Request by Public Health Services for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services to increase grant funds in the amount of $1,214,691, with a required match of $242,938, for the FY26 Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program and extend sixteen (16) associated positions to August 31, 2027. | Community Exchange
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Request by Public Health Services for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services to increase grant funds in the amount of $1,214,691, with a required match of $242,938, for the FY26 Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program and extend sixteen (16) associated positions to August 31, 2027.
Harris County Commissioners Court votes July 9, 2026 on a $1.2M TB Prevention and Control Program grant amendment extending 16 staff positions through August 20
Harris County Commissioners Court will vote on July 9, 2026 on a request from Harris County Public Health Services to accept an amended grant agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services. The amendment adds $1,214,691 in state grant funds — with a required county match of $242,938 — for the FY26 Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program. It also extends sixteen staff positions through August 31, 2027. The program finds active TB cases, screens contacts, and provides testing and care to Harris County residents.
Harris County's TB program tests residents, finds active cases, and provides care. This vote decides whether the program keeps its state funding and staff through August 2027.
