08/28/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/28/2024 15:19
News Release
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Cecile Erwin Young
HHS Executive Commissioner
August 28, 2024
Emily Hummel, 512-424-6951
TERRELL - Gov. Greg Abbott announced HHSC is beginning construction of a new Terrell State Hospital building that will provide inpatient psychiatric care to North Texans. HHSC held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for the 415,000-square-foot replacement hospital.
Gov. Abbott and the Texas Legislature approved $573 million in funding for the hospital building, which is slated for completion in late 2027. Learn more.