The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is proud to announce the release of the Texas Viral Hepatitis Elimination Plan, a statewide strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public-health threat. This new plan outlines a coordinated approach to reduce new infections by 90 percent and reduce hepatitis-related deaths by 65 percent. Guided by a vision of a hepatitis-free Texas, the plan focuses on prevention, testing, treatment, and education.
HIV/STD Program
This page provides information about HIV/STD Program.
Our mission is to prevent, treat, and control the spread of HIV, STDs, and other communicable diseases to protect the health of the citizens of Texas.
HIV/STD Program
This page provides information about HIV/STD Program .
- About the DSHS HIV/STD Program
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- THMP – Texas THMP State Pharmacy Assistance Program (SPAP)
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- HIV/STD Service Providers – Abilene – Alice – Amarillo – Arlington – Austin
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Beeville – Beaumont – Belton – Brownsville – Bryan
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Cameron – Cleveland – Corpus Christi – Cotulla
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Dallas – Denton – DeSoto
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Eagle Pass – El Paso
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Farmers Branch – Fort Worth
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Galveston
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Hallettsville – Harlingen – Hillsboro – Houston
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Killeen – Kingsville
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Laredo – Longview – Lubbock – Lufkin
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Marshall - McAllen – McKinney – Midland
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Nacogdoches – Odessa
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Palestine – Plano – Richmond – Robstown – Rockport
- HIV/STD Service Providers – San Angelo – San Antonio – San Marcos – Sherman – Sinton
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Temple – Texarkana – Texas City – Tyler
- HIV/STD Service Providers – Uvalde – Victoria – Waco – Wichita Falls
- HIV and STD Testing in Texas
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- Training
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- HIV/STD Program Security Procedures
- Laws, Rules, and Authorization
- Model Workplace Guidelines
- 700.006 Multi-Month and Special Circumstance Medication Supply and Coverage
- 700.007 Texas Insurance Assistance Program
- 591.000 The Use of Ryan White Part B Funds for Incarcerated People Living with HIV (PLWH), Recently Released, or Otherwise Judicially Involved in Texas
- 700.003 HIV Medication Participating Site Eligibility Criteria
- 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, or Emergency Services Entities
- 090.002 HIV Client Services Funding Allocation Formula
- 120.100 HIV Testing of Pregnant Women
- 302.001 Release of Tuberculosis (TB), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and Viral Hepatitis Data
- 590.001 DSHS Funds as Payment of Last Resort
- 110.002 HIV and STD Prevention Activities in State Prisons and Jails, State Juvenile Justice Facilities, Municipal and County Jails, Federal Prisons, and Private Prisons
- 220.001 Eligibility to Receive HIV Services
- 231.000 TakeChargeTexas (TCT) Users
- 700.001 Texas HIV Medication Program Requests to Change State HIV Medication Formulary
- 700.005 Medicare Part D
- 2023.015 Orders for Control of Transmission of HIV and STDs in Texas
- 700.002 Right to Limit the Number of Clients Assigned to a Pharmacy
- 2016.01 HIV/STD Section Confidential Information Security
- 020.050 Public Complaints Related to the Delivery of Section Programs
- 2021.01 Public Complaints Related to the Delivery of HIV/STD Programs
Contact Us
Texas HIV Medication Program
Toll-free phone: 800-255-1090
Fax:
medication orders: 512-989-4003
other THMP: 512-989-4011
Other HIV/STD Programs
Phone: 737-255-4300
Fax: 512-255-4008
Email:
DSHS HIV/STD Program
HIV/STD data requests
Open records requests
Mailing address:
DSHS HIV/STD Program
Post Office Box 149347, MC 1873
Austin, TX 78714
Physical address:
DSHS HIV/STD Program
201 West Howard Lane, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78753
The Department of State Health Services HIV/STD Program has the duty to identify, report, prevent, and control HIV, AIDS, and STDs in the State of Texas. The Program is dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV and other STDs through education, counseling, testing, and the provision of medical and social services. DSHS directly provides some of these services, but most are provided through contracts with community-based agencies.
Program Updates
Texas Insurance Assistance Program-PLUS (TIAP-PLUS)
TIAP-PLUS is one of the services offered through the Texas HIV Medication Program (THMP). If you are HIV positive, living in Texas, and uninsured, TIAP-PLUS can help you pay for your health insurance premiums, medication copayments, and medication deductibles.
CDC 2024 Provisional STD Surveillance Data for the U.S.
In 2024, the total number of reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis declined 9 percent from 2023, down for a third consecutive year. However, there were still more than 2.2 million reported STDs in 2024. When compared to a decade ago, overall number of cases increased by 13 percent higher, and congenital syphilis seen a significant increase of nearly 200 percent.