COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

STATE OF TEXAS HEALTH and HUMAN § No. 08-23-00060-CV SERVICES COMMISSION, § Appeal from Appellant, § County Court at Law No. 6 v. § of El Paso County, Texas VANESSA QUINTERO, § (TC# 2022DCV2056) Appellee.

§ JUDGMENT The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was error in the judgment. We therefore reverse the trial court’s order denying HHSC’s plea to the jurisdiction and render judgment dismissing Quintero’s claims against HHSC for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

We further order that Appellant recover from Appellee all costs of appeal, for which let execution issue. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Chief Justice

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, JJ.