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[[File:TexasDeptStateHealthServAustinTX.JPG|thumb|Headquarters of the Texas Department of State Health Services]]
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'''Texas Department of State Health Services''' is a state agency of [[Texas]]. The department was created by House Bill 2292 of the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003 through
The agency's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, along with Public Policy Research Institute at [[Texas A&M University]] coordinate the Texas School Survey,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://texasschoolsurvey.org/WhosResponsible/WhosResponsible.asp |title=Who is Responsible for the Texas School Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use? |publisher=Texas School Survey.org |accessdate=August 28, 2009}}</ref> a program consisting of two surveys on drug and alcohol abuse, an annual one done at the local school-district level and a biennial statewide survey. The statewide survey, called the Texas School Survey of Substance Use, is the largest survey of its kind to be conducted in the United States and administered to over 100,000 public school students between grades 7–12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/sa/Research/survey/schoolsurvey.pdf |title=Student alcohol, drug use declines |publisher=[[Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse]]|date=September 18, 2000 |accessdate=August 28, 2009 |format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2005/steroids/problem.html |title=The Secret Edge - Steroids in High School |work=[[Dallas Morning News]] |year=2005 |accessdate=August 28, 2009}}</ref>
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