Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council
On September 1, 2025, H.B. 3801 89th Regular Session, 2025, abolished the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.
A Healthy Texas is a Productive Texas
The Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) was a 17-member council. Thirteen members were appointed by the governor, and four were ex-officio members from state agencies. Chapters 104 (repealed September 1, 2025) and 105 of the Texas Health and Safety Code were the enabling statutes of the SHCC.
The broad purpose of the SHCC was to ensure that health care services and facilities were available to all citizens in an orderly and economical manner. The SHCC made recommendations to the governor and the legislature via the Texas State Health Plan (SHP). The SHP was issued every six years and updated biennially. The SHP and its updates were due by November 1 of each even-numbered year.
The SHCC had statutory oversight of the Health Professions Resource Center and the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies. It also had one statutorily mandated advisory committee, the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Advisory Committee.
SHCC Reports & Publications
State Health Plans
The SHCC Texas State Health Plans (SHP) were issued every six years with biennial updates. The council provided overall guidance in the development of the SHP, submitted the plan to the governor, and promoted the implementation of the plan. The plan and its updates were due to the governor by November 1 of each even-numbered year. Contact HPRC@dshs.texas.gov for copies of SHPs or updates not linked on this page.
- 2023-2028 Texas State Health Plan
- 2017-2022 Texas State Health Plan
Health Information Technology Advisory Committee
Other Reports
Get in Touch
Phone
512-776-7261Fax
512-776-7344Mailing Address
Statewide Health Coordinating Council, Center for Health Statistics, Texas Department of State Health Services
Mail Code 1898
P.O. Box 149347
Austin , TX 78714-9347
United States