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In 2023, there were 2,651 psychiatrists in Texas, an increase of 31.7% from 2015, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Even so, there are 170 counties that have no licensed ...
The 84th Texas Legislature, 2015, abolished this agency effective Sept. 1, 2017. [3] DADS services were transferred to HHSC. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) House Bill 5, 85th Regular Legislative Session, 2017, established DFPS as an agency independent of Texas Health and Human Services effective Sept. 1, 2017. [4]
The department was created by House Bill 2292 of the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003 through the merging of four state agencies: the Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Health Care Information Council, and Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. [1] The department provides state ...
Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct; Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; Texas Commission on the Arts; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities; Texas Council on Competitive Government; Texas County and District Retirement System; Texas Court of Appeals; Texas Court of ...
Sep. 28—The city of Santa Fe and organizations that serve the homeless community here face a critical moment. Rates of unhoused people, drug use and crime are rising. A homeless shelter's lease ...
The Devereux Foundation is a nonprofit behavioral health organization that operates programs and services in 13 U.S. states, working with children and adults with developmental disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, and mental illnesses. It is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit providers of behavioral healthcare in the United ...
The Anne Deacon Center has detox and behavioral support. A Co-Responder program and Alternative Response Team answer 911 calls that don’t require police. A Street Medicine team goes into the field.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; pronounced / ˈ s æ m s ə /) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.