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Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for 2024-2025 Biennium Legislative Appropriations Request
DSHS wants to hear from the public as it prepares its 2024-2025 Legislative Appropriations Request. The LAR is the agency’s funding request ahead of next year’s meeting of the Texas Legislature and reflects agency priorities for the upcoming two-year budget cycle. After it is submitted later this summer, the Legislative Budget Board will review the LAR and make funding recommendations to the Legislature, which builds and passes the state budget.
The DSHS LAR hearing lets people tell the agency what they think is important for public heath to focus on in the coming years. It was held on July 26 at 1 p.m. in Austin and was streamed online. You can find more information at
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/legislative/lar/DSHS-LAR-7_26_22_Public-Hearing-on-2024-2025-LAR-FINAL_v12.pdf
DSHS Strategic Plan
DSHS Strategic Plan 2021-2025, Part I and Part II
DSHS Strategic Plan 2023-2027,
Part I and
Part II
For background and to view past strategic plans, see the
HHS Strategic Planning page.
DSHS Budget Information
Legislative Appropriations Request – FY 2022-23
Legislative Appropriations Request – FY 2020-21
FY 2022-2023
Legislative Appropriations Request Stakeholder Presentation (PDF)
FY 2022-2023
Legislative Appropriations Request Stakeholder Presentation (Powerpoint)
November 5,2020 OOG-LBB LAR Hearing
DSHS FY 22 Operating Budget
As required per the 2022-23 General Appropriations Act (GAA), Senate Bill 1, Article IX, Sec 7.01, 87th Legislature, RS, 2021, shown here is
DSHS Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2022.
DSHS FY 20 Operating Budget
As required per the 2020-21 General Appropriations Act (GAA), House Bill 1, Article IX, Sec 7.01, 86th Legislature, RS, 2019, shown here is
DSHS Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2020.
Presentations for the 87th Legislative Session
For presentations prepared for previous sessions, see the
Archived Reports and Presentations page.
- February 25, 2021 -
Senate Finance Committee, Agency Overview
- March 3, 2021 -
House Appropriations Committee, DSHS Exceptional Items
- March 3, 2021 -
House Appropriations Committee, Contracting
- March 3, 2021 -
House Public Health, Pandemic Response and Vaccine Overview
- March
4, 2021 -
House Appropriations Committee, Information Technology (IT) Projects and Needs
- March
10, 2021 -
Senate Health and Human Services Committee, DSHS COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Vaccine Update
- March
10, 2021 -
Senate Health and Human Services Committee, DSHS Implementation Update
- August 10, 2021 -
Senate Health and Human Services Committee, COVID-19 and Impact of Vaccines
- October 5, 2021 -
House Committee on Public Health - Border Public Health
- June 27, 2022 -
Senate Health and Human Services - Disaster Pandemic Response (pdf)
- June 27, 2022 -
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services - Public Health Data (pdf)
- July 11, 2022 -
Senate Finance Committee, COVID Grants Overview (pdf)
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