Budget & Planning

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

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.

Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)

The Texas budget process begins the year before each regular session of the state's Legislature, which are held in odd-numbered years.

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.

• 2022-23 Legislative Appropriations Request (PDF)
• 2020-21 Legislative Appropriations Request (PDF)

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.

• HHS Strategic Plans FY 2021-2025
• HHS Strategic Plans FY 2019–2023
• HHS Strategic Plans FY 2017–2021

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.