Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships (“TEHP”) is a non-profit corporation that operates exclusively for social welfare in the State of Texas. TEHP supports policies that strengthen the healthcare safety-net system, and improve access to, and the availability, delivery, efficiency and funding of, quality healthcare services within the State of Texas. TEHP’s goal is to educate members of the community and empower hospitals so that they can provide accessible and high-quality healthcare services to patients in their care. TEHP seeks to preserve the state and local side of the federal Medicaid partnership.