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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 committee, the department announced that was ending an eligibility clause that could drop some 2,700 low-in...

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 are HIV-positive who don’t qualify for the full extra help with out-of-pocket costs associated with...