Texas Department of State Health Services

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The Texas Department of State Health Services is the state’s public health agency responsible for protecting and promoting the health of Texans through disease prevention, health regulation, and community health programs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency
public health agency
state health department
appliesToJurisdiction Texas
country United States
hasPart Consumer Protection Division
Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registry
HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section
Immunization Unit
Mental Health and Substance Use programs
Office of Asbestos and Lead Services
Office of Border Environmental Health
Office of Border Health
Office of Border Infectious Disease Surveillance
Office of Border Public Health
Office of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems Coordination
Office of Food Establishments and Retail Food Safety
Office of Health Care Quality
Office of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
Office of Immunization Services
Office of Injury Epidemiology and Surveillance
Office of Injury Prevention
Office of Laboratory Services
Office of Manufactured Housing and Lodging Regulation
Office of Oral Health
Office of Public Health Informatics
Office of Public Health Policy and Performance
Office of Public Health Practice
Office of Radiation Control
Office of Refugee Health
Office of Regulatory Services
Office of Special Needs Services
Office of Title V and Family Health
Office of Tobacco Prevention and Control
Office of Vital Records
Office of Zoonosis Control
Public Health Preparedness Program
Regional and Local Health Operations
State Laboratory of Public Health
Texas Center for Infectious Disease
Vital Statistics Section
headquartersLocation Austin, Texas
linked to: Austin
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Travis County, Texas
officialName Texas Department of State Health Services
operatesInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity State of Texas
linked to: Texas
partOf Texas Health and Human Services system
shortName DSHS
subordinateTo Texas Health and Human Services Commission

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Texas state agencies includes Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Health and Human Services Commission coordinatesWith Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Health and Safety Code administeredBy Texas Department of State Health Services
Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services partOf Texas Department of State Health Services
Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services headOf Texas Department of State Health Services
John Hellerstedt employer Texas Department of State Health Services
Executive branch of Texas hasPart Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Department of State Health Services officialName Texas Department of State Health Services
North Texas State Hospital (Vernon campus) regulatoryAuthority Texas Department of State Health Services
Harris County Emergency Services Districts oversightBy Texas Department of State Health Services (for EMS licensing)
linked to: Texas Department of State Health Services