Contents tagged with department of state health services
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Public health efforts pay off with legislative wins in the 84th Texas Legislature
By Joey Berlin
Texas MedicineThe Texas Public Health Coalition and diligent physicians earned significant victories during the 84th Texas Legislature in their drive to reduce tobacco and electronic cigarette use.
Lawmakers also provided the Texas Department of State Health Services with a likely bump in chronic disease prevention funding, and an effort to keep children’s immunization records in the state registry through their early adult years made its way into law.
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Sugar Land physician selected for DSHS panel
Sugar Land physician selected for DSHS panel
Joe Anzaldúa, M.D.
TAFP member Joe Anzaldúa, M.D., recently received an invitation to be a member of the Texas Department of State Health Services … more
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New driving rules for people with medical conditions
New driving rules for people with medical conditions
posted 8.27.14
The Texas Medical Advisory Board recently revised driving rules pertaining to drivers who have medical conditions. More … more
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Legislature restores women’s preventive care funding
By Janet Realini, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Texas Women’s Healthcare CoalitionIn a bipartisan effort, the 83rd Texas Legislature increased funding for preventive care for low-income women, making an important first step toward restored access for over 140,000 low-income women. Senate Bill 1, now signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry, invests in family planning in three key funding streams.
- It adds $32.1 million in state funding to the Department of State Health Services Family Planning Program, replacing federal dollars awarded to the private Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas network through Title X;
- It adds $100 million for a DSHS Primary Health Care Expansion for women’s health care, 60 percent of which will provide contraceptive care; and
- It adds $71.3 million in state funding to maintain the Texas Women’s Health Program, which lost its federal funding due to the “Affiliate Ban Rule” that excluded Planned Parenthood from the program.
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Family medicine under the dome in the 83rd Texas Legislature
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By Jonathan Nelson
After all the heated controversy and partisan polemics that characterized this summer’s special sessions of the 83rd Texas Legislature, it’s difficult to … more
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Damage control: Mending Texas’ women’s health care safety net
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By Kate Alfano
Severe budget cuts from the 82nd Texas Legislature left the women’s health care safety net in tatters, but supported by a strong fiscal and public health policy … more
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CAPITOL UPDATE: New coalition advocates for women's health care
Capitol Update: New coalition advocates for women’s health care
posted 02.14.13
View a slideshow from the press conference.
The new Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition, of which TAFP is a … more
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TAFP Physician Emeritus wins EMS medical director award
TAFP Physician Emeritus wins EMS medical director award
Henry J. Boehm Jr., M.D., of Brenham, Texas, was awarded the 2012 EMS Medical Director Award by the Texas Department of State Health … more
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DSHS: Encourage 18-year-old patients to consent to ImmTrac adult immunization registry
DSHS: Encourage 18-year-old patients to consent to ImmTrac adult immunization registry
posted 08.21.12
The Texas Department of State Health Services is asking family physicians to reach out to … more
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Observe National Immunization Awareness Month in August and alert patients to the lifetime need for immunizations
Observe National Immunization Awareness Month in August and alert patients to the lifetime need for immunizations
posted 07.31.12
Each year, thousands of persons become ill from diseases that … more