/tags/texas-health-and-human-services Texas Health and Human Services en-US Copyright Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:35:58 GMT /news/2025-01-17/data-breach-by-texas-health-and-human-services-employees-affected-61-000-people The agency said information inappropiately accessed or obtained includes full names, home addresses, Social Security numbers, and banking information. Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:35:58 GMT /news/2025-01-17/data-breach-by-texas-health-and-human-services-employees-affected-61-000-people Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro /health-wellness/2024-10-08/texas-judge-halts-states-medicaid-plans-heres-what-that-means-for-cook-childrens The fight over whether Cook Children’s can continue offering its health care plan to more than 125,000 families in the Tarrant County area has come to a halt. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:23:49 GMT /health-wellness/2024-10-08/texas-judge-halts-states-medicaid-plans-heres-what-that-means-for-cook-childrens David Moreno | Fort Worth Report /government/2024-08-23/texas-fifteenth-court-of-appeals-supreme-court-dallas-county-mentally-ill-inmates-health-and-human-services The 15th Court of Appeals has exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving the state, among other things. The ruling comes in response to Dallas County's ongoing lawsuit against Texas over the backlog of mentally ill detainees at the county jail. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:30:10 GMT /government/2024-08-23/texas-fifteenth-court-of-appeals-supreme-court-dallas-county-mentally-ill-inmates-health-and-human-services Toluwani Osibamowo /texas-news/2022-11-15/texas-nursing-homes-are-missing-something-nurses A dearth of nurses is leaving Texas seniors — especially in rural areas — without care. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:48:31 GMT /texas-news/2022-11-15/texas-nursing-homes-are-missing-something-nurses Jayme Lozano Carver | The Texas Tribune /news/2021-03-18/emergency-sites-for-migrant-children-raising-safety-concerns Thu, 18 Mar 2021 21:54:24 GMT /news/2021-03-18/emergency-sites-for-migrant-children-raising-safety-concerns Associated Press /2019-02-20/lawmakers-urged-to-spend-more-on-chronically-underfunded-program-that-helps-kids-with-disabilities Twenty child advocacy groups and nonprofits called on Texas lawmakers this week to increase funding for a struggling program that helps more than 50,000... Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:14:13 GMT /2019-02-20/lawmakers-urged-to-spend-more-on-chronically-underfunded-program-that-helps-kids-with-disabilities Ashley Lopez /texas-news/2018-04-27/a-texas-health-commission-employee-was-fired-then-received-private-client-information-in-the-mail Tracy Ryans got mail — straight from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, including a box full of state assistance application forms with… Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:26:51 GMT /texas-news/2018-04-27/a-texas-health-commission-employee-was-fired-then-received-private-client-information-in-the-mail Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune /2017-05-15/former-texas-health-commission-official-helped-keep-iraq-off-revised-travel-ban From Texas Standard: The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments Monday in Seattle on whether President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban... Mon, 15 May 2017 19:16:47 GMT /2017-05-15/former-texas-health-commission-official-helped-keep-iraq-off-revised-travel-ban Rhonda Fanning /texas-news/2017-05-12/state-fraud-investigator-forced-to-resign-over-ties-to-iraqi-government-lobbying Texas’ top health care fraud investigator resigned Wednesday night under pressure from the governor, the result of media inquiries that revealed Texas… Fri, 12 May 2017 13:49:41 GMT /texas-news/2017-05-12/state-fraud-investigator-forced-to-resign-over-ties-to-iraqi-government-lobbying Edgar Walters/Texas Tribune