Angelina County & Cities Health District

The Angelina County & Cities Health District is a public health district formed between the county and cities of Angelina County in 1967. The Health District has had a significant role in the growth of a health care system in East Texas, located in Lufkin, that provides care to 12 county draw area in Deep East Texas.

Through a management agreement with Memorial Health System, the Health District is one of the few local health departments in the state of Texas that have the opportunity to work hand in hand with a local health system. With this unique situation, the Angelina County & Cities Health District has grown significantly since the partnership was formed in 1997. Doubling our staff size to exceed 50 employees, state of the art facilities in which to provide services, doubling the financial scope to a $6 million dollar budget, adding an in-house pharmacy, and actively participating in Public Health Preparedness activities.

Some of the main Public Health Preparedness activities of the Health District is region wide Hurricane planning. After being directly involved in sheltering, evacuation, and medical service for Hurricane Katrina victims and becoming a disaster site ourselves with thousands of individuals to shelter and provide medical service for during Hurricane Rita our preparedness activities have been honed by real disasters.

Innovative Pandemic Influenza education and community preparedness activities have taken place throughout 2006 and have been recognized by the CDC as commendable grassroots efforts. The Health District with partners, the Center for Biosecurity Houston, and the Area Health Education Centers, have developed and distributed throughout the state a Pandemic Flu Preparedness Kit for communities. Our Tri-County medical community, comprised 4 hospitals, 200+ physicians of all specialties, experienced first responders and emergency management staff, and a dedicated Public Health District, are anxious and willing to put together a Medical Reserve Corp Unit for East Texas. Partners include Memorial Health System of East Texas, Angelina County & Cities Health District, Local and Regional Government, Local and Regional Physicians, Burke Center Mental Health Services, Brookshire Brothers Pharmacies. Real disasters need real people.

Providing Public Health Services to East Texas for over 40 Years
Telephone: 936-632-1139

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If you wish to request information under the Texas Public Information Act, please refer to the following guidelines:

Please call 936-632-1139 to request medical or immunization records

-Requests for public information must be made in writing. Your request should include identifying information for the requestor and a description of the records you are requesting.

-Email requests will be accepted only if they are sent through our website. To send an open records request please click on the following link:

Open Records Request Form

Open Records - Free Form

-Telephone requests are not accepted.