November 2020

• Report on the Mental Health Peer Support Re-entry Program, 2020

  This report addresses requirements in Health and Safety Code §614.013 and §614.017. Health and Safety Code §614.013 and §614.017 requires HHSC to submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board no later than September 1 of each fiscal year its efforts to facilitate the exchange of information between agencies. The report must include but is not limited to: the manner in which information is exchanged between agencies, the frequency with which information is exchanged, the type of information most frequently exchanged, and the agencies most frequently involved in the exchange of information.

• Texas Policy Council for Children and Families Recommendations for Improving Services for Children with Disabilities, 2020

  This report was developed by the council members of the Policy Council for Children and Families to provide their recommendations on various policy issues to the Texas legislators.

• Report on the Healthy Community Collaboratives 2020

  This report addresses requirements in Health and Safety Code §614.013 and §614.017. Health and Safety Code §614.013 and §614.017 requires HHSC to submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board no later than September 1 of each fiscal year its efforts to facilitate the exchange of information between agencies. The report must include but is not limited to: the manner in which information is exchanged between agencies, the frequency with which information is exchanged, the type of information most frequently exchanged, and the agencies most frequently involved in the exchange of information. 

• Mental Health Appropriations and the 1115 Texas Medicaid Transformation Waiver for Fiscal Year 2020

  This report describes the amount of general revenue used by local mental health authorities in fiscal year 2020 to draw down additional federal funds through the 1115 Texas Medicaid Transformation Waiver. 

• Children with Special Health Care Needs Client Services Data Report 2020

  The annual Children with Special Health Care Needs Client Services Data Report provides caseload data, prescription drug data and forecast projections for the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program.

• Texas Value-Based Payment and Quality Improvement Advisory

  This is a biennial report consisting of various policy issues and recommendations written by the council members of the Value Based Payment and Quality Improvement Advisory Committee.

• Combined Children’s Advocacy Program and Contingency for Child Advocate Center and Court Appointed Special Advocate Grants Report for Fiscal Year 2020

  This report provides information on fiscal year 2020 HHSC Children’s Advocacy Program expenditures and highlights the successes of HHSC-funded contractors in providing children advocacy services to positively impact the health and well-being of children in Texas.

• Children with Special Health Care Needs Client Demographics Report

  Children with Special Health Care Needs Client Demographics Report provides a demographic description of the population served by the program and of those individuals on the program’s waitlist.

• Report on the Mental Health First Aid Program for Fiscal Year 2020

  MHFA is an evidence-based curriculum used to teach individuals how to help someone who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Health and Safety Code, Section 1001.205(b) requires HHSC to report data on the number of persons trained in MHFA and a detailed accounting of expenditures.

• 2020 Judicial Partners Survey

  The 2020 Survey gives an updated judicial viewpoint on the personnel, services and programs of the HHSC Office of Guardianship.

• Community Resource Coordination Groups of Texas Report

  The report provides information about the experiences of CRCGs in their efforts to provide a coordinated approach to service delivery for children, youth, adults, and families with multi-agency needs. This report also includes recommendations for policy and statutory changes at agencies that are involved in the provision of systems of care services and recommendations for the statewide expansion of sites participating in the Texas System of Care.

• Rider 157 – Community Attendant Workforce Development Strategic Plan

  The strategic plan contains strategies to recruit, retain, and ensure adequate access to the services of community attendants as well as data to inform the decision-making of the Governor, the Legislature, and agency leadership.

• Report from the HHS Ombudsman Managed Care Assistance Team Third Quarter FY 2020

  This quarterly report provides statistical information on cases submitted to the HHS Ombudsman Managed Care Team regarding Medicaid managed care. 

• Rider 41 Report - Feasibility Study of Regional Advisory Council Diversion Evaluation

  Report evaluates the feasibility of requiring trauma service area regional advisory councils to implement a program to allow emergency medical services providers to navigate medically stable psychiatric emergency detention patients to the most appropriate setting.

• Rural Hospital Services Strategic Plan Progress Report

  Senate Bill 1621, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. Required HHSC to develop a strategic plan for improving rural hospital reimbursement through Medicaid. The strategic plan was submitted to all parties on January 1, 2020. The bill also requires HHSC to submit a progress report for that plan every even numbered year.