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HHSC: state hospitals, contracts and university consortium move to expand mental‑health capacity
Summary
Health and Human Services and university partners told the Appropriations Committee they are adding hospital capacity funded in 2023 SB 30, expanding community telehealth for children and building workforce through the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium; several facilities and programs are scheduled to come online during the next biennium.
Health and Human Services Commissioner Cecily Young and HHSC program staff told the House Appropriations Committee the agency is making progress on construction, renovations and contracts funded by Senate Bill 30 (2023) and described parallel efforts to expand community and school‑based behavioral health services.
State hospitals and contracts HHSC said construction and renovation projects are under way for state‑operated and partner‑operated psychiatric hospitals statewide. Michelle Aleto, HHSC chief program and services officer, presented a timeline showing most projects are expected to come online in the next biennium and urged the committee to include operating funds in HB1 to staff and open the new capacity. Aleto said the state will increase inpatient capacity overall even where individual post‑construction bed counts fall at renovated locations because the system is expanding geographically…
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