| Topic | Program | Contact | Phone |
|---|
| Abortion Facility Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Gina Smith
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Abortion Reporting | Facility Licensing Group | Gina Smith
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Abortion Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-458-7509 |
| Abstinence Education | Abstinence Education Program | Melanie Jamison
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3807 |
| Abusable Volatile Chemicals – All Others | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Gary Barg
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2183 |
| Abusable Volatile Chemicals, Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical & Product Safety Licensing Group | DeeDee Jones
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2440 |
| Academic Linkages, Office of | Academic Linkages | Wendy Andreades
| 512-834-6702 |
| Adolescent Health | Office of Title V and Family Health | Carol Harvey
| 512-776-6965 |
| Adoption Records | Vital Statistics | Debbie Domel
| 512-458-7482 |
| Adoption Registry | Vital Statistics | Patricia Molina
| 512-458-7388 |
| Adoption Statistics | Vital Statistics | Rick Sacratini
| 512-458-7385 |
| Adult Blood Lead Reporting (formerly Disease Reporting Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jennifer Karnik Teresa Willis
| 800-588-1248 |
| Adult Health and Chronic Disease Branch | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section
| Rick Schwertfeger
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2209 |
| Advertising/Marketing | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Air Quality (Indoor) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Kay Soper
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2428 |
| Air Quality (Mold) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Kay Soper
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2428 |
| Air Quality (Outdoor) | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | TCEQ
| 512-239-1000 |
| Alphaviruses | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert Eric Fonken
| 512-776-7255 512-776-7255 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | Alzheimer's Disease | Lynda Taylor
| 512-776-6618 800-242-3399 |
| Ambulance Licensing | EMS Compliance and QA Centrol Group Patient Quality Care Unit | Brett Hart Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6731 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Ambulatory Surgical Centers | Facility Licensing Group | Gina Smith
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Amebiasis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Venessa Cantu
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Americans with Disabilities (ADA) | HHSC Civil Rights Office | HHSC Civil Rights
| 888-388-6332 TTY 877-432-7232 |
| Animal Bites | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Animal Control and Shelters | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson
| 512-776-6622 |
| Animal Control Officer Training | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson
| 512-776-6622 |
| Animal Diseases in Humans | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Animal Import Requirements | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson Eric Fonken
| 512-776-6622 512-776-2155 |
| Anthrax (Disease) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Anthrax (Natural) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Anthrax (Preparedness) | Community Preparedness Section | John Walker Adolfo Valadez
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3025 512-458-7219 |
| Antibiotic Resistance (MRSA, VRE and VRSA) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Sky Newsome
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Architectural and Engineering Review for Health Facilities | Architectural Review Group Regulatory Licensing Unit | Gerard VandeWerken Amy Harper
| 512-834-6649, ext. 2661 512-834-6660 |
| Arthritis | Arthritis Program | Susan Ristine
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2458 512-458-7254 |
| Asbestos - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) & Texas Asbestos Health Protection Act (TAHPA) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Roxanna Guerrero Andrea Dinieri Yvette Mendoza | 512-834-6787, ext 2198 512-834-6787, ext 2316 512-834-6787, ext 2160 |
| Asbestos Complaints | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Roxanna Guerrero Andrea Dinieri Yvette Mendoza | 512-834-6787, ext 2198 512-834-6787, ext 2316 512-834-6787, ext 2160 |
| Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Tenessa Rodriguez
| 512-834-6787, ext 2583 1-800-572-5542 |
| Asbestos In Public Buildings | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Roxanna Guerrero Andrea Dinieri Yvette Mendoza | 512-834-6787, ext 2198 512-834-6787, ext 2316 512-834-6787, ext 2160 |
| Asbestos In Schools | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Tenessa Rodriguez
| 512-834-6787, ext 2583 1-800-572-5542 |
| Asbestos Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Environmental and Sanitation Licensing Group | Leonard Rivas Edith Olvera
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2174 |
| Asbestos Notifications | Inspections Unit – Environmental Health Notifications Group | Sonya Moya
| 512-834-6770, ext 2779 |
| Asbestos Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Richard Beauchamp
| 512-458-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Asbestosis/Silicosis Reporting | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Brenda Mokry Natalie Archer
| 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Assistance and Referral | STARS | Juanita Bullock
| 512-490-0558 |
| Asthma | Asthma Control Program | Karin Hopkins
| 512-776-2710 |
| Athletic Trainers Licensing | Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Audio Visuals | Audiovisual Library | Kelli Kennedy
| 512-458-7260 |
| Audiologist Licensing | State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Joyce Parsons | 512-834-6627 |
| Audiology (Pediatric) | Pediatric Audiology | Audiology | 512-776-7726 |
| Austin State Hospital (Mental Health) | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Carl Schock
| 512-419-2100 |
| Autism | Child and Adolescent Services | Barbara Fountain
| 512-419-2217 |
| Avian Flu (Bird Flu) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Bacteriology (Bacteria) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Tamara Baldwin
| 512-458-7592 512-458-7111, ext. 6189 |
| Bed Bugs | PSQA Unit - Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Mark Hall Katie Moore
| 512-834-6753 x2362 512-834-6753 x2306 |
| Bedding (Sleep Products) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Bedding (Sleep Products) Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Chemical and Product Safety Licensing Group | Vanessa Rodriguez
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2426 |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) | Center for Health Statistics | BRFSS BRFSS
| 512-776-7261 |
| Big Spring State Hospital (Mental Health) | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Ed Moughon
| 432-268-7222 |
| BioSecurity of Food and Drugs | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Jon Huss
| 512-834-6687 |
| Biostatistics | Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit | Lucina Suarez
| 512-458-7268 |
| Bioterrorism Grants (CDC and HRSA) | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements Sallile Conner
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements Beverly Ray
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Biothreat - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Emergency Preparedness Branch | Dan Bost Rahsaan Drumgoole
| 512-458-6171 512-458-7185 |
| Bird Diseases Transmissible to Humans | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Bird Flu (Avian Flu Strain, H5N1) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Birth Defects Surveillance/Tracking and Research | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Mark Canfield Peter Langlois
| 512-458-7232, ext. 6158 512-458-7232, ext. 6183 |
| Birth Records | Vital Statistics | Registrar
| 512-776-7111 |
| Birth Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-458-7509 |
| Birthing Center Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Gina Smith
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Blood (Blood-borne Pathogens Regulations) | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Tom Brinck
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2388 |
| Blood (Blood-borne Pathogens Regulations) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine Neil Pascoe
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Blood (Needleless System) | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Tom Brinck
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2388 |
| Bloodborne Pathogen Control Device Registration | Regulatory Licensing Unit-Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig Luanne Cook | 512-834-6727 512-834-6727 |
| Bloodborne Pathogens/Contaminated Sharps Injuries | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine Neil Pascoe
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Body Piercing | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O'Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Body Piercing (Licensing) | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig | 512-834-6727 |
| Booster Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas Mexico)-Governmental Relations | Border Health, Office of | R.J. Dutton
| 512-458-7675 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas-Mexico) | Border Health, Office of | R.J. Dutton
| 512-458-7675 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas-Mexico)-Binational Coordination | Border Health, Office of | Jose Moreira
| 512-776-7436 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas-Mexico)-Border Data | Border Health, Office of | Allison Banicki
| 512-776-6705 |
| Bottled & Vended Water Certification - Operator Test Only | PSQA Unit –Foods Group | Denette Plessala
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2175 |
| Bottled and Vended Water | PSQA Unit –Foods Group | Julie Luman
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Bottled Water Operators Certificate of Exam (Food & Drug Licenses) | Regulatory Licensing Unit-Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Botulism (Foodborne) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Botulism (Infant) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Breast Cancer Screening | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Tori Jones
| 512-776-6633 |
| Breastfeeding | WIC Nutrition Breastfeeding | Tracy Erickson Julie Stagg | 512-458-7444 512-458-7111, ext. 6917 |
| Brucellosis, Human | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Budget Issues (DSHS) | Chief Financial Officer | Machelle Pharr
| 512-458-7640 |
| Camps for Youth (Health Inspections) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Michael Minoia
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Campylobacteriosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Vanessa Cantu
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Cancer Clusters (Excess Cancer) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Richard Beauchamp
| 512.776.6434 |
| Cancer Statistics | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch | David Risser Paul Betts
| 512-305-8103 512-305-8096 Fax: 512-305-8405 |
| Cancer Studies Research | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch | Paul Betts Anne Hakenewerth
| 512-305-8096 512-305-8094 Fax: 512-305-8405 |
| Cancer Surveillance, (Texas Cancer Registry) | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch
| Melanie Williams
| 512-305-8092 Fax: 512-305-8405 |
| Car Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Car Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 800-252-8255 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Katie Wiechnicki
| 512-776-6573 |
| Case Management/Social Work | Case Management | Emily Parks
| 512-776-6664 |
| Cemeteries | Vital Statistics | Geraldine Harris
| 512-458-2068 |
| Central Adoption Registry | Vital Statistics | Patricia Molina
| 512-458-7388 |
| Certificates for Free Sale | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Food and Drug Licensing Intake Group | Isabel Quintero Rosemary Saldiva
| 512-834-6626 |
| Cervical Cancer Screening | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Tori Jones
| 512-776-6633 |
| Cervical Cancer Testing | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Tori Jones
| 512-776-6633 |
| Chagas Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Checkups | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Cheeses | Milk Group | Dan McCreary | 512-834-6758, ext. 2570 |
| Chemical Contamination (Chemical Exposure) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Carrie Bradford Richard Beauchamp Thandi Ziqubu-Page | 512-458-7269 800-588-1248 |
| 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 | Dan Bost David Klein
| 512-458-6171 512-458-7111, ext. 3486 |
| Chemicals, Hazardous Tier 2 Reporting (Community Right-to-Know Act) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Chemical and Product Safety Licensing Group | Bernardine Zimmerman Sally Finan
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2480 512-834-6603, ext. 2494 800-452-2791 |
| Chemicals (Hazardous Workplace) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Ann Adams
| 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 | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Child (Placing Agency Records) | Vital Statistics | Patricia Molina
| 512-458-7388 |
| Child Fatality Review Program | Office of Title V and Family Health | Susan Rodriguez
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2311 |
| Child Fatality Review Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Child Lead Reporting (formerly Disease Reporting Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Cristina Baker Teresa Willis
| 512-458-7151 |
| Child Passenger Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-458-7111, ext. 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 | Cristina Baker Teresa Willis
| 512-458-7151 |
| 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 | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Crystal Beard
| 512-834-4548, ext. 3531 |
| 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 | Daphne Dutton Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2688 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Closures (Fish/Oysters) | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Gary Heideman
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2503 |
| Coalition Building (Immunizations) | Immunization Branch | Vivian Harris
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6420 800-252-9152 |
| Coccidiodomycosis-Valley/Desert Fever | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Code Enforcement Officer Registration | Code Enforcement Officer Registration Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Carol Miller | 512-834-4526 |
| Cold/Flu Protection and Prevention | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Leslie Brannan Michael Fischer
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Communications | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Community Health Worker | Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program
| Beatrice Smith Mona Izquierdo
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2208 512-458-7111, ext. 3860 |
| Community Hospital Capital Improvement | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Jane Guerrero Greg Wilburn
| 512-834-6700, ext. 6745 512-834-6700, ext. 6675 |
| Community Mental Health Centers (Medicare Certification) | Health Facility Compliance Patient Quality Care Unit | Derek Jakovich Renee Clack
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 512-834-6700 |
| Community Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements | 512-458-7219 |
| Community, Tier 2 (Right-to-Know Act), Hazardous Chemical Reporting | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical and Product Safety Licensing Group | Bernardine Zimmerman Sally Finan
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2480 512-834-6603, ext. 2494 800-452-2791 |
| Comprehensive Cancer Control | Adult Health and Chronic Disease Branch | Jill Maughan
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3488 |
| Comprehensive Out-Patient Rehabilitation (Medicare Certification) | Health Facility Compliance Patient Quality Care Unit | Derek Jakovich Renee Clack
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 512-834-6700 |
| Computed Tomography (CT) | Regulatory Licensing- Machine Source Group | Jo Turkette
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 |
| Confidentiality Issues | General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-6587 |
| Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) | Newborn Screening | Paula Geurin
| 512-776-2071 |
| Congenital Hypothyroidism | Newborn Screening | Paula Geurin
| 512-776-2071 |
| Consumer Products - Hazardous, Registration | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical and Product Safety Licensing | Hoyt Henry
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2432 |
| Consumer Products (Hazardous) - All Others | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext 2301 |
| Contact Lens Dispensing Permits | Contact Lens Dispensing Permit Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Carol Miller | 512-834-4526 |
| Contaminated Sharps Injuries | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine
| 512-776-7676 |
| Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine
| 512-776-7676 |
| Continuing Education | Academic Linkages | Annette Lara
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3567 |
| Continuing Medical Education | Academic Linkages | Annette Lara
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3567 |
| Continuing Nursing Education | Academic Linkages | Annette Lara
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3567 |
| Contracts | Contract Oversight and Support Section | Jovita Salinas
| 512-458-7484 |
| Controlled Substances (Methadone Clinics) Schedules | Substance Abuse Compliance Group Patient Quality Care Unit | Jack Montague
| 512-834-6700, ext. 2126 |
| Controlled Substances Schedules | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Coronavirus | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Michael Fischer | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Cosmetics | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| 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 | Connie Berry
| 512-776-7796 |
| Crabmeat Safety | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication | Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-6085 |
| Crisis Stabilization Units (Hospital Licensing) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Facility Licensing Group | Pamela Adams Ellen Cooper Justin Davis | 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 512-834-6639 512/834-6648, ext. 2602 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Venessa Cantu
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Cyclospora | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Venessa Cantu Greg Leos | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Cysticercosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Dairy (Milk Safety) | PSQA Unit – Milk Group | Dan McCreary
| 512-834-6758, ext. 2570 |
| Dairy Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Food & Drug Licensing Group | Luanne Marshall Cook Keith Waterman
| 512-834-6626, ext. 2413 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Day Care Center Environmental Health Inspections | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Dora Fogle
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2302 |
| Death Records | Vital Statistics | Registrar
| 512-776-7111 |
| Death Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Marc Montrose Gene Willard
| 512-458-7509 512-458-7261 |
| Deer Processing | Food Establishment Group | Chris Sparks
| 512-834-6753 x 2303 |
| Demographics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Dengue Fever | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2890 512-776-2155 |
| Designation/Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)/Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) | Texas Primary Care Office | Amanda Maedgen
| 512-776-2179 |
| Diabetes (Health Promotion) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Roger Faske Richard Kropp Susan Young | 512-458-7111, ext. 3549 512-458-7111, ext. 3580 512-458-7111, ext. 6122 |
| Diabetes (Legislation) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Roger Faske Richard Kropp Susan Young | 512-458-7111, ext. 3549 512-458-7111, ext. 3580 512-458-7111, ext. 6122 |
| Diabetes (Program/Council) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Roger Faske
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3549 |
| Diabetes (State/National Programs) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Roger Faske Richard Kropp Susan Young | 512-458-7111, ext. 3549 512-458-7111, ext. 3580 512-458-7111, ext. 6122 |
| Diabetes (Statistics) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Roger Faske Richard Kropp Susan Young | 512-458-7111, ext. 3549 512-458-7111, ext. 3580 512-458-7111, ext. 6122 |
| Diet Pills (Prescription) | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Dietary Supplements | PSQA Unit –Foods Group | Julie Luman
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Dietitian Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Bobbe Alexander | 512-834-6628, ext. 2770 |
| Diphtheria | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Disaster Response | Community Preparedness Section | Rick Bays
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Disease Cluster Investigations | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Natalie Archer Brenda Mokry | 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Disease Foodborne Illnesses | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Disease Foodborne Illnesses | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Susan Tennyson
| 512-834-6687 |
| Disease Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational)-Adult Lead | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Teresa Willis Jennifer Karnik
| 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational Pesticide Exposure) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Leo Larios Jose Velez
| 512-776-7269 1-800-588-1248 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational)-Silicosis and Asbestos | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Brenda Mokry Natalie Archer
| 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Disinterment (Removing human remains) | Vital Statistics | Belinda Cochran
| 512-458-2668 |
| Division for Regulatory Licensing | DRS | Kathy Perkins Stephen Mills
| 512-834-6660 512-834-4532 |
| Divorce Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Managment Program
| 512-458-7509 |
| Do-Not Resuscitate (DNR) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination –Stakeholder Info Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Drinking Water, Chemical Contamination | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Tom Ellerbee Amanda Kindt | 800-588-1248 800-588-1248 |
| Drinking Water Fluoridation | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Larry Rice Beth Patterson | 800-588-1248 512-776-7349 |
| Drownings/Near Drownings | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Tammy Sajak John Hellsten
| 512-776-7220 800-588-1248 |
| Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee | MH/SA | Mimi McKay
| 512-206-5804 |
| Drug Distribution Compliance | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Drug Distribution Wholesale | PSQA Unit–Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Drug Distributor/Manufacturer Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Drug & Food Safety Licensing Group | Keith Waterman Jody Randig
| 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 512-834-6727, ext. 2489 |
| Drug Information/Labeling | PSQA Unit–Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Drug Manufacturing | PSQA Unit–Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Drug Marketing Prescription | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Drug Safety/Adverse Events | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group
(Licenses/Certificates/Permits/Registrations for:Drug Distribution & Manufacturing; Medical Device Distribution & Manufacturing; Drug & Device Salvage Establishments & Brokers; Bloodborne Pathogen Control Devices; Tanning Facilities; Tattoo & Body Piercing Studios; Food Managers and Food Handler Training/Testing Programs; Milk & Dairy; Meat Rendering and Certificate of Authority/Sale of Pseudoephedrine. | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group | Keith Waterman
| 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| DSHS Council | DSHS Council | Carolyn Bivens
| 512-776-2370 |
| Dual Diagnosis Services , Mental Health and Substance Abuse | MH/SA - Program Services | Kwame Bruce
| 512-419-2240 |
| DWI/Drug Offender/Minor in Possession Education | Offender Education Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Celeste Lunceford Cindy Bourland
| 512-834-4551 512-834-6628 800-832-9623 |
| Dyslexia Therapist and Dyslexia Practioner Licensing | Dyslexia Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Crystal Beard | 512-834-6628, ext. 2772 |
| E. Coli (Foods) Manufactured Foods | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman Ademola Olufemi
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 512-834-6670, ext.2817 |
| E. Coli (Foods) Meat Safety | Meat Safety Assurance | Butch Johnson, DVM
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2541 |
| E.Coli Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Inger Vilcins Venessa Cantu
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Ear Piercing | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Eastern Equine Encephalitis | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Eating Disorders (Weight Control Diets Nutrition for Teens) | WIC Program | Mary Van Eck
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3484 |
| Ehrlichiosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| El Paso Psychiatric Center-Mental Health | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Zulema Carrillo
| 915-534-5412 |
| Electric and Magnetic Fields | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radiation Safety Licensing Branch - Machine Source Group | Jo Turkette Amy Harper
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 512-834-6660 |
| Electromagnetic Frequency | Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) | Gary Smith
| 512-239-6460 |
| Electronic Benefits Transfers (EBT) WIC | WIC Program | Hank Lundberg
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3471 |
| Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | Patient Quality Care Unit Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Joseph Schmider Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6737 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Emergency Plans | Community Preparedness Section | Martha Gonzalez
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Emergency Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| EMS Certification for EMS Certification for Individuals, Emergency Care Attendant (ECA),Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Paramedic, and Providers (Licensing) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – EMS and Certification Licensing Group | Anthony Luna Charlotte Sullivan
| 512-834-6671 512-834-6730 |
| EMS Complaints Providers/Individuals EMS/Ambulance | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and A Central Group | Brett Hart Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6731 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| EMS Conference | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination –Stakeholder Info Group | Kelly Harrell Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6743 512-834-6745 |
| EMS Continuing Education | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and QA Central Group | Maxie Bishop Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6737 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| EMS Criminal Investigations | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and QA Central Group | Brett Hart Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6731 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| EMS for Children | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| EMS Magazine | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination –Stakeholder Info Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| EMS Regional Issues | Patient Quality Care Unit Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Derek Jakovich Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 512-834-6745 |
| EMS Rules | Patient Quality Care Unit Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Derek Jakovich Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 512-834-6745 |
| EMS-Ambulance Providers Administrative Penalties | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and A Central Group | Brett Hart Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6731 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| EMS/Trauma Funding Programs/Grants | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| EMS/Trauma Systems/Regional Advisory Council (RACs) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6675 |
| Encephalitis (Arboviral) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-7676 |
| Encephalitis (Bacterial or Viral) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan Nicole Evert | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-2890 |
| Encephalitis (mosquito-borne) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| End Stage Renal Disease (ERSD) Complaints | Patient Quality Care Unit | Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| End Stage Renal Disease (ERSD) Facilities Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit Facility Licensing Group | Gina Smith
| 512-834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Enforcement (Asbestos, Lead, Mold, AVC, Tier II, THCA, Bedding, HazProducts, Pools, Tattoo & Body, Youth Camps, Pesticide) | Division for Regulatory Services – Enforcement Unit | Larry Raper
| 512-834-6665, ext. 2523 |
| Enforcement (Food and Drug, Meat, Medical Devices, Retail Food, Salvage, Seafood, Radiation, Emergency Medical Services, Professional Licensing, Patient Quaility Care) | Division for Regulatory Services – Enforcement Unit | Alan Morris
| 512-834-6665, ext. 6621 |
| Environmental Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Carrie Bradford Richard Beauchamp Thandi ZiqubuPage | 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Ephedrine | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Ephedrine-Certificate of Authority (License Applications) | Regulatory Licensing Unit-Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig Luanne Cook | 512-834-6727 |
| Epi Case Criteria Guide | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony
| 512-776-7676 |
| EPI-1 Notifiable Conditions Reporting Form | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony
| 512-776-7676 |
| Epidemiology (Noninfectious) | Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries Section | Lucina Suarez Natalie Archer John Villanacci | 512-776-7268 |
| Epilepsy | Epilepsy Services | Karen Gray
| 512-776-2752 |
| Exotic Game (Slaughter/Process Inspection) (For Deer, see Deer Processing) | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Butch Johnson, DVM
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2541 |
| Exposure from Chemical Releases and Waste Sites | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Tom Ellerbee Carrie Bradford Amanda Kindt Susan Prosperie | 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Falls | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | John Hellsten
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2820 |
| Family Planning | Family Planning | Norma Alvarez
| 512-776-7796 |
| Farmworkers Pesticide Exposures | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Leo Larios Jose Velez
| 512-776-7269 1-800-588-1248 |
| FDA-ORA-U (Drugs & Food) | Foods Group/Drug & Medical Devices Group | Catherine Thibodaux | 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 |
| Federally Qualified Health Centers in Texas | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-7518 |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Amy Case
| 512-458-7232, ext. 2814 |
| Fires/Burns | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Kelly Johnson
| 512-458-7266 |
| Fish Contamination | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Fitters and Dispensers of Hearing Instruments | State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Joyce Parsons | 512-834-6627 |
| Fleas Vector Control | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Dora Fogle
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2302 |
| Flu (Influenza) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Robert Russin
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Flu/Cold Protection and Prevention | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Michael Fischer
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Fluoridation | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Beth Patterson Larry Rice | 512-776-7349 |
| Folic Acid | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Amy Case
| 512-458-7232, ext. 2814 |
| Folic Acid | Office of Title V and Family Health | Julie Stagg Aisling McGuckin
| 512-776-6917 512-776-2746 |
| Food (Retail Food Training) | PSQA Unit – Food Establishment Group | Tom Arbizu
| 512-834-6753 x2068 |
| Food (Retail) | PSQA Unit – Food Establishment Group | Chris Sparks
| 512-834-6753 x 2303 |
| Food (Retail) Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Food (Safety) | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Catherine Thibodaux
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 |
| Food Allergies | School Health Program | Anita Wheeler-Hill | 512-776-2909 |
| Food Complaints | PSQA Unit-Foods Group | Joe Williams | 512-834-6670, ext. 2150 |
| Food Compliance Matters | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Joe Williams
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2150 |
| Food Irradiation | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Butch Johson, DVM
| 512-834-6760 |
| Food Irradiation Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Machine Source Group | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Food Irradiation | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman Leah Griffin Ademola Olufemi Davonna Koebrick Brandon Rudloff | 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 512-834-6670, ext. 2173 512-834-6670, ext. 2817 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 512-834-6670, ext. 2813 |
| Food Labeling | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman Leah Griffin Ademola Olufemi Davonna Koebrick Brandon Rudloff | 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 512-834-6670, ext. 2173 512-834-6670, ext. 2817 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 512-834-6670, ext. 2813 |
Food Licensing
(Licenses/Certificates/Permits/Registrations for: Food Manufacturers; Food Wholesalers; Food Registrants; Bottled Water Operators; Retail Food Establishments; Food Salvage Establishments & Brokers; Seafood & Aquatic Life; Certificate of Origin/Free Sale and Sanitation; and School Cafeteria/Food Establishment Inspections.) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosamary Saldiva
| 512-834-6626 |
| Food Manager & Handler Programs (Licenses) | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Keith Waterman | 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Food Manager Certification Program | PSQA Unit – Food Establishment Group | Tom Arbizu
| 512-834-6753 x2068 |
| Food Manufacturing and Wholesale | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Leah Griffin Ademola Olufemi Davonna Koebrick Brandon Rudloff | 512-834-6670, ext. 2173 512-834-6670, ext. 2817 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 512-834-6670, ext. 2813 |
| Food Meat, Poultry Inspection | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Butch Johnson, DVM
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2541 |
| Food Salvage Establishments and Brokers | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Joe Williams
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2150 |
| Food Salvage Establishments and Brokers Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Foodborne Illness Disease Outbreaks | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Jon Huss
| 512-834-6687 |
| Foodborne Illness Disease Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Julie Borders Inger Vilcins | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Foodborne Illnesses/Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Julie Borders Inger Vilcins | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Foods Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Foreign Medical Graduates - J-1 Visas | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-7518 |
| Formaldehyde | Environmental Hazards Group | Annabelle Dillard
| 512-834-6787, ext. 6608 |
| Forms | Publications Management | Jenny Singer
| 512-458-7635 |
| Freon (Leaking) | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) | TCEQ
| 512-239-1000 |
| Frozen Desserts Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Food and Drug Licensing Group | Luanne Marshall Cook Keith Waterman
| 512-834-6627, ext. 2413 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Frozen Desserts Regulations | PSQA Unit – Milk Group | Gene Wright
| 512-834-6758, ext. 2570 |
| Funding Opportunities | Funding Information Center | Doug Jumper | 512-458-7684 |
| Galactosemia | Newborn Screening | Daisy Johnson
| 512-458-7715 |
| Gastroenteritis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| General Sanitation | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6753 x2306 |
| Genetics | Genetic Screening and Clinical Care Coordination | Debra Freedenberg
| 512-776-3101 |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Center for Health Statistics | GIS Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| German Measles (Rubella) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Glues and Paints (Abusable) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Gary Barg
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2183 |
| Glues and Paints, Abusable, Permits | Abusable Volatile Chemicals Program (AVC)
| DeeDee Jones
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2440 |
| Gonorrhea | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Jane Guerrero Starla McLaurin
| 512-834-6745 512-834-6700, ext. 2457 |
| Grand Rounds | Academic Linkages | Mary Soto
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6559 |
| Grants (DSHS Granting Funds) | Grant Coordination and Funds Management Unit | Melanie Doyle
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2276 |
| Grants (Funding Opportunities) | Funding Information Center | Doug Jumper
| 512-458-7684 |
Grants-DSHS seeking funds:
*Tobacco Settlement Distribution
*Grant Applications | Grant Coordination and Funds Management | Peggy Belcher Janne Livermore
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2237 512-458-7111, ext. 6564 |
| Grocery Stores | PSQA Unit – Food Establishment Group | Cheryl Wilson
| 512-834-6753 x2053 |
| Group A Streptococcal | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Irina Cody
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Group B Streptococcal | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Irina Cody
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Guillain-Barre Syndrome | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Linda Gaul Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Guns/Firearms | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | John Hellsten
| 512-458-7266 |
| Handwashing Techniques to Prevent and Control Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe
| 512-776-7676 |
| Hansens Disease (Leprosy) | Hansen's Disease Program |
| 512-533-3000 |
| Hantavirus | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert | 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Hazardous Consumer Products Registration Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit Chemical and Product Safety Licensing | Hoyt Henry
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2432 |
| Hazardous Materials (Haz-mat) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Ann Adams
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Hazardous Consumer Products | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Gary Heseltine Jennifer Vinyard | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | David Rhinehart Emily Engelhardt Jennifer Vinyard
| 512-776-6878 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Health Education and Promotion | Regional and Local Services | Sandra Guyn
| 512-458-7770 |
| Health Facility Licensing and Compliance | Patient Quality Care Unit Health Facility Compliance | Patrick Waldron Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Health Professional Recruiting | Texas Primary Care Office | Cindy Ellis
| 512-776-7518 ext. 2127 |
| Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations | Texas Primary Care Office | Amanda Maedgen
| 512-776-2179 |
| Health Service Regions | Regional and Local Services | David Gruber Dan Smith
| 512-834-4555 512-834-4555, Ext. 2415 |
| Health Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-458-7261 |
| Health Status Indicators | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Health, Social, Education and Genetic History Reports (HSEGH) | Central Adoption Registry | Patricia Molina
| 512-458-7388 |
| Healthcare Facilities | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Facility Licensing | Ellen Cooper Charlotte Sullivan
| 512-834-6639 512-834-6730 |
| Health/Safety Code | General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-6587 |
| Healthy Texas Babies | Office of Title V and Family Health | Aisling McGuckin | 512-776-2746 |
| Hearing (Schools) | School Vision, Hearing, Spinal Screening | Elijah Brown | 512-776-6442 |
| Hearing Instrument Licensing Fitting and Dispensing | State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Joyce Parsons | 512-834-6780 |
| Hearing Services (Pediatric) | Pediatric Audiology | Audiology | 512-776-7726 |
| Heart Disease | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Katie Wiechnicki
| 512-776-6573 |
| Heirloom Birth Certificates | Vital Statistics | Sandra Cooper
| 512-458-6337 |
| Hemophilia Services | Hemophilia Assistance Program | Hemophilia
| 512-776-7150 800-222-3986 |
| Hemorrhagic Fevers | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 |
| Hepatitis A | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Eric Garza Rachel Wiseman Kayla Boykins | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Hepatitis B | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kayla Boykins Brandy Tidwell Gary Heseltine | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Hepatitis B (Perinatal) | Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program | Ruthie Benson
| 512-533-3158 |
| Hepatitis C | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kayla Boykins Rachel Wiseman Gary Heseltine | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Hepatitis-Others | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Herbs (Dietary Supplements) | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) | HIPAA | HIPAA Privacy Officer
| 512-776-7111 |
| Historically Underutilized Business | Historically Underutilized Business | HUB-Contact
| 512-458-7394 |
| HIT Policy | HIT Policy | Steve Eichner | 512-776-7180 |
| HIV and STD | HIV/STD Program | Felipe Rocha
| 512-206-5715 |
| HIV Medications | Texas HIV Medication Program
| Rachel Sanor
| 512-533-3002 |
| HIV/STD Clinical Activities | HIV/STD Program | Janina Vazquez
| 512-533-3095 |
| HIV/STD Disease Statistics and Trends | HIV/STD Program | Rebecca Filipowicz
| 512-533-3101 |
| HIV/STD Prevention and Care Services Activities | HIV/STD Program | Shelley Lucas
| 512-533-3109 |
| HIV/STD Public Information | HIV/STD Program | Greg Beets
| 512-206-5546 |
| HIV/STD Training | HIV/STD Program | Mary McIntosh
| 512-533-3000 |
| Homeopathic Medicine | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Hospital (Annual Survey) | Center for Health Statistics | Dwayne Collins
| 512-776-3312 |
| Hospital Complaints | Patient Quality Care Unit - Facility Complaints | Paula Moore Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2606 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Hospital Construction | Health Facility Program | David McCormick
| 512-458-7242 |
| Hospital Data - Community Benefits | Center for Health Statistics | Dwayne Collins
| |
| Hospital Designation (Trauma) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Hospital Discharge Data | Center for Health Statistics | Sylvia Cook Bruce Burns
| 512-458-7261 |
| Hospital Leasing | Leasing Office | Tim Horn
| 512-458-7780 |
| Hospital Licensing Compliance Complaints | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Facility Licensing Group | Ellen Cooper Justin Davis
| 512-834-6639 512/834-6648, ext. 2602 |
| Hospital Non-Profit Charity Care Reporting | Center for Health Statistics | Dwayne Collins
| 512-776-3312 |
| Hotel/Motel/RV Park | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Mark Hall
| 512-834-6753 x2362 |
| Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| Human Resources | CAPPS |
| 512-424-6849 |
| Hyperthermia | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Hypothyroidism - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Biochemistry and Genetics Branch | Susan Tanksley
| 512-458-7430 |
| ImmTrac Statewide Immunization Tracking System | Immunization Branch | Kathleen Street
| 800-252-9152 |
| Immunization and Pharmacy Policy/State Legislative Issues | Infectious Disease Prevention Section | Janna Zumbrun Jack Sims
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2406 800-252-9152 |
| Immunization General Information | Immunization Branch | Linda Gibson
| 512-776-6266 |
| Impetigo | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Sky Newsome
| 512-776-7676 |
| Imported Crab Meat | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Imported Foods | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman Ademola Olufemi | 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 512-834-6670, ext. 2817 |
| Indigent Health Care | County Indigent Health Care | Jan Maberry
| 512-776-7706 |
| Indoor Air Quality - In Gov't Buildings | PSQA Unit - Environmental Hazardous Group | Kay Soper Quade Stahl
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2428 512-834-6787, ext. 2444 |
| Industrial Hygiene Chemical and Physical Workplace Hazards | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | John Villanacci Tom Ellerbee
| 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Infant Mortality | Office of Title V and Family Health | Susan Rodriguez Aisling McGuckin
| 512-776-2311 512-776-2746 |
| Influenza | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Robert Russin
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Influenza Vaccine | Immunization Branch | Judy Beaman
| 888-777-5320 512-458-7111, ext. 6244 |
| Information | Medical and Research Library |
| |
| Inhalant Abuse | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Gary Barg
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2183 |
| Inhalant Abuse Products, Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical & Product Safety Licensing Group | DeeDee Jones
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2440 |
| Injuries | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | Tammy Sajak John Hellsten Jessica Doyle | 512-458-7220 512-458-7111, ext. 2815 512-458-7111, ext. 3575 |
| Inspection Stations | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Inspections-Health Facility Program Inspections/Surveys/Investigations-Health Facility/Hospitals | Health Facility Program | Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Institutional Review Board #1 for DSHS-affiliated social, behavioral, educational, and health science research | Institutional Review Board #1 (reviews DSHS-affiliated social, behavioral, educational, and health science research)
| Steven Lowenstein
| 1-888-963-7111, ext. 2202 |
| Institutional Review Board #2 for DSHS-affiliated mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse research | Institutional Review Board #2
(reviews DSHS-affiliated mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse research) | Tanya Guthrie | 512-206-5730 |
| Integrated Health Care Delivery (Service Delivery Integration) | Title V and Health Resources Development Office | Marjorie Doubleday
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3028 |
| International Travel | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch |
| 512-776-2514 |
| Internet/Intranet | Web Services | Vivian Brandt
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2131 |
| Internship | Academic Linkages | Wendy Andreades
| 512-834-6702 |
| Investigation and Surveillance Forms, Disease Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony
| 512-776-7676 |
| J-1 Visa Waiver Program (Eligibility) | Texas Primary Care Office | Clay Daniel
| 512-776-7518 ext. 3862 |
| J-1 Visa Waiver Program (Placement Assistance) | Texas Primary Care Office | Clay Daniel
| 512-776-7518 ext. 3862 |
| Kawasaki Syndrome | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 |
| Kerrville State Hospital (Mental Health) | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Stephen Anfinson
| 830-896-2211 |
| KI (Potassium Iodide) | Division for Regulatory Services | Richard Ratliff Charlotte Sullivan
| 512-834-6679 512-834-6730 |
| Kidney (End Stage Renal Disease Facility Licensing) | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Facility Licensing Group | Pamela Adams
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2617 |
| Kidney Health Care Program Training | Kidney Health Care | Kidneynet
| 512-776-7150 800-222-3986 |
| Kidney Health Services | Kidney Health Care | Kidneynet
| 512-776-7150 800-222-3986 |
| Laboratory | Laboratory Services Section | Grace Kubin
| 512-458-7318 Fax: 512-458-7294 |
| Laboratory (Chemical and Radiological Analysis) | Laboratory Services Section, Environmental Sciences Branch | Dwight Schaeper Virginia Kammerdiener Carl Hogberg | 512-458-7587 Fax 512-458-7757 |
| Laboratory (Construction of Lab Building/Bonds Issues) | Laboratory Services Section | Sherry Clay
| 512-458-7318 Fax: 512-458-7294 |
| Laboratory Reporting, Disease Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Laboratory Supplies for Newborn Screening | Laboratory Services Section, Quality Assurance Unit | Jan Adversario
| 512-776-2936 Fax: 512-458-7672 |
| Language Services (translation, interpretation) | Language Services | Avelina Martinez
| 512-776-6424 |
| Lasers and Laser Hair Removal Regulation | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Machine Source Group | Shannon Dove-Edson Elisabeth Gerber | 512-834-6688, ext. 2243 512-834-6688 ext 2226 |
| Lead (Consumer Products) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Lead (Exposure and Health Effects) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jennifer Karnik Teresa Willis
| 800-588-1248 |
| Lead (Food) | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Lead (Paint) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Peter Tadin
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2434 |
| Lead (Poisoning Toxicology) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Thandi Ziqubu-Page Richard Beauchamp
| 512-458-7269 |
| Lead Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Environmental and Sanitation Licensing Group | Edith Olvera
| 512-834-6660, ext. 2174 |
| Leasing | Leasing Office | Tim Horn
| 512-458-7780 |
| Legionnaire's Disease/Legionellosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Lesley Brannan | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Legislation | Government Affairs Unit | Nick Dauster
| 512-776-3880 |
| Leishmaniasis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2890 512-776-2155 |
| Leprosy | Hansen's Disease Program | Linda Brown
| 512-458-7447 |
| Leprosy (Hansens Disease) | TB/HIV/STD Unit | Linda Brown Kirbi Woods
| 512-458-7447 |
| Leptospirosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Library Services (Audiovisual Library) | Audiovisual Library | Kelli Kennedy
| 512-458-7260 |
| Library Services (Early Childhood Intervention/Rehabilitation Collection) | Audiovisual Library | Kelli Kennedy
| 512-458-7260 |
| Library Services (Funding Information Center) | Funding Information Center | Doug Jumper
| 512-458-7684 |
| Library Services (Medical and Research Library) | Medical and Research Library |
| |
| Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors | Substance Abuse Regulatory | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 6780 |
| Limestone County Community Health Assessment | Center for Program Coordination, Policy and Innovation | Mike Gilliam
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2708 |
| Listeriosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Inger Vilcins Venessa Cantu | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Literature and Publications | Publications Management | Jenny Singer
| 512-458-7635 |
| Local Health Authority | Regional and Local Services | David Gruber Dan Smith
| 512-834-4555 512-834-4555 Ext. 2415 800-248-4083 |
| Low Level Radioactive Waste | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radioactive Material Group | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Lyme Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| MAB (Medical Advisory Board)-driver license | Regulatory Licensing Unit – EMS Certification and Licensing Group | Patricia Bryars Anthony Luna | 512-834-6739 512-834-6671 |
| Mad Cow Disease, See also Bovine spongioform encephalitis (BSE) and Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Jeff Mansell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2326 |
| Malaria | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| Mammography - Compliance/Inspections | Inspection Unit – Mammography Group | Jerry Cogburn
| 512-834-6747, ext. 2037 |
| Mammography Regulation (Certification & Accreditation) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radiation Safety Licensing Branch - Radiation Machine Source Group | Jo Turkette
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 |
| Marketing/Advertising | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Crystal Beard | 1-800-232-3162 |
| Marriage Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-458-7509 |
| Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy School and Massage Therapy Establishment Registration | Massage Therapy Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Yvonne Feinleib | 512-834-6628, ext. 4521 |
| Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology | Family and Community Health Services (FCHS) Division | Rebecca D. Martin Ramdas Menon
| 512-776-2870 |
| Maternal Health | Office of Title V and Family Health | Julie Stagg Aisling McGuckin | 512-776-6917 512-776-2746 |
| Meaningful Use | Meaningful Use | Kalunde Wambua | 512-776-2972 |
| Measles (Rubeola) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza Brandy Tidwell Kayla Boykins | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Meat | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Butch Johnson, DVM
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2541 |
| Meat and Poultry | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Butch Johnson, DVM
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2541 |
| Meat and Poultry Labeling | PSQA Unit – Meat Group | Adam Buuck Logan Brinkmeyer
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2542 512-834-6760, ext. 2546 |
| Medical Advisory Board (MAD) (Reviews Driver's Licenses for Medical Reasons) | Regulatory Licensing Unit - EMS Certification and Licensing Group | Patricia Bryars
| 512-834-6739 |
| Medical Council | Center for Program Coordination | Mike Messinger
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3745 |
| Medical Device Distributor and Manufacturers Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig Luanne Cook | 512-834-6727 |
| Medical Devices | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Tom Brinck
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2388 |
| Medical Gas Regulations | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Medical Physicists Licensing | Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Ann Hammer | 512-834-6634 |
| Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification | Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Ann Hammer | 512-834-6634 |
| Medical Serology - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Pushker Raj
| 512-458-7592 512-458-7760 |
| Medical Waste | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Michael Minoia
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Medicare (Certification) | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance Health Care Quality Section | Renee Clack
| 512-834-6700 |
| Meningitis, Bacterial/Viral | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Meningococcal Invasive | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccine | Immunizations |
| 512-776-7284 |
| Mental Health - General Information | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Mimi McKay
| 512-206-5804 |
| Mental Health - Resiliency and Disease Management (RDM) Services | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Lauren Lacefield
| 512-206-4755 |
| Mental Health - Training and Technical Assistance | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Philander Moore
| 512-419-2257 |
| Mental Health Community Centers | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Rod Swan
| 512-206-5815 |
| Mental Health Services, Disaster | MH/SA - NorthSTAR & Special Initiatives | Chance Freeman
| 512-206-5516 |
| Mercury Poisoning | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Richard Beauchamp Carrie Bradford Thandi Ziqubu-Page | 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Sky Newsome
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Microbiology | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater
| 512-458-7592 |
| Microwaves | Inspection Unit – X-Ray Group | Helen Watkins
| 512-834-6747, ext. 2006 |
| Midwifery | Texas Midwifery Board Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Yvonne Feinleib | 512-834-6628, ext. 4521 |
| Migration for Birth Data | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program | 512-776-7261 |
| Milk & Dairy Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Luanne Marshall Cook Keith Waterman
| 512-834-6626, ext. 2413 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Milk and Dairy | PSQA Unit – Milk Group | Dan McCreary
| 512-834-6758, ext. 2572 |
| Mold Complaints | PQSA Unit - Environmental Hazards | April Maxfield
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2444 |
| Mold Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Environmental & Sanitation Licensing Group | Edith Olvera
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2174 |
| Mosquito identification and testing | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-6920 |
| Motor Vehicle Injury Data | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Kelly Johnson Cristina Baker
| 512-458-7266 |
| Motor Vehicle Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 800-252-8255 |
| Mumps | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Brandy Tidwell
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Naegleria | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Amy Littman
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Narcotics (Schedule of Controlled Substances) | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Narcotics Treatment Program Licensing | Facility Licensing - Compliance Complaints Regulatory Licensing Unit | Delfy Garza
| 512-834-6600, ext 2118 800-832-9623 |
| National Health Service Corps (NHSC) | Texas Primary Care Office | Cindy Ellis
| 512-776-7518 ext. 2127 |
| National Interest Waivers (NIW) | Texas Primary Care Office | Clay Daniel
| 512-776-7518 ext. 3862 |
| NBS (NEDSS Base System) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Doug Hamaker
| 512-776-7676 |
| Neural Tube Defects | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Mark Canfield
| 512-458-7232, ext. 6158 |
| Newborn Hearing Screening | TEHDI Program | Audiology
| 512-776-7726 |
| Newborn Screening | Health Screening | David R. Martinez
| 512-776-2216 |
| Newborn Screening - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Biochemistry and Genetics Branch | Susan Tanksley
| 512-458-7430 |
| Newborn Screening Genetic Consulting | Genetic Screening and Clinical Care Coordination | Debra Freedenberg
| 512-776-3101 |
| News Media Relations | Press Office | Carrie Williams
| 512-776-7119 |
| Noise Levels Workplace | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Michael Minoia
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| North Texas State Hospital Mental Health | Hospital Services Section | James Smith
| 940-552-4000 |
| NorthSTAR Behavioral Health Project | MH/SA - NorthSTAR & Special Initiatives | Matthew Ferrara
| 512-206-5470 |
| Norwalk and Norwalk-Like | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Notifiable Conditions (Disease Reporting) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Nuclear Power Plants/Emergency Response | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Bob Free
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2022 |
| Nutrition | WIC Program | Patti Fitch Mary VanEck
| 512-341-4400, ext. 2227 512-458-7111, ext. 3484 |
| Nutrition and Obesity Prevention | Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention | Marcie Kirtz Maribel Valls
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6525 512-458-7111, ext. 3434 |
| Obesity | Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention | Marcie Kirtz Maribel Valls
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6525 512-458-7111, ext. 3434 |
| Occupational Diseases: Asbestos, Silicosis, Pesticide, Occupational Lead Poisoning | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Epitox Staff
| 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Occupational Health | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jose Velez
| 1-800-588-1248 |
| Offender Education | Professional Licensing and Compliance Unit - Offender Education Group | Celeste Lunceford Cindy Bourland
| 512-834-4551 512-834-6628 |
| Office of General Counsel | Office of General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-7236 |
| Open Records - Public Information Requests | Office of General Counsel | Sherry Mansell
| 512-776-7236 |
| Optician Registration | Opticians' Registry Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | David Olvera | 512-834-4515 |
| Oral/Dental Health/THSteps Dental | Oral Health Group | Vy Nguyen
| 512-776-3001 |
| Orthotist/Prosthetics Licensing | Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Carol Miller
| 512-834-4526 |
| Out-of Hospital Do-Not Resuscitate | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – Stakeholder Info Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Out-Patient Physical Therapy or Speech Pathology Services-Medicare Certification | Patient Quality Care Unit - Health Facility Compliance | Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Oxygen | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Oysters | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Parasitology (Parasites)-Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Cathy Snider
| 512-458-7592 512-458-7560 |
| Parish Nurse Connection | Regional and Local Services | Rita Carlson Dorothy Chesley
| 512-834-4555, Ext. 2055 512-834-4555, Ext. 2079 |
| Partnerships (Texas Immunization Stakeholder Working Group, Immunization Coalitions, Community Outreach) | Disease Prevention and Intervention Section | Linda Gibson
| 512-776-6266 800-252-9152 |
| Passenger Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Paternity Records | Vital Statistics | Carolyn Morgan
| 512-776-7782 |
| PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Bill Carpenter
| 512-467-5405 |
| Patient Bill of Rights | Facility Licensing Group Regulatory Licensing Unit | Pamela Adams Charlotte Sullivan
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2617 512-834-6730 |
| Perfusionist Licensing | Perfusionists Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Michael De La Cruz | 512-834-6628, ext. 2705 |
| Perinatal Health Program | Office of Title V and Family Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-776-6917 |
| Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) Providers | Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) Providers Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Pertussis (Whooping Cough) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kayla Boykins Brandy Tidwell
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Pesticide Applicators Regulations | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Roy Burton
| 512-834-6773, ext. 2302 |
| Pesticide Exposure Reporting (Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Leo Larios Jose Velez
| 512-458-7269 1-800-588-1248 |
| Pesticide Exposure, Health Impact and Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Richard Beauchamp Thandi Ziqubu-Page
| 512-458-7269 |
| Pesticides in Food | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman Catherine Thibodaux
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 |
| Pests/Unsanitary Conditions (Public Nuisance Complaints) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Pet Entry/Import Requirements | Zoonosis Control | Pam Wilson | 512-776-6622 |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacy Branch | Cory Handy Lynn (Bo) Shifflett | 512-776-2494 512-776-2706 |
| Phenylketonuria (PKU) | Newborn Screening | Daisy Johnson
| 512-458-7715 |
| Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Biochemistry and Genetics Branch | Susan Tanksley
| 512-458-7430 |
| Physical Activity | Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention | Maribel Valls
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3434 |
| Physical Activity and Wellness | Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention | Maribel Valls
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3434 |
| Physician Education Loan Repayment Program (PELRP) State Loan Repayment Program | Texas Primary Care Office | Cindy Ellis
| 512-458-2127 |
| Pinworms | Laboratory | Cathy Snider
| 512-458-7560 |
| Plague In Humans and Animals | Zoonosis Control | Guy Moore Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2886 512-776-2155 |
| Playground Safety | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Retail Food Safety | Mark Hall
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2362 |
| Pneumococcal Disease | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Irina Cody
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Polio | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Eric Garza Brandy Tidwell
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Population | Center for Health Statistics | Chris Webb John Hugg | 512-458-7111, ext. 2517 512-458-7261 |
| Portable X-ray Services (Medicare Certification) | Patient Quality Care Unit – Health Facility Compliance | Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Potassium Iodide (KI) | Division for Regulatory Services | Richard Ratliff Robert Free
| 512-834-6679 512-834-6679, ext. 2022 |
| Practicum | Academic Linkages | Rick Danko
| 512-776-7375 |
| PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) | Health Data Assessment and Reporting | Nnenna Okeke
| 512-776-2935 |
| Pregnancy High Risk | Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women | Cossy Hough
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6664 |
| Pregnancy Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Janice Jackson
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| Pregnancy, Parenting and Depression | Office of Title V and Family Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-776-6917 |
| Prenatal Services | Office of Title V and Family Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-776-6917 |
| Press Office | Press Office | Carrie Williams
| 512-776-7119 |
| Preventive Medicine Residency | Academic Linkages | Rick Danko
| 512-776-7375 |
| Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Amy Littman
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Primary Health Care | Primary Health Care | Gina Baber
| 512-776-2023 |
| Privacy (HIPAA) | HIPAA | HIPAA Privacy Officer
| 512-458-7313 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Family and Community Health Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Bill Walk
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Mental Health and Substance Abuse Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Blanca Flores
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Preparedness Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Janet Childers
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Prevention Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Vonda White
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Regulatory Contracts or Contracts for Special Projects) | Client Services Contract Unit | Melissa Anderson
| 512-458-7470 |
| Product Safety Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical and Product Safety Licensing Group | Hoyt Henry
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2432 |
| Product Safety Regulations | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Professional Counselor Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Bobbe Alexander | 512-834-6768 |
| Professional Licensing Complaints & Investigations | Professional Licensing and Compliance Unit - Investigations & QA Group | Jeri Bailey Cindy Bourland
| 512-834-6628, ext. 4547 512/834-6628 |
| Promotor(a) Program | Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program | Beatrice Smith Mona Izquierdo
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2208 512-458-7111, ext. 3860 |
| Prostate Cancer | Comprehensive Cancer Program | Jill Maughan
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3488 |
| Prosthetist Licensing | Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Carol Miller | 512-834-4526 |
| Pseudoephedrine Sales – Certificate of Authority (Licenses) | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Keith Waterman | 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Psittacosis | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Psychiatric Nursing | Academic Linkages | Diane Moy
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3071 |
| Public Health Funding & Policy Committee | Regional & Local Health Services | Glenna Laughlin | 512-834-4555 |
| Public Health Nuisances | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Public Health Nursing | Academic Linkages | Pat Feagin
| 512-458-7770 |
| Public Information - Media | Press Office | Carrie Williams
| 512-776-7119 |
| Public Information - Open Records Requests | General Counsel | Sherry Mansell
| 512-776-3835 |
| Public Lodging (Hotel/Motel) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Mark Hall
| 512-834-6753 x2362 |
| Public Restrooms | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6753 x2306 |
| Public Swimming Pools | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Publications | Publications Management | Jenny Singer
| 512-458-7635 |
| Purchasing Issues | Central Procurement Services | Bob Burnette
| 512-458-7744 |
| Q Fever | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Quality Assurance of Health Care Services | Quality Management Branch, Performance Mgmt. Unit | Nancy Taylor
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3153 |
| Rabies - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Letha Zuckero
| 512-458-7592 512-776-7491 512-776-7595 |
| Rabies In Animals | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Rabies In Humans | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa | 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |
| Rabies Laws | Zoonosis Control | Pam Wilson Debbie Speicher
| 512-776-6622 512-776-2279 |
| Rabies Oral Rabies Vaccination Program (Bait Drop) | Zoonosis Control | Guy Moore
| 512-776-2886 |
| Rabies Statewide Quarantine | Zoonosis Control | Pam Wilson
| 512-776-6622 |
| Radiation (Low-Level Waste) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radioactive Material Group | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Radiation (Nonionizing) Inpections | Inspection Unit – X-Ray Group | Helen Watkins
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2006 |
| Radiation (Nuclear Emergency Planning) | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Glen Corbin
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2028 |
| Radiation (Pantex, Nuclear Weapons) | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Chris Moore
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2014 |
| Radiation Accidents | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Art Tucker
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2359 |
| Radiation Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Radiation Policy/Standards & Quality Assurance Regulations | PSQA Unit – Radiation Group | Barbara Taylor
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2010 |
| Radioactive Material | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radioactive Materials Group | Ray Fleming
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2206 |
| Radon | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Ruben Cortez
| 512-834-6770 x2004 |
| Rapid Needs Assessment | Community Preparedness Section | David Zane
| 512-458-7228 512-458-7111, ext. 6422 |
| Ratite (Ostrich, Emu Slaughter Process Inspection) | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Butch Johnson, DVM
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2541 |
| Records Retention | Records Management Office | Jenny Singer
| 512-776-7635 |
| Redtide | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Refugee Health Program | Refugee Health Screening Program | Sam Householder Diana Whitley Jessica Montour | 512-533-3153 512-533-3130 512-533-3161 |
| Regional Advisory Councils (RACs)/Trauma Systems | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Regional and Local Services | Regional and Local Services | David Gruber Anita Buck
| 512-834-4555 512-834-4555 |
| Regulatory Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit | Charlotte Sullivan
| 512-834-6730 |
| Remote Inspectors (Dental, Veterinary, Podiatry, Minimal Threat) | Inspections Unit - Radiation - Mammography Group | Yvette Stewart
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2030 |
| Rendering | PSQA Unit – Meat Group | Adam Buuck
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2542 |
| Rendering Operators & Rendering Construction – Food & Drug Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group | Keith Waterman | 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Reportable Diseases | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Residency | Academic Linkages | Rick Danko
| 512-776-7375 |
| Respiratory Care Licensing | Respiratory Care Practitioners Certification Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Ann Hammer | 512-834-6634 |
| Restaurant (Yellow Grease) | PSQA Unit – Meat Group | Adam Buuck
| 512-834-6760, ext. 2542 |
| Restaurant Sanitation Regulations | PSQA Unit – Foods Establishment Group | Cheryl Wilson
| 512-834-6753 x2053 |
| Restrooms | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Dora Fogle
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Resuscitate Information (DO NOT) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – Stakeholder Info Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Retail (Non-License) Inspection Payment/Applications | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Retail Food Establishment Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Retail Food Establishments Complaints | PSQA Unit – Foods Establishment Group | Cheryl Wilson
| 512-834-6753, ext. 2053 |
| Retail Food Establishments Inspections | PSQA Unit – Foods Establishment Group | Cheryl Wilson
| 512-834-6753, ext. 2053 |
| Retail Food Establishments Manager Certification | PSQA Unit – Foods Establishment Group | Tom Arbizu
| 512-834-6753 x2068 |
| Retail Food Establishments Standardization/ Training | PSQA Unit – Foods Establishment Group | Tom Arbizu
| 512-834-6753 x2068 |
| Rheumatic Fever | Infectious Disease Control Unit | Carol Davis
| 512-776-6223 |
| Rio Grande State Center (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Sonia Hernandez-Keeble
| 956-430-2401 |
| Risk Assessment and Environmental Contamination | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | John Villanacci Richard Beauchamp Susan Prosperie | 512-458-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Risk Assessment Survey (Local) | Center for Health Statistics | Rebecca Wood
| 512-776-6579 |
| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Rubella (German Measles) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Rural Health Clinics (Medicare Certification) | Patient Quality Care Unit - Health Facility Compliance | Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Rural Health Issues | Center for Rural Health Initiatives | Sam Tessen
| 512-479-8891 |
| Rusk State Hospital (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Ted Debbs
| 903-683-3421 |
| Safe Riders | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Safety Workplace | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Ann Adams
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Salmonellosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Greg Leos Julie Borders Venessa Cantu | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Salmonellosis in reptiles and amphibians | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Salvage Cosmetics | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Salvage Drug | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Salvage Food Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva
| 512-834-6626, ext. 2411 |
| Salvage Food Regulations | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Ademola Olufemi
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2817 |
| Salvage Medical Devices | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Jeff Mansell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2326 |
| San Antonio State Hospital (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Robert Arizpe
| 210-531-7710 |
| Sanitarian Registration | Sanitation Registration Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | David Olvera | 512-834-4515 |
| Scabies | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine Neil Pascoe
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Scarlet Fever/Rheumatic Fever | Infectious Disease Control Unit | Carol Davis
| 512-776-6223 |
| School Cafeteria Inspection Payment/Applications | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| School Food Service | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Michael Minoia
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| School Health | School Health Program | Anita Wheeler
| 512-776-2909 |
| School Health – Texas School Health Advisory Committee | School Health Program | Ellen Smith Anita Wheeler
| 512-776-2140 512-776-2909 |
| School Immunization Requirements | Immunization Branch | Amy Schlabach
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6470 800-252-9152 |
| School Nurses | School Health Program | Anita Wheeler
| 512-776-2909 |
| School-Based Health Centers | School Health Program | Nancy Eichner Anita Wheeler
| 512-776-2782 512-776-2909 |
| Schools (Head Lice) | School Health Program | Ellen Smith
| 512-776-2140 |
| Schools/Child Care Facilities (Vision/Hearing Screening) | School Vision and Hearing Screening Program | Elijah Brown
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6442 |
| Seafood and Shellfish Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626 |
| Seafood Contamination | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Seafood Safety (other than shellfish and crab meat) | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Catherine Thibodaux
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS Laboratory Issues) | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Pushker Raj Eleanor Williams Chun Wang | 512-458-7592 512-458-7514 512-457-7735 |
| Sex Offender Treatment Providers | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Maria Medina Crystal Beard
| 512-834-4522 512-834-6628, ext. 2772 |
| Sexual Violence Prevention | Office of Title V and Family Health | Carol Harvey
| 512-776-6965 |
| Shellfish | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Shigellosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Venessa Cantu Julie Borders | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Sickle Cell | Newborn Screening | Daisy Johnson
| 512-776-7715 |
| Silicosis Reporting | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Brenda Mokry
| 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Small pox | Community Preparedness Section | John Walker
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3025 |
| Smallpox (Variola) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Snakes-Poisonous | Zoonosis Control | Guy Moore
| 512-776-2886 |
| Social Worker Licensing | Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Carol Miller | 1-800-232-3162 |
| South Texas Health Care System | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Benjamin Perez
| 956-364-8487 |
| South Texas Laboratory - Harlingen, TX | Laboratory Services Section | Aurora Martinez
| 956-364-8748 |
| Special Care Facility Licensing | Facility Licensing Group Regulatory Licensing Unit | Ellen Cooper Justin Davis
| 512-834-6639 512-834-6648, ext. 2602 |
| Speech-Language Pathology Licensing | State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Joyce Parsons | 512-834-6627 |
| Spinal Cord Injuries | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Kelly Johnson
| 512-458-7266 |
| St. Louis Encephalitis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Staphylococcal | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Sky Newsome Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| State Epidemiologist | State Epidemiologist | Linda Gaul
| 512-776-7198 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| State Health Plan | Center for Health Statistics | Bobby Schmidt
| 512-458-7261 |
| State Mental Health Facilities | Hospital Services Section | Kenny Dudley
| 512-206-4616 |
| Statewide Health Coordinating Council | Center for Health Statistics | Bobby Schmidt
| 512-458-7261 |
| Statistics (Demographic Trends Income Poverty Rate) | Center for Health Statistics | Chris Webb Bill Sorensen
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2517 512-458-7261 |
| Statistics (Infant Mortality) | Center for Health Statistics | Marc Montrose Gene Willard | 512-458-7509 512-458-7261 |
| Statistics (Risk Factor Survey) | Center for Health Statistics | Rebecca Wood
| 512-776-6579 |
| Strategic National Stockpile | Community Preparedness Section
| Michael Poole
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2084 |
| Streptococcal Disease, Group A & B | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Irina Cody | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Stroke | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Katie Wiechnicki
| 512-776-6573 |
| Substance Abuse - Access to Recovery (ATR) | Substance Abuse Services | Sheri Jackson
| 512-206-5935 |
| Substance Abuse - General Information | Substance Abuse Services | Mimi McKay
| 512-206-5804 |
| Substance Abuse - Research and Data | Substance Abuse Services | Karen Ruggiero
| 512-206-4729 |
| Substance Abuse - NorthSTAR Behavioral Health Project | MH/SA - NorthSTAR & Special Initiatives | Matthew Ferrara
| 512-206-5470 |
| Substance Abuse - Offender Education | Offender Education Program | Celeste Lunceford
| 800-832-9623 512-834-4551 |
| Substance Abuse - Training and Technical Assistance | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Philander Moore
| 512-419-2257 |
| Substance Abuse (Facility Compliance) | Substance Abuse Compliance Group | Jack Montague Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6700, ext. 6780 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 800-832-9623 |
| Substance Abuse (Facility Licensure) | Facility Licensing Group Regulatory Licensing Unit | Delfy Garza Ellen Cooper
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2118 512-834-6639 |
| Substance Abuse Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders | Substance Abuse Services | Kwame Bruce
| 512-206-5861 |
| Substance Abuse Prevention Services | Substance Abuse Services | Ross Robinson
| 512-206-5021 |
| Substance Abuse Program Services | Substance Abuse Services | Ross Robinson
| 512-206-5021 |
| Substance Abuse Treatment | Substance Abuse Services | Ross Robinson
| 512-206-5021 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) | Office of Title V and Family Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6917 |
| Suffocations/Obstructions | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | John Hellsten
| 512-458-7266 |
| Suicide Prevention | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division | Jenna Heise
| 512-206-5954 National Suicide Prevention Hotline:
1-800-273-TALK(8255) |
| Suicides | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | John Hellsten
| 512-458-7266 |
| Surgical Procedures (Texas Medical Disclosure Panel) | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Facility Licensing Group (Compliance) | Pamela Adams
| 512-834-6646, ext. 2617 |
| Survey of Organizational Excellence | Division of Organization Development | Robin Scott
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6114 |
| Swimming Pools & Aquatic Spas | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Swimming Pools (Public) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Health Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Syphilis | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane | 512-533-3078 |
| Taeniasis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Gary Heseltine
| 512-776-7676 |
| Tanning Devices & Facilies & Salons | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Tanning Facilities Licensure | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Luanne Cook Jody Randig Keith Waterman | 512-834-6727 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Keith Waterman | 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Tattoo Studios | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Brad O’Donnell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2331 |
| Teen Pregnancy (Prevention) | Office of Title V and Family Health | Carol Harvey Melanie Jamison | 512-776-6965 512-776-3807 |
| Teen Pregnancy Prevention (Abstinence-Centered) | Abstinence Education | Melanie Jamison
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3807 |
| Terrell State Hospital (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Fred Hale
| 972-551-8561 |
| Tetanus | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Texas Administrative Code Chapter 97, Communicable Diseases | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-7676 |
| Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) (Health Facility) | Hospital Services Section | Jim Elkins
| 210- 534-8857 |
| Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Tom Stephan Rick Schwertfeger
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2739 512-458-7111, ext. 2209 |
| Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI) | Newborn Hearing Screening & Pediatric Audiology | Audiology | 512-776-7726 |
| Texas EMS Magazine | EMS/Trauma Systems Stakeholder Info | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Texas Environmental Health Institute | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | John Villanacci Carrie Bradford Debbie Potter | 512-776-7269 |
| Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 81, Communicable Diseases, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 |
| Texas Health Steps (EPSDT) | Texas Health Steps (EPSDT) | Emily Parsons
| 512-776-7745 |
| Texas Medical Disclosure Panel | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Facility Licensing Group (Compliance) | Pamela Adams
| 512-834-6646, ext. 2617 |
| Texas Mold Assessment and Remediation Rules | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | April Maxfield
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2444 |
| Texas Poison Center Network | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Judy Whitfield Mathias Forrester John Villanacci | 512-458-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Texas Primary Care Office | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-7518 |
| Texas Women’s Health Program | Texas Women’s Health Program | Laurie Vanhoose
| 1-866-993-9972 |
| Text4Baby | Healthy Texas Babies | Aisling McGuckin
| 512-776-2746 |
| Tick Borne Diseases | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Tick identification and testing | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| TIER II Regulations – All Others | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Ann Adams
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Tier Two Chemical Inventory Reporting & Software | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical and Product Safety Licensing Group | Bernardine Zimmerman Sally Finan
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2480 512-834-6603, ext. 2494 |
| Title V | Office of Title V and Family Health | Sam Cooper Mike Spencer
| 512-776-7373 512-776-3207 |
| Tobacco Prevention and Control | Tobacco Prevention and Control | Steve Ross
| 512-206-5877 |
| Toxic Substances | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Annabelle Dillard
| 512-834-6787, ext. 6608 |
| Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Richard Beauchamp Carrie Bradford Thandi ZiqubuPage | 512-776-7269 800-588-1248 |
| Toxoplasmosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Toy Safety | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Traffic Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 800-252-8255 |
| Transplantation Transplants | Kidney Health Care | Kidneynet
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6808 800-222-3986 |
| Trauma Designation | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Trauma Registry | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Nicole Brannon Linda Jones
| 512-458-7266 512-458-3131 |
| Trauma Rules | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Trauma Systems/Regional Advisory Councils (RACs)/EMS | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Travel Information (immunization required) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch |
| 512-776-2514 |
| Trichinosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Tuberculosis | TB Services Branch |
| 512-533-3000 |
| Tuberculosis / Mycology (Fungi) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Denise Dunbar Robert Lewis | 512-458-7592 512-458-7342 512-458-7586 |
| Tuberculosis Reporting | TB/HIV/STD Unit | MariaG Rodriguez
| 512-533-3000 |
| Tularemia | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Typhoid Fever | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Julie Borders
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Typhus | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Uranium (Licensing Issues) | Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) | Phil Shaver Gary Smith
| 512-239-6460 |
| Vaccines for Children | Immunization Branch | Anne Cortinas
| 888-777-5320 |
| Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Vancomycin Resistant Stapylococcus aureus (VRSA) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Varicella (Chickenpox) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Brandy Tidwell Kayla Boykins
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Variola (Smallpox) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Vector Control (Pesticide Issues) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Health Group | Dora Fogle
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2302 |
| Vehicle Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Veterinary Reporting | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Vibrio Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Inger Vilcins Venessa Cantu Julie Borders | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Violence/Murders | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | John Hellsten
| 512-458-7266 |
| Violent Sex Offender Management, Office of | Office of Violent Sex Offender Management | Allison Taylor | 512-873-8112 |
| Virology (Viruses) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Ana Maria Valle Rivera Martha Thompson | 512-458-7592 512-776-7515 512-458-7594 |
| Vision, Hearing & Spinal Screening | School Vision and Hearing Screening Program | Elijah Brown
| 512-776-6442 |
| Vital Records Fraud | Inspector General, Office of the | Andy Abrams
| 512-458-7431 |
| Vital Records Statistics | Vital Statistics | Geraldine Harris
| 512-458-7366 |
| Volunteers | Center for Consumer and External Affairs | Charlmaine Ferguson
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6605 |
| Waco Center for Youth (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Eddie Greenfield
| 254-745-5101 |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) | Radiation Control | Mike Rutherford
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2021 |
| Waterborne Diseases and Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Water-Bottled Water | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman Catherine Thibodaux
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 |
| Water-Laboratory Testing for Bacteria | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Monica Kingsley Elizabeth Delamater
| 512-458-7562 512-458-7592 |
| West Nile | Zoonosis Control | Tom Sidwa Eric Fonken
| 512-776-6628 512-776-2155 |
| Western Equine Encephalitis | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Whooping Cough (Pertussis) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kayla Boykins Brandy Tidwell
| 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| WIC Client Fraud | Inspector General, Office of the | William Dabbert
| 1-800-436-6184 |
| WIC Program | WIC Program | Lindsay Rodgers Linda Brumble
| 512-341-4400 |
| Womens Health Laboratory Administration - San Antonio, TX | Laboratory Services Section | Larry Seigler Rosanne Gifford
| 210-531-4930 210-531-4910 |
| Womens Health Laboratory Medical - San Antonio, TX | Laboratory Services Section | Robert Bredt
| 210-531-4935 |
| Womens Health Laboratory Testing - San Antonio, TX | Laboratory Services Section | Rosanne Gifford
| 210-531-4910 |
| Worksite Wellness | Primary Prevention Branch | Marcie Kirtz Brett Spencer
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6525 512-458-7111, ext. 6161 |
| X-Ray Compliance and Inspections | Inspection Unit – X-Ray Group | Helen Watkins
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2006 |
| X-Ray Registration | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radiation Safety Branch - Machine Source Group | Jo Turkette
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 |
| Yersinia | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-7676 512-776-7676 |
| Youth Camp Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Environmental and Sanitation Licensing Group | Leonard Rivas
| 512-834-6660, ext. 2174 |
| Zoonosis (General) | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Zoonotic Health Topics | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |