Transition Legislative Oversight Committee: Health and Human Services

The Transition Legislative Oversight Committee met to hear invited testimony only. The Chair stated that they are in receipt of the recommendations they requested in the report submitted by HHSC. [Full Report Here.] Report Summary: Since 2015, the Health and Human Services (HHS) system has undergone extensive changes to its organizational structure in accordance with statutory changes made during the 84th and 85th legislative sessions, and based on management recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission issued in 2015. Collectively, these directives required the consolidation of five health and human services agencies into two, organized along functional lines, and made the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) a stand-alone agency which is supported administratively by HHSC through an interagency contract. The HHS system is now comprised of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The proce