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Advocates are gathering in Austin Monday to meet with lawmakers about funding and bills on HIV health care.

Advocates are gathering in Austin Monday to meet with lawmakers about funding and bills on HIV health care.

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Providing a seat at the table is especially important amid a global pandemic that already disproportionately impacts individuals living with HIV.

State lawmakers granted the Texas Department of State Health Services $52 million in emergency funding to the Texas HIV Medication Program, which provides access to HIV medication for more than 21,000 Texans who make at or below two times the federal poverty level. The coronavirus pandemic’s devastating toll on the economy led to a surge in enrollment, the agency reportedly said, just as medication costs increased. Then, last month, agency officials revealed an error in medications as a resul...

Budget Crunch for Texas HIV Drug Program Creates Crisis of Confidence By Sabra Ayres Texas SHARE TEXAS — After decades of running smoothly as one of the state’s lesser-known success stories in the Dept. of State Health Services, the Texas HIV Medication Program hit a major snag in its operation to supply life-saving HIV drugs in December.  In a memo addressed to the program’s advisory committ...

A dangerous shortfall in a lurch nash@dallasvoice.com An unexpected budget shortfall announced in December by the Texas Department of State Health Services has left some Texas HIV patients in a precarious position, faced with the possibility of getting their medications late — or not at all. The Texas HIV Medication Program, operated through DSHS, is the official AIDS Drug Assistance for the state. It also operates the Texas HIV State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program, which helps those who a...