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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 Council, and Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. [1] The department ...
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Many of the direct client services that were performed by DSHS, such as services for women and children, and people with special health care needs, were transferred to HHSC in September 2016. DSHS now focuses on providing these functions: Vital statistics, such as birth and death records
A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths. An official death certificate is usually required to be ...
An autopsy is a detailed dissection of a deceased person, done to determine why they died. If you and your family are dealing with the sudden loss of a loved one, you may find comfort in getting ...
What is physician-assisted death, and when is it appropriate? Find out everything you need to know.
Learn about how to get your health records, including how to have a mistake fixed so your medical record is accurate.
New Texas rules on changes to IDs, birth certificates put people in danger, critics say. Two recent policy changes in Texas threaten to endanger transgender people and open the door to fraud and ...
Vital record. Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic ...