HIV/STD Policies and Procedures
HIV/STD Program Policies
DSHS HIV/STD program policies with supporting documents.
HIV/STD Program Procedures
DSHS HIV/STD program procedures with supporting documents.
HIV/STD Program Security Policies and Procedures
DSHS HIV/STD program security policies, procedures, and supporting documents.
Program Operating Procedures and Standards (POPS)
Guidelines for delivery of consistent quality services for DSHS HIV/STD contractors.
Technical Assistance Bulletins
Program management guidance for DSHS HIV/STD contractors.
Records Retention
HHS records retention guidelines, schedules, and forms for use by DSHS HIV/STD contractors.
Laws, Rules and, Authorization
State and federal laws, rules, and authorization related to HIV/STD.
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- HIV and STD Testing in Texas
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- Epi Profile – Data Sources and Notes
- Epi Profile Section 1 – Executive Summary
- Epi Profile Section 2 – Texans Living with HIV in 2018
- Epi Profile Section 3 – Texans with New HIV Diagnoses
- Epi Profile Section 4 – New Diagnoses in MSM
- Epi Profile Section 5 – Texans with Newly Acquired HIV
- Epi Profile Section 6 – Deaths in Texans Living with HIV
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- Epi Profile Section 8 – HIV Testing in Programs Funded by the Department of State Health Services
- Epi Profile Section 9 – Sex and Substance Use in PLWH
- Epi Profile Section 10 – Sex and Substance Use in People at Increased Risk for HIV in Dallas, Texas
- Epi Profile Section 11 – HIV Treatment Cascade
- Epi Profile - Table Appendix
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- Border Report Section 1 – Executive Summary
- Border Report Section 2 – HIV, STDs, and TB in the Texas-Mexico Border Region
- Border Report Section 3 – Population and Demographics of the Texas-Mexico Border Region
- Border Report Section 4 – HIV Diagnoses and People Living with HIV
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- Border Report – Table Appendix
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- 700.006 Multi-Month and Special Circumstance Medication Supply and Coverage
- 700.007 Texas Insurance Assistance Program
- PMCY01 Prescription Medication Shortages
- 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
- 700.004 HIV Medications Ordering Process for Pharmacies
- LIDS 2021.001 Program Income
- 2012.01 Overall Responsible Party for HIV/STD Surveillance Data
- 2011.04 Breach of Confidentiality Response
- 2011.01 Confidential Information Security
- 090.001 Roles and Responsibilities of the Section Regarding Contractors
- 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
- 090.010 Contract Monitoring
- 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
- 530.002 Section Expectations and Provider Rights Regarding the Delivery of Client Service
- 530.003 How to Deal With Clients Who Threaten to Harm Themselves or Others
- 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
- 130.001 Condom Distribution Non-Contracting Prevention Sites
- 220.001 Eligibility to Receive HIV Services
- 231.001 TakeChargeTexas (TCT) Security
- 231.000 TakeChargeTexas (TCT) Users
- 231.002 Administrative Agency Data Managers’ Core Competencies
- 231.003 TCT Data Improvement Plan
- 241.001 Administrative Agency Roles and Responsibilities
- 241.003 Subcontracting HIV Health and Support Services
- 241.004 Administrative Agency Requirements for Community Input
- 241.005 Conflict of Interest in Administrative Agencies
- 241.006 Reallocation of HIV Client Services Funds
- 260.002 Health Insurance Assistance
- 270.001 Calculation of Estimated Expenditures on Covered Clinical Services
- 280.001 Sub-Contracting HIV Core and Support Services by an Administrative Agency
- 420.002 Provider Selection Criteria and Requirements for the Texas Infertility Prevention Project
- 700.001 Texas HIV Medication Program Requests to Change State HIV Medication Formulary
- 700.005 Medicare Part D
- 2020.02 DSHS Central Pharmacy to Dispense Medications to THMP Participants
- 2023.015 Orders for Control of Transmission of HIV and STDs in Texas
- 2023.004 340B Patient Eligibility
- 2023.005 Covered Entity Eligibility and Central Distribution Model Participation
- 2023.006 Prevention of Diversion of 340B Medication
- 2023.008 Covered Entity Ordering and Inventory Tracking
- 2023.009 340B Material Breach Policy
- 2023.010 340B Database Registration, Recertification, and Review
- 2023.011 Penicillin G Benzathine (Bicillin) Treatment
- 2023.013 340B Authorizing Official Back-up
- 2023.007 Prevention of Duplicate Discounts
- 2023.016 340B Roles, Responsibilities, Training and Education
- PIOS User Access
- 700.002 Right to Limit the Number of Clients Assigned to a Pharmacy
- Repealed Policies and Procedures
- Model Workplace Guidelines
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- 2016.01 HIV/STD Section Confidential Information Security
- 2021.01 Appeals Requests Related to the Texas HIV Medication Program
- 020.050 Public Complaints Related to the Delivery of Section Programs
- 900.002 Completing the Contractor Risk Assessment Tool
- 2020.01 Quality Assurance for the Texas HIV Medication Program’s Eligibility Processes
- HIV/STD Security Policies and Procedures
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- POPS Chapter 1 – Focused HIV Testing, Counseling, and Linkage to Care for HIV Prevention
- POPS Chapter 2 – Quality Assurance for Focused HIV Testing, Counseling, and Linkage to Care for HIV Prevention
- POPS Chapter 7 – HCV Testing
- POPS Chapter 8 – HIV/STD Surveillance
- POPS Chapter 9 – Disease Intervention Specialist Performance Standards
- POPS Chapter 3 – HIV/STD Partner Services and Seropositive Notification
- POPS Chapter 4 – HIV Testing in STD Clinics
- POPS Chapter 13 – Administrative Agency Core Competencies
- POPS Chapter 10 – First-Line Supervisors Performance Standards
- POPS Chapter 11 – Regional and Local Health Department HIV/STD Program Manager Performance Standards
- POPS Chapter 12 – STD Clinical Standards
- POPS Chapter 16 – Routine HIV Screening in Healthcare Settings
- POPS Chapter 19 - Individual and Group HIV Prevention Interventions
- POPS Chapter 15 – Client Referral Standards
- POPS Chapter 17 - Health Insurance Program Standards
- POPS Chapter 18 – Pick-Up And Delivery Of Prescription And Over-The-Counter Medications Standards
- POPS Chapter 14 – Client File Organization, Content, and Security Standards
- POPS Chapter 22 – Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Non-occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP)
- POPS Chapter 20 – Direct Client Services Volunteer Programs Standards
- POPS Chapter 24 – Structural Interventions for HIV Prevention
- POPS Chapter 23 – Congenital Syphilis
- POPS Chapter 25 – Tangible Reinforcements for HIV Prevention
- POPS Appendix F – CDC Surveillance Case Definitions
- Laws, Rules, and Authorization
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- Records Retention