We serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who need medical, habilitative or behavioral supports beyond what’s available to them in the community.

The Foster Grandparent Program is recruiting volunteers to mentor children while earning extra income.

For Management Services Agencies and Consumer Directed Services Employers, Electronic Visit Verification claims matching the CDS services added below will be required to use EVV beginning Aug. 1, 2026 ...

HHSC names key leadership appointments to lead the agency’s Chief Counsel Division, and guide Texas Medicaid and CHIP Services.

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Providing care for a loved one can be rewarding but also stressful. It’s important that while caregivers are providing care to others, they don’t ignore their own physical, mental and social health ...

Assessment services gather information to help figure out what behavioral health services your child and family may need and whether you are eligible.

Texas Health and Safety Code (HSC) Chapter 323 establishes requirements for emergency services for survivors of sexual assault and requires hospitals licensed under HSC Chapter 241 or freestanding ...

Read the biographies of HHS executives and organizational charts of HHS leadership.

Big Spring State Hospital, established in 1938, provides inpatient adult psychiatric services and forensic competency-restoration services to 57 counties of West Texas and the Texas South Plains.

If you are having problems getting behavioral services, including care for mental health conditions and substance use disorders, the Ombudsman for Behavioral Health can help. We can answer questions ...

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