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THSteps
The Texas Medicaid
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program is a
Title XIX federally mandated program of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
for Medicaid clients from birth through age 20. In Texas, EPSDT is known as the
Texas Health Steps (THSteps) Program. For information regarding covered THSteps
laboratory testing, refer to the program website: http://www.dshs.texas.gov/thsteps/providers.shtm
HIV/STD
Program
The HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch encompasses
prevention activities supported by the TB/HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis Unit. These
include HIV/STD/HCV counseling and testing, disease investigation and public
health follow-up, prevention counseling and partner management. Agencies
eligible to submit specimens for chlamydia/gonorrhea testing through the
HIV/STD program are STD clinics, Infertility Prevention Project Sentinel Sites,
and agencies examining a client for STDs at the request of an STD program.
Agencies eligible to submit specimens for HIV and/or syphilis testing are STD
clinics, agencies examining a client at the request of an STD program, and
HIV/STD prevention contractors. Agencies eligible to submit specimens for HCV
testing are HCV contractors or other agencies having prior Unit approval to
submit HCV tests at the Unit’s expense.
The HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch will pay for
the tests listed below:
- HIV
Combo Ag/Ab EIA (antibody test)
- HIV
Western Blot (requires justification)
- Syphilis
RPR
- HCV
(antibody test)
- HIV
Multispot (confirmatory test)
- Syphilis
Screening IgG
- Syphilis
TPPA (confirmatory test)
- Gonorrhea/Chlamydia Aptima test
Immunization
The Immunization Branch
works with regional DSHS programs and local health departments to ensure prompt
reporting, investigating, laboratory testing, and implementation of control
measures for vaccine-preventable diseases (measles, mumps, rubella, CRS, pertussis,
hepatitis A, hepatitis B, perinatal hepatitis B, tetanus, polio, diphtheria,
invasive Haemophilus influenza type B, invasive meningococcal disease, invasive
pneumococcal disease, and varicella). For more information regarding the
Immunizations Branch, refer to the program website: http://www.dshs.texas.gov/immunize/
Infectious
Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (IDEAS)
The IDEAS Division is responsible for assisting
local and regional public health officials in investigating outbreaks of acute
non-programmatic infectious diseases (e.g. foodborne, respiratory, and blood
borne pathogens). The IDEAS program conducts routine surveillance of diseases
designated by the Board of Health as reportable. For information regarding
reportable conditions, refer to the program website: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/investigation/conditions/
TX
CLPPP-Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
The Texas Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program manages the childhood lead poisoning
surveillance program, which includes a registry of Texas children and their
blood lead levels; a program to ensure follow-up of children with elevated
blood lead levels; and appropriate investigation, education, and intervention
to prevent additional incidents of childhood lead poisoning. For more
information regarding the Texas Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program,
refer to the program website: http://www.dshs.texas.gov/lead/child.shtm
Title V, X, and XX
Effective Jan. 15, 2012, all family planning funded programs were
integrated and contractors were instructed to submit claims for services under
the program name “Title X”. Please Contact TMHP for more
information. Selection of the payors Title V, X, or XX on the DSHS
Laboratory Submission forms will result in the submitter being billed for the
testing services.
Tuberculosis
The Tuberculosis
Elimination Division assists local and regional health departments in
identifying and providing treatment for people in Texas with tuberculosis
disease, identifying people with latent tuberculosis infection through contact
investigations and targeted tuberculosis screening programs, and providing
treatment for people with latent tuberculosis infection. Agencies submit
specimens to DSHS laboratories to confirm a diagnosis of tuberculosis disease, screen
for resistance for anti-tuberculosis medications, monitor response to
treatment, and identify the strain of bacteria for epidemiological surveillance
studies. For more information regarding the Tuberculosis program, refer to the
program website: http://www.dshs.texas.gov/idcu/disease/tb/
Zoonosis
The Zoonosis Control
Division is responsible for controlling and preventing diseases that are
transmittable from animals to people (including, among others, rabies, West
Nile and other arboviruses, hantavirus, and plague) through arthropod and
animal surveillance, human case investigations, education and consultation,
outbreak investigation, and implementation of control measures. For more
information regarding the Zoonosis program and related topics, refer to the
program website: http://www.dshs.texas.gov/idcu/health/zoonosis/default.asp
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