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Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The Brown-Heatly Building houses the commission's headquarters in Austin; it is partly named for the late State Representative William S. Heatly of Paducah in Cottle County. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System.
Austin State Hospital. Texas Department of State Health Services is a state agency of Texas. 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 ...
Kerrville State Hospital. Coordinates: 30.0473°N 99.1561°W. Kerrville State Hospital ( KSH) is a mental hospital in Kerrville, Texas, operated by health and human services. The patients of this 202-patient facility, who were judged in state courts as "not guilty by reason of insanity" and/or " incompetent to stand trial ," come from ...
The Texas Municipal Retirement System ( TMRS) is a statewide retirement system that provides retirement, disability, and death benefits for employees of participating Texas municipalities. TMRS was established in 1947 by Texas state law and is administered in accordance with the Texas Municipal Retirement System Act (Texas Government Code ...
Although it is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the program is administered at the state level. According to the Texas HHSC, most adults between the ages of 18 and 49 with no children ...
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ( DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, elderly adults and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
Terrell State Hospital. Terrell State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital located in Terrell, Texas, United States. Opened in 1885, it was originally known as the North Texas Lunatic Asylum. [1] The original hospital building was built according to the Kirkbride Plan. [2]
The Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA) is codified in chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code although it is commonly still referred to as the TCHRA. The TCHRA/chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code empowers the TWC similar to the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) with analogous responsibilities at the state level.