Commissioner of Health records 1979-1991, 1998-2003 bulk 1979-1991

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Commissioner of Health records 1979-1991, 1998-2003 bulk 1979-1991

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The Texas Department ofHealth was the State of Texas' primaryagency for public health planning, services, and regulation until it wasabolished in 2004 and absorbed into the TexasDepartment of State Health Services. The Department of Health consisted of theCommissioner ofHealth, the administrative staff, and the chest hospitals at San Antonio andHarlingen. The Commissioner of Health had overall management duties and powersof theDepartment of Health and was assisted in oversight functions by deputy commissioners, assistant deputy commissioners, and associate commissioners. Records of theCommissioner of Health include correspondence, memos, committee reports, press releases, news clippings, resolutions, petitions, copies of legislation, speeches, and itineraries, dating 1979-1991, 1998-2003, bulk1979-1991. Robert Bernstein, M.D. held the position of Commissioner of Healthduring the time period of the bulk of these records.

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Texas. Dept. of Health.

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Until it was abolished in 2004 and absorbed into the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Department of Health was the latest successor in a line of health-related state agencies: the Texas Quarantine Department (1879-1903), the Texas Department of Public Health and Vital Statistics (1903-1909), the Texas State Department of Health (1909-1975), the Texas Department of Health Resources (1975-1977). The department became the State of Texas' primary agency for public he...

Bernstein, Robert.

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