Montgomery County Public Health District

What Montgomery County Public Health District does

Montgomery County Public Health District (MCPHD) is a government public health district serving Montgomery County, Texas, within the Houston metropolitan area. Operating under the oversight of Montgomery County Government and the Texas Department of State Health Services, MCPHD delivers three core service lines through a single facility at 1300 South Loop 336 West, Conroe: clinical services (tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, immunizations through the Texas Vaccines for Children and Adult Safety Net programs, HIV testing, and screening and treatment for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis), epidemiology (infectious disease surveillance, notifiable conditions reporting, outbreak investigation, and contact tracing for HIV and Syphilis), and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (planning, training, exercises, and Medical Counter Measures dispensing from the Strategic National Stockpile).

The district's technology stack centers on standard disease surveillance and notifiable condition reporting systems, augmented by participation in the WastewaterSCAN wastewater-based epidemiology program (Stanford University) covering 2 plants in The Woodlands area for respiratory illness monitoring. MCPHD participates in the CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement and holds designated Local Health Department status, granting exclusive statutory authority for public health threat response within its jurisdiction.

MCPHD is funded primarily through Montgomery County government budget allocations, public funds, tax revenue, and federal/state public health cooperative agreements including the PHEP program. Revenue from clinical services is nominal: $25 for initial STD visits and $15 for follow-up visits, with immunizations provided free of charge to eligible uninsured populations. The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer service delivery through walk-in and appointment-based clinic access, supported by social media outreach (Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter) and government press releases. The entity does not operate as a commercial enterprise and has no venture capital or private equity ownership.

Name

Montgomery County Public Health District

Legal name

Montgomery County Public Health District

Website

https://mcphd-tx.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Montgomery County Public Health District is a government local health department serving Montgomery County, Texas, providing clinical services (immunizations, STD/TB testing and treatment), epidemiology, and emergency preparedness under the Texas DSHS and CDC PHEP cooperative agreement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Communicable Disease Control Programs (TB, HIV/STIs, Hepatitis) (BPAIAJAH), Sexual Health & STI/HIV Prevention Health Departments (HLAJAAAL)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Immunization programs
• Disease surveillance
• Epidemiology services
• Emergency preparedness

Headquarters

HQ city

Conroe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Public Health Funding: Government-funded public health district operating under Texas Department of State Health Services. Funded through public funds, tax revenue, and federal/state public health cooperative agreements including the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program. Services are provided to county residents with minimal fees for certain clinical services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Montgomery County Public Health District operates a government Public Health Clinic providing tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, childhood and adult immunizations through TVFC and ASN programs, HIV testing, and screening and treatment for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis. Its Epidemiology Division conducts infectious disease surveillance, epidemiological investigation, and notifiable condition reporting for Montgomery County. The Public Health Emergency Preparedness program supports coordinated health and medical response to local disasters and manages Medical Counter Measures dispensing from the Strategic National Stockpile.

Product overview

Montgomery County Public Health District is a local health department that provides public health services through a unified service delivery model. The organization offers clinical services via its Public Health Clinic (immunizations, STD/TB testing and treatment), disease surveillance and investigation through its Epidemiology division, and emergency preparedness coordination for public health threats. Additional services include wastewater-based disease monitoring, mpox vaccination, and administrative services such as Letters of Non-Contagious Disease for international transport of human remains. All services are coordinated through the district's main facility in Conroe, Texas, with reporting connections to the Texas Department of State Health Services and CDC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Health Clinic Provides clinical public health services at the Conroe clinic including tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, childhood and adult immunizations through TVFC and ASN programs, HIV testing, and screening and treatment for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis. Services are available by appointment and walk-in, Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM.
• Epidemiology Services Conducts infectious disease surveillance, epidemiological investigation, data analysis and interpretation, and provides guidance and education to partners regarding disease activity and reporting processes across Montgomery County.
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness Supports coordinated health and medical response to local disasters through planning, training, and exercises, and manages Medical Counter Measures dispensing from the Strategic National Stockpile for Montgomery County.
• Wastewater Surveillance Monitors respiratory illnesses through wastewater data from the WastewaterSCAN dashboard, a Stanford University program using wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor infectious diseases through municipal wastewater systems, with two plants in The Woodlands area serving Montgomery County.
• Mpox Vaccination Services Provides Jynneos mpox vaccination for individuals with direct exposure or high risk of contracting mpox virus as defined by CDC, administered through local health department authorization in Montgomery County.
• Letter of Non-Contagious Disease Issues letters for embassies or consulates certifying that human remains do not contain infectious disease for international transport, required before shipment of deceased bodies to another country.
• Notifiable Conditions Reporting Manages reporting of Texas notifiable conditions per Health & Safety Code Chapters 81, 84, and 87, including outbreak reporting and contact investigation for HIV and Syphilis through Disease Intervention Specialists, with reporting coordination for Region 6/5S.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState health department providing oversight, guidelines, and cooperative agreements. DSHS HIV/STD Local Reporting Authority for Region 6/5S. Coordinates on notifiable disease reporting, disease intervention, and public health emergency response. Division Manager can be reached at DSHS Region 6/5 South Disease Intervention Specialist for HIV/Syphilis contact investigations.
• WastewaterSCAN (Stanford University)coreTechnology or IntegrationWastewater-based epidemiology program based at Stanford University that monitors infectious diseases through municipal wastewater systems. Collects, processes, and analyzes wastewater solids from municipal wastewater plants across the United States. MCPHD participates with 2 wastewater plants in The Woodlands providing respiratory illness surveillance data.
• Texas Vaccines for Children (TVFC) ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-administered vaccine program that provides vaccines to children 18 years or younger who are uninsured, Medicaid eligible, or American Indian/Alaskan Native. MCPHD provides vaccines through this program at no cost to eligible children.
• Adult Safety Net (ASN) ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-administered vaccine program providing vaccines to uninsured adults 19 years and older. Includes hepatitis A, hepatitis B, combination hepatitis A-hepatitis B, HPV, MMR, pneumococcal (PPSV23 and PCV13), Tdap, and Td vaccines.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal public health agency providing guidelines, case definitions, treatment protocols (including TPOXX guidance for mpox), vaccination recommendations, and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement funding. MCPHD follows CDC guidelines for disease reporting, outbreak response, and public health emergencies.
• Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)coreOthersFederal repository of antibiotics, vaccines, chemical antidotes, and other medical countermeasures. MCPHD is the lead entity for dispensing Medical Counter Measures (MCM) from the SNS when required for public health emergencies in Montgomery County.
• Texas Department of Health and Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency providing TB education, testing, treatment and referral services in conjunction with MCPHD. Coordinates on tuberculosis control programs and services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tarrant County Public Health: Texas county-level public health department serving the Fort Worth area with clinical preventive services, communicable disease control, and emergency preparedness functions paralleling MCPHD's service lines.
• Harris County Public Health: County-level public health authority adjacent to Montgomery County in the Houston metro; provides a comparable suite of clinical services, disease surveillance, and emergency preparedness programs for a larger county population, making it the closest functional peer.
• Dallas County Health and Human Services: Large urban Texas county health department providing clinical public health services, epidemiology, and emergency preparedness; comparable structure and scope to MCPHD but at meaningfully larger scale within a different Texas metro.

Broad incumbents

• Texas Department of State Health Services: State public health agency providing oversight, guidelines, cooperative agreements, and programs (TVFC, ASN) that MCPHD participates in; operates public health laboratory and HIV/STD reporting functions and serves as the state-level peer for comparable mandates.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Federal public health agency that provides guidelines, case definitions, treatment protocols, and PHEP cooperative agreement funding to MCPHD; operates the broader national public health mission that local health departments execute at the county level.
• Houston Health Department: Larger municipal health department serving the City of Houston; provides overlapping clinical, epidemiology, and emergency preparedness services and is already a referral partner for MCPHD for mpox laboratory testing, making it a directly comparable peer in the same metro region.

Others

• WastewaterSCAN (Stanford University): Stanford-led wastewater-based epidemiology program that MCPHD participates in for respiratory illness surveillance; comparable as an enabling technology/infrastructure partner rather than a direct service competitor.

Regional players

• Brazos County Health District: Local health district in nearby Brazos County, Texas, providing clinical preventive services, immunizations, and STD/TB programs structurally similar to MCPHD but serving a different county catchment.
• Fort Bend County Health & Human Services: County-level health and human services department adjacent to Harris and Montgomery Counties in the Houston region; operates similar communicable disease control, immunization, and clinical public health programs for a comparable suburban county population.
• Austin Public Health: City/county health department serving the Austin metro; offers an analogous portfolio of clinical public health, disease surveillance, and emergency preparedness services, making it a comparable regional peer outside MCPHD's direct service area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MontCo_PH
• Facebookfacebook.com/mctxpublichealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/mctx_publichealth

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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