The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 found in Chapter 61 of the Health and Safety Code requires counties that are not completely covered by a hospital district or public hospital to provide basic health services to indigent residents through a county-run County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP); Texas is home to 143 […]
The nuts and bolts of county indigent health care are spelled out in state law. But to many program coordinators, success is based on more than a statute. “We are all one catastrophic event or one major illness away from need,” shared Candy Blair, Collin County public health director for the last 17 years. […]
Editor’s Note: Our March issue covered the background of county indigent health care, patient eligibility, and county jail inmates. The following completes our two-part series. In 1985, Rita Kelley was serving as the regional planner of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services for the seven-county Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) region. In June of that […]
When Bee County Judge Stephanie Moreno was appointed in 2015, one of her chief priorities was to address the burgeoning, and seemingly uncontrollable, cost of inmate health care. “It was the first task I attempted to resolve when I took office because we had essentially no control over this expense, Moreno recalled. The County Judge […]
County Indigent Health Care Q&A In 1985, Rita Kelley was serving as the regional planner of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services for the seven-county Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) region. In June of that year, Walt Reedy, CTCOG executive director, walked into Kelley’s office and asked if she wanted to be a […]
