HIV/STD Program Policies

Global Policies Affecting All Programs

Number	Title	Established	Last Revised
LIDS 2021.001	Program Income	1/2021
2013.01	Ryan White Part B/State Funded Services in Special Care Facilities Policy	6/2013
2012.01	Overall Responsible Party for TB/HIV/STD Surveillance Data	4/2008	9/2016
2011.04	Breach of Confidentiality Response	7/2008	3/2012
2011.01	Confidential Information Security	7/2008	5/2014
035.001	Model Education Program for use by Employers to Educate Employees about the HIV Disease and its Progressive Stages	9/1997	9/2014
090.001	Roles and Responsibilities of the Section Regarding Contractors	6/1998
090.002	HIV Client Services Funding Allocation Formula	2/2005
090.010	Contract Monitoring	10/1997
090.020	Model Policies for Handling, Caring, and Treating Persons Infected with a Sexually Transmitted Disease (Including HIV/AIDS) While in the Custody, Supervision or Care of Correctional, Law Enforcement, and/or Emergency Service Entities	8/2002	12/2002
090.021	HIV/AIDS Model Workplace Guidelines for Business, State Agencies, and State Contractors	1/1990	11/2004
120.100	HIV Testing of Pregnant Women	11/1995	6/2023
302.001	Release of TB/HIV/AIDS and STD Data	4/1999	11/2019
302.002	Data Release Agreement	4/1999	7/2019
500.002	Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Contractor Assurance	12/1995
500.003	Contractor Use of Equipment and Supplies, Contractor Assurance	3/1996	9/1996
520.001	Consultant Services and Consulting Fees Paid by a Contractor Through Direct Cost	8/1997
520.002	Staff Education, Association Memberships, Training Fees and Insurance Payments Using Contract Funds	8/1999	5/2000
525.001	Enforcement of Year End Requirements for DSHS Contracts	2/1999	5/1999
530.002	Section Expectations and Provider Rights Regarding the Delivery of Client Service	6/1998	9/2001
530.003	How to Deal with Clients Who Threaten to Harm Themselves or Others	9/2001	4/2023
540.001	Sanctions Imposed Upon a Contractor for Non-Compliance with Contracts Involving State/Federal Funds	12/1997	4/2003
540.002	Sanctioning an HIV/STD Contractor for Subcontractor Noncompliance	1/2001
590.001	DSHS Funds as Payment of Last Resort (POLR)	9/1994	5/2023
591.000	Limitations on Ryan White and State Services Funds for Incarcerated Persons in Community Facilities Policy	12/2013	3/2019
--	DSHS General Consent and Disclosure form (Form L-36)		2/2013

HIV and STD Prevention Programs

Number	Title	Established	Last Revised
110.002	HIV and STD Prevention Activities in State Prisons and Jails, Federal Prisons and Private Prisons	5/1998	4/2023
130.001	Condom Distribution for Non-Contracting Prevention Sites	12/1994	6/2006

HIV Health and Social Services Programs

Number	Title	Established	Last Revised
220.001	Eligibility to Receive HIV Services	7/2006	5/2023
231.000	ARIES Users	6/2006	8/2010
231.001	ARIES Security	8/2010	3/2020
231.002	TakeChargeTexas (TCT) Administrative Agency Data Managers’ Core Competencies	3/2000	6/2023
231.003	ARIES Data Improvement Plan	8/2010
241.001	Administrative Agency Roles and Responsibilities	10/1996	4/2020
241.003	Subcontracting HIV Health and Support Services	2/2005	8/2007
241.004	Administrative Agency Requirements for Community Input	6/2006
241.005	Conflict of Interest in Administrative Agencies	6/2006
241.006	Reallocation of HIV Client Services Funds	8/2006	5/2011
260.001	Care for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, Using State Services Funds	10/1998	5/2003
260.002	Health Insurance Assistance	11/1998	11/2015
260.003	HIV Health Insurance Assistance Waiver Request Form	4/2009
270.001	Calculation of Estimated Expenditures on Covered Clinical Services Supplemental Estimate of Planned Expenditures on Covered Clinical and Oral Health Services (2021)	7/2015
280.001	Sub-Contracting HIV Core and Support Services by an Administrative Agency	9/2015

Sexually Transmitted Disease Programs

Number	Title	Established	Last Revised
410.001	Hepatitis B Vaccination for Adolescents	9/1997	11/2003
410.003	Accelerated HIV Intervention Program, Addressing the Potential for Recalcitrant Transmission of HIV in Texas	8/2000	11/2001
420.001	Certification of TIPP Programs/Providers as Eligible for the 340B Drug Pricing Program	11/2015
420.002	Provider Selection Criteria and Requirements for the Texas Infertility Prevention Project	11/2015	1/2020

Texas HIV Medication Program

Number	Title	Established	Last Revised
700.001	Texas HIV Medication Program, Requests to Change State HIV Medication Formulary	1/1996	12/2021
700.002	Rights of the Texas HIV Medication Program to Limit the Number of Clients Assigned to a Pharmacy	10/1996	4/2015
700.003	HIV/STD Medication Program Pharmacy Eligibility Criteria	6/1997	1/2018
700.004	HIV Medications Ordering Process for Pharmacies	3/1997	1/2018
700.005	Medicare Part D	6/2006	4/2015
700.006	Multi-Month and Special Circumstance Medication Supply and Coverage Public comments on Multi-Month and Special Circumstance Medication Supply and Coverage Medical Certification Form Texas HIV Medication Program (THMP) Medication Formulary and Maximum Quantities	5/2019
700.007	Texas Insurance Assistance Program Public comments on Texas Insurance Assistance Program Policy	10/2021

Pharmacy Unit

Number	Title	Established
PMCY.01	Prescription Medication Shortages Policy and Procedures	6/2019
2023.004	340B Patient Eligibility	5/2023
2023.005	Covered Entity Eligibility and Central Distribution Model Participation	5/2023
2023.006	Prevention of Diversion of 340B Medication	5/2023
2023.008	Covered Entity Ordering and Inventory Tracking	6/2023
2023.009	340B Material Breach Policy	6/2023
2023.010	340B Database Registration, Recertification, and Review	6/2023
2023.011	Penicillin G Benzathine Treatment	6/2023
2023.013	340B Authorizing Official Back-up	6/2023

TB/HIV/STD Central Office Internal Policies

Number	Title	Established	Last Revised
2020.02	DSHS Central Pharmacy to Dispense Medications to THMP Participants	12/2020	12/2020
2019.02	Encrypted USB Flash Drive Assignment	9/2019	9/2019
2016.03	Children in the Workplace	5/2016	5/2016
2016.02	TB/HIV/STD Section Section-Wide Purchasing	3/2016	3/2019
2015.03	Creating E-Learning Products for the TB/HIV/STD Section	3/2015	3/2015
2015.02	TB/HIV/STD Section Meeting Planning	3/2015	6/2018
2012.03	TB/HIV/STD Section Alternative Worksite Procedure Due to Power Outage, HVAC System Failure and Other Temporary Environmental Factors	12/2012	12/2013
2009.01	TB/HIV/STD Section Procedure for the Review of New Grant Applications, Grant Renewal Applications, Grant Progress Reports and Technical Review Responses	3/2010	4/2016

Repealed program policies

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HIV/STD Program Policies

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