Texas DSHS HIV/STD Program - Texas HIV Medication Program

Texas HIV Medication Program – Advisory Committee

Texas began distributing HIV medications in late 1987 as temporary pilot program; the THMP was officially established in 1989 in Senate Bill 959. The statute that created the HIV Medication Advisory Committee is found in Texas Health & Safety Code, Chapter 85, Sections 85.044 and 85.271-85.282. Rules related to this Committee may be found in Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 98, Subchapter C, Division 2, Rule 98.121. Committee members are appointed by the Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Current THMP Advisory Committee Members:

Physician Members

Phillip H. Keiser, M.D. - Committee Chair
Galveston, Texas
Term expires 2018

Natalie N. Vanek, M.D. - Committee Vice-Chair
Houston, Texas
Term expires 2018

Fernando Garcia, M.D.
Harlingen, Texas
Term expires 2015

Pediatrician Member

Mary E. Paul, M.D.
Houston, Texas
Term expires 2015

Public Non-Profit Hospital Administrator Member

Nancy P. Miertschin, M.P.H.
Houston, Texas
Term expires 2015

Pharmacist Member

Raul Castaneda, R.Ph.
Austin, Texas
Term expires 2018

Social Worker Member

Yolanda Rodriguez-Escobar
San Antonio, Texas
Term expires 2015

Consumer Members

David Lawrence Huse
Dallas, Texas
Term expires 2015

Frank Rosas
San Antonio, Texas
Term expires 2018

Demetra Michelle Tennison
Austin, Texas
Term expires 2015

C. Bruce Turner
Houston, Texas
Term expires 2018

THMP Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes:

Meeting minutes for the April 6, 2018 meeting will be made available at this site upon final approval by the Committee members after their next meeting. A Committee member quorum is required in order to approve the minutes at each meeting.

Minutes from previous THMP Advisory Committee meetings are available upon request.