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Tracked issues with at least one Texas record since Apr 27, 2026.
Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership
The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership said Custom Reports, the Medicaid Client Portal, Document Uploads, the Provider Message Dashboard and My Account would move to IAMOnline on August 3. The change applies to all Texas Medicaid providers.
Texas Department of State Health Services
The Texas health department reported on August 12 that the July 21 to 23 preparedness exercise served 2,565 people and delivered 11,838 services at five sites in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Starr and Webb counties.
Texas Legislature Online
On June 4, TACHC CEO Jana Eubank testified before the Texas House Public Health Committee on the Rural Health Transformation Program (~$1.4B over five years for Texas)…
Texas Legislature Online
On June 4, the Texas House Public Health Committee held a hearing to monitor HB 18 and review the Rural Health Transformation Program, telehealth, and the state's health care workforce.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas HHSC released Rural Texas Strong Initiative 4 on April 27 to fund rural training pipelines and provider retention, and the window closed June 9, 2026.
KERA News
The Texas House's new Select Committee on Health Care Affordability held a two-day hearing on May 1 and 2, 2026, on hospital prices, pharmacy benefit managers, and vertical integration, KERA News reported.
Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership
The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership published a bulletin on May 15, 2026 requiring prior authorizations for Healthy Texas Women and HTW Plus services, starting July 1, 2026.
Episcopal Health Foundation
The Episcopal Health Foundation released an evaluation of My Texas My Health, the network TACHC launched in 2023 for Texas FQHCs. It found fast membership growth, formal governance, and better-aligned data.
Texas Legislature Online
HB 3794, a bill on APRN licensing and independent practice, was left pending in the Texas House Public Health committee on April 14, 2025, and did not become law. Physicians must still delegate the medical parts of APRN practice, including prescribing.
Texas HHS / DSHS
Texas DSHS sought applications for $650,000 project-based contracts that help existing FQHCs and FQHC Look-Alikes expand services or improve access at current sites. The HHS opportunity opened February 2 and closed February 27, 2026.
Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership
CMS extended the Healthy Texas Women program through June 30, 2030 and let Texas prepare a future move to managed care. The current Texas handbook still lists it as a state-run program outside health plans.
Cover Texas Now
In the 2025 session, SB 232, the Medicaid expansion bill, got no committee hearing, and a budget-day expansion amendment was defeated. Bills to simplify enrollment, including HB 321 (SNAP-to-Medicaid) and 'express lane' eligibility, also failed.
Health Resources and Services Administration
On July 1, HRSA said shortage area designations flagged in its 2025 national update will stay in "proposed for withdrawal" status. State primary care offices can review them before the next Federal Register notice, due by July 1, 2027.
Texas DSHS
Texas DSHS says its nine-competency, 180-hour CHW and promotor(a) curriculum took effect February 1, 2026, and training centers had to align by August 1.
Texas Legislature Online
Gov. Abbott signed HB 18 on June 20, 2025, effective immediately. It creates a State Office of Rural Hospital Finance, directs HHSC to improve rural Medicaid payment, and adds a Medicaid add-on for rural hospitals with OB/GYN services.
Legacy Community Health
Legacy Community Health's Acres Homes page, posted July 14, 2026, says the Houston clinic is welcoming new patients and taking appointments.
Texas Hospital Association
The enhanced ACA premium tax credits expired December 31, 2025. The Texas Hospital Association reports about 4 million Texans in marketplace plans, 95% with tax credits, and projects that about 1 million could lose that coverage by 2034.
KFF
KFF's February 2025 brief uses 2023 American Community Survey data to estimate 1.4 million uninsured adults in the coverage gap across the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid. Texas has 42% of them, about 588,000 people, the largest share of any state.
Texas Medical Association
The Texas Medical Association reports that Texas is losing more than $600 million in federal public health money as pandemic-era funds expire and One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts take effect.
The Texas Tribune
Texas recorded 4.17 million marketplace plan selections through January 15, 2026, up 5% and a state record, second only to Florida. National enrollment fell 5%.
U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The current U.S. Code provides $4.6 billion to the Community Health Center Fund for FY2026 and another $1,159,452,055 for October 1 through December 31, 2026.
Community Impact
In February 2026, Harris County commissioners approved a second $850 million installment of the voter-approved $2.5 billion Harris Health bond.
KERA News
Dallas County approved Parkland Health's FY2026 budget and kept the tax rate at $0.212. Higher property values and expected Medicare DSH funds moved the outlook from an August draft's projected loss to slightly positive operating income.
San Antonio Report
Bexar County's University Health adopted a $4.27 billion FY2026 budget with 9% revenue growth. About 21% of its patients are uninsured, and emergency visits are up 77% since 2014.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
By January 1, 2027, CMS's work rule requires 80 monthly hours of work or qualifying activities from nonpregnant adults 19 to 64 in the ACA adult group or certain §1115 demonstrations.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
TACHC's 2024 annual report says its clinically integrated network, My Texas My Health, successfully applied for the 2025 Medicare Shared Savings Program with 27 participants and about 9,000 beneficiaries. The network has 50 participants in all.
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