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Office of Chief Counsel
Company Overview
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) provides support to the two agencies of the HHS system: the Department of Health and Human Services and the Health and Human Services Commission, as well as other entities administratively or otherwise attached to an HHS system agency. OCC offers legal and compliance assistance in four main areas: Appeals, Ethics, Legal Services, and Privacy. Together, these areas work under the HHS Chief Counsel to deliver comprehensive legal and compliance support.
The Appeals Division comprises three departments: Contested Cases Department, Fair and Fraud Hearings Department, and Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) Department. The Contested Case Department analyzes Proposals for Decision from the State Office of Administrative Hearings and drafts Final Orders accordingly. The Fair and Fraud Hearings Department Hearings Officers conduct fair hearings and administrative disqualification hearings statewide for 169 eligibility programs within HHS. The IDR Department is responsible for the IDR process, which allows nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, intermediate care facilities, and Home and Community-Based/Texas Home Living waiver providers an opportunity to request review of violations cited by the HHSC Regulatory Division.
The Ethics Office helps employees seek guidance and report concerns about ethical behavior. It also provides resources to foster fairness and impartiality in the workplace.
The Legal Services Division comprises seven departments of attorneys and legal professionals: Enforcement Department, Guardianship Department, Litigation Department, Open Records and Data Governance Department, Personnel Department Policy Department, and System Contracting Department. Together these legal departments collaborate to provide legal analysis and advice related to statutes and rules, procurement and contracting, litigation, data and information requests, employment law issues, regulatory enforcement, and other legal needs.
The Privacy Division provides privacy compliance support to the HHS system, including support related to the HHS Privacy Policy; Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Breach Notification Rules; Texas Medical Records Act; Texas Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act. The Privacy Division provides HHS system privacy risk assessment, privacy awareness, training, and incident management, including breach response.
Company History
Texas Health and Human Services, also known as the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), helps more than 7.5 million Texans every month. The agency supports the needs of mothers, children and families through programs such as Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, women’s health and behavioral health services.
The Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) system is made of two agencies overseen by the governor-appointed HHS executive commissioner: Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), through its more than 37,000 employees, provides essential acute and long-term services and supports to more than 7.5 million people every month through its almost 200 programs, including the state’s Medicaid program, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), operation of 10 state psychiatric hospitals and 13 state-supported living centers (SSLCs), and licensing and regulating health care and childcare facilities and providers. Additionally, HHSC and its contractors provide support for families in crisis through family violence and child advocacy programs, assist individuals with behavioral health needs, and offer family planning and preventive health services to Texas women.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is the state’s public health agency, dedicated to improving the health, safety, and well-being of all Texans. Approximately 3,800 full time DSHS public health professionals, in coordination with local and regional partners, work to safeguard Texans from public health threats. About 1,600 DSHS employees work in the field – in communities, regional clinics, laboratories, and the DSHS tuberculosis hospital. DSHS provides resources and services to individuals, communities, and healthcare providers to improve overall health outcomes across the state of Texas.
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