Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium

What Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium does

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) is a state-mandated consortium created by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019 through Senate Bill 11 and staffed by The University of Texas System under contract with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. It operates five initiatives: the Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN), which delivers free telehealth-based consultation and training to primary care providers managing child and adolescent behavioral health; the Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT), which embeds behavioral telehealth inside K-12 school districts; the Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN), which serves reproductive care providers; the Community Psychiatry Workforce Expansion (CPWE) and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Fellowships, which expand the state's child psychiatry pipeline; and the NECMHR Research Initiative, which funds research across nine health-related institutions of higher education (most recently awarding $8.5M across 22 proposals in August 2025).

The underlying technology is a telehealth and telemedicine consultation platform connecting providers — pediatricians, family physicians, OB/GYNs, school-based clinicians — with child and reproductive psychiatrists, delivered free of charge to all Texas providers. Distribution is achieved through direct institutional partnerships, recurring ECHO and webinar education series, continuing medical education (CME) credit programs, and embedded school-based telemedicine hardware and workflows. Services are funded entirely through Texas state legislative appropriations and federal American Rescue Plan Act funds; there is no commercial pricing, no venture or equity capital, and no private revenue stream.

The business model is therefore not commercial but statutory: TCMHCC operates as a public-sector delivery vehicle that translates legislative appropriations into statewide child and adolescent mental health services, research, and workforce capacity. End beneficiaries are Texas children and adolescents (via CPAN/TCHATT), perinatal women (via PeriPAN), and the broader provider workforce (via CPWE/CAP Fellowships and CME). Operational scale spans nine health-related institutions across Texas, with 51-100 staff and a distributed clinician network funded through participating universities.

Name

Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium

Legal name

Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium

Website

https://tcmhcc.utsystem.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TCMHCC is a Texas state-mandated consortium, created by the 86th Legislature in 2019, that provides free telehealth psychiatric consultation, in-school behavioral telehealth, and psychiatry workforce programs to Texas primary care providers, school districts, and reproductive care providers serving children, adolescents, and perinatal women statewide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Primary Care Telehealth (well-child, minor illness, developmental screening) (HLALAHAF), School-Based Health Centers (HLAFAGAG)

Keywords

• Child mental health services
• Telehealth consultation network
• School-based behavioral health
• Psychiatry workforce development
• Mental health research funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. State Legislative Funding: TCMHCC was created by the 86th Texas Legislature and receives ongoing state appropriations to fund its five initiatives including CPAN, TCHATT, Research Initiative, CPWE, and CAP Fellowships
2. Federal ARPA Funding: In 2021, the Texas Legislature approved federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act for expanded services of several Consortium initiatives

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

TCMHCC is a state-mandated consortium that delivers free telehealth-based child and adolescent mental health services across Texas through five initiatives: CPAN provides real-time psychiatric consultation to primary care providers; TCHATT embeds behavioral telehealth directly into school settings to identify student mental health needs; PeriPAN supports reproductive care providers with perinatal mental health expertise; NECMHR funds research to improve children's mental health service delivery; and CPWE and CAP Fellowships expand the child psychiatry workforce. All services are provided at no cost, funded by Texas legislative appropriations and federal ARPA funds.

Product overview

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) is a multi-initiative platform created by the 86th Texas Legislature to improve mental health care for children and adolescents in Texas. The consortium operates through five main initiatives: CPAN provides telehealth psychiatric consultation to primary care providers; TCHATT delivers in-school behavioral telehealth services; PeriPAN supports perinatal mental health; and the workforce expansion programs (CPWE and CAP Fellowships) address psychiatry workforce shortages. The NECMHR research initiative funds junior researchers and studies to improve mental health service delivery across the state.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN): Provides telehealth-based consultation and training to primary care providers.
• Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT)
• PeriPAN (Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network)
• New and Emerging Children's Mental Health Research (NECMHR)

Products and services

• Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) Telehealth-based consultation and training service connecting primary care providers with child and adolescent psychiatry specialists for behavioral health care support of their child and adolescent patients, provided free of charge to Texas providers via phone line (888) 901-CPAN.
• Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) In-school behavioral telehealth program partnering with Texas school districts to identify and assess behavioral health needs of children and adolescents and provide access to mental health services within school settings.
• Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN) Telehealth consultation network giving reproductive care providers across Texas access to perinatal mental health care support and expertise for pregnant and postpartum patients, including guidance on medication safety during pregnancy and lactation.
• Community Psychiatry Workforce Expansion (CPWE) Program that funds full-time academic psychiatrists as academic medical directors and new psychiatric resident rotation positions at facilities operated by community mental health providers to expand the child psychiatry workforce in Texas.
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Fellowships Program that expands both the number of child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship positions in Texas and the number of training programs at Texas health-related institutions to grow the pipeline of child psychiatrists.
• New and Emerging Children's Mental Health Research (NECMHR) Research initiative that has created two statewide networks to study and improve the delivery of child and adolescent mental health services in Texas, funding junior researchers and research projects at Texas health-related institutions.
• SAFETY-A Training Program
• CPAN Enduring CME

Quantifiable outcome

• 22 research proposals awarded $8.5 million in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019TCMHCC is staffed by The University of Texas System through a contract with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which provides administrative oversight and coordination of the consortium's activities across participating institutions.
• Health-Related Institutions of Higher Education in TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCMHCC leverages the expertise and capacity of nine health-related institutions of higher education across Texas to address urgent mental health challenges and improve the mental health care system for children and adolescents.
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine participating health-related institutions; awarded multiple research grants through NECMHR including trauma-focused CBT research and inpatient youth outcomes study
• The University of Texas at AustincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded research grants including comparative outcomes in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis and targeted enhancement of therapeutic memory in postpartum women with PTSD
• Texas A&M Health Science CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution with multiple funded research projects including caregiver outcomes, telebehavioral care for adolescents, and examination of suicidal thoughts among rural Black youth
• Baylor College of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded multiple research grants including machine learning for autism characterization, executive functioning research, and stepped care versus standard CBT for anxiety
• The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded research grants including web app for TF-CBT principles and biopsychosocial outcomes in Texas juvenile justice
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded research grants including text messaging intervention for suicide prevention and data-driven early mental health screening for offspring of parents with bipolar disorder
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntoniocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded research grants including transcranial magnetic stimulation for PTSD treatment and treatment outcomes in TCHATT program
• The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded research grant for evaluating Texas Community Health Workers' readiness for youth mental healthcare
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution awarded research grant for enhancing rural behavioral health response for child and adolescent survivors of familial sex trafficking in West Texas
• Texas LegislaturecoreOthers86th Texas Legislature created TCMHCC and provides ongoing state appropriations; approved federal ARPA funding in 2021 for expanded services

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Brightline (by ZoomCare): Brightline is a technology-enabled pediatric and adolescent mental health provider offering virtual therapy and psychiatry. It is an emerging player in the same pediatric behavioral telehealth category as TCMHCC's services.
• Hazel Health: Hazel Health provides in-school and virtual mental health services for K-12 students, directly comparable to TCMHCC's TCHATT in-school behavioral telehealth model.
• Equip Health: Equip is a virtual eating disorder treatment provider for adolescents and families, an emerging player in the pediatric mental health virtual care category that partially overlaps TCMHCC's adolescent services.

Direct peers

• North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line (NC-PAL): NC-PAL is a statewide child and adolescent psychiatry consultation line for PCPs modeled after MCPAP. It serves the same provider-facing pediatric mental health consultation function as TCMHCC's CPAN.
• California Access Line (Pediatric Access Line / CAL): CAL provides free telephone-based consultation to California pediatric primary care providers from child psychiatrists, functionally identical to TCMHCC's CPAN program but at California scale.
• Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP): MCPAP is a statewide pediatric psychiatry access network providing phone-based consultation to primary care providers, closely mirroring TCMHCC's CPAN model. It is the original and most-cited peer to TCMHCC's approach.

Broad incumbents

• Teladoc Health: Teladoc is a large incumbent virtual care platform offering mental health services including adolescent care. It is a broad incumbent operating across telehealth categories overlapping TCMHCC's territory.
• Talkspace: Talkspace is a major D2C and B2B telehealth platform that includes pediatric and adolescent therapy services. It competes in the broader virtual pediatric mental health space where TCHATT and CPAN operate.

Regional players

• Florida's Child Psychiatry Access Program: Florida's statewide pediatric psychiatry access initiative offers PCP consultation services parallel to CPAN, operating in a different state but addressing the same structural shortage with similar mechanisms.
• Oregon Pediatric Psychiatry Access Line (OPPAL): OPPAL is a statewide PCP consultation line connecting Oregon providers to child psychiatrists, comparable to TCMHCC's CPAN in structure and mission but serving a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCSQqIc7NFQEGlSPQs6Ar7IA
• Facebookfacebook.com/TexasCPAN
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tcmhcc

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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