Plans define the system's mission, goals, objectives and action items to address specific issues over a five-year period.
For more information, see Instructions for Preparing and Submitting Agency Strategic Plans, Fiscal Years 2021 to 2025 (PDF), published by the Legislative Budget Board and the Office of the Governor.
HHS Business Plan
Blueprint for a Healthy Texas, our inaugural business plan (PDF), laid a foundation for the Texas Health and Human Services system's progression into the 2019-20 fiscal year and beyond. As the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted what we consider "business as usual," Team Texas HHS continued striving to meet the plan's goals while rising to the challenge of helping lead the state's COVID-19 response by adapting, expanding and continuing essential services to Texans during a time of immense need. HHS Business Plan Outcomes (PDF) summarizes the progress of all goals and deliverables established in Blueprint for a Healthy Texas.