DSHS Legislative Reports – 2016

All files are PDF documents unless otherwise stated. Please see the   File Viewing page for additional information and a link to download the free viewer.  If you have trouble viewing any of the documents below, please   contact DSHS Customer Service.  

• Texas HIV Annual Report 
• Biennial Report on School-Based Health Centers Fiscal Years 2014-2015
• Texas Public Health Action Plan, Improving the Future Performance of the Public Health System 2017-2021
• Hospital Emergency Room Data Collection
• Public Health Funding and Policy Committee 2016 Report
  • Response to the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee 2016 Report Recommendations
• Addendum to the Graduate Medical Education System and Physician Supply in Texas
• Report on Internet-Based Meningococcal Vaccine Exemption Requests for Public Junior and Community Colleges School Year 2015-16
• Workplace Violence Against Nurses in Texas
• Medicaid Drug Donation Program Feasibility Study
• Primary and Secondary Congenital Syphilis Report
• Report on Emergency Medical Services, Dec. 2016
• Medical Child Abuse Resource and Education System (MEDCARES) Biennial Report 2015-2016
• Public Health Funding and Policy Committee Annual Report, Sept. 2016
  • Response to the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee Report Recommendations, Oct. 2016
• Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant - FY 2017 Application/ FY 2015 Annual Report
• Report on the Jail-Based Competency Restoration Pilot Program Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2016
• 2016 Sunset Issue 12
• Diabetes Mellitus Registry Report
• Public Health System Inventory     
• Cancer in Texas 2016       
• Report on the New Location Options for Austin State Hospital and the Austin State Supported Living Center       
• Attachment 1 - New Location Options Feasibility Study         
• State Hospitals and Academic Partnerships      
• Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Biennial Report 2016  
• The Graduate Medical Education System and Physician Supply in Texas  
• Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force and Department of State Health Services Joint Biennial Report  
• Annual Report on the Screening of Offenders with Mental Illness  
• Fiscal Year 2015 Report on State Hospital Staffing By Quarter 
• Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Plan for Forensic Services
• Texas HIV Annual Report
• Barriers to Providing Mental Health Medication to the Homeless Mentally Ill Population
• Primary Health Care and Expanded Primary Health Care Services FY 2015 Annual Report
• Report on the Jail Based Competency Restoration Pilot Program Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2016
• Mental Health Program for Veterans
• NorthSTAR Transition
• Statewide Assessment of Existing Programs for the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes - April 2016
• Home and Community-Based Services Expansion: Jail and Emergency Department Diversion
• RPC Hospital Emergency Room Data Collection Report
• Texas Child Fatality Review Team Annual Report 2014-2015
• Kidney Health Care Program Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Report - Feb. 2016
• Mental Health Appropriations and the 1115 Texas Medicaid Transformation Waiver - Jan. 2016

2015 Legislative Reports