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Confidential Minor Care Runs Through Title X

Title X designation means the clinic operates under federal family planning rules: providers are trained to document, counsel, and prescribe within those guidelines, and minors' services carry legally protected confidentiality, not a clinic policy that can be waived at the front desk.

Three Prevention Prescriptions, Not One

Many clinics offer PrEP but stop there; Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas in Lubbock prescribes PEP and DoxyPEP alongside it, meaning bacterial STI prevention after exposure and HIV prevention are managed by the same clinical team writing the same chart.

Herpes and Hepatitis Testing Added to the Panel

Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, the clinic runs herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C testing: each ordered through the clinic's own protocol, with results interpreted and followed in the same appointment cycle rather than sent elsewhere.

Tenofovir-Based PrEP Prescribed and Managed Here

Community Health Center of Lubbock prescribes and manages PrEP, including the tenofovir-based daily regimens, and provides PEP, meaning ongoing prevention is handled and monitored in Lubbock rather than bounced between providers. Continuous access to both drugs at one clinic removes the gap that opens when a prescription requires a separate specialist.

Hepatitis B and C Testing Prevents a Second Appointment

Without hepatitis B and C on the panel, a patient who screens for the standard four infections and gets a hepatitis result elsewhere faces a second visit, a second intake, and a widened window before care begins. Community Health Center of Lubbock folds hepatitis B and C testing into the same appointment, so a positive hepatitis finding doesn't open a separate, uncoordinated care track.

Every Visit Billed at Zero Dollars

No sliding-scale calculation is required because the department absorbs the cost entirely: testing, treatment, vaccines, PrEP, DoxyPEP, and HIV medical management are all staffed and dispensed here without a bill at the end. Medicaid and Medicare are accepted for those who carry them, but coverage is never a prerequisite.

Spanish and Interpretation Reach Every Service Here

The department provides care in Spanish and offers interpretation for other languages, which means medication adherence counseling, the part of HIV or hepatitis C management where precision actually matters, happens in the same conversation as the visit, without a delay or a relay.

PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP Prescribed Under One Appointment

For anyone without a primary care provider or a specialist willing to prescribe HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure treatment, or DoxyPEP for bacterial STI prevention, the City of Lubbock Health Department carries all three: prescribed, monitored, and counseled on-site, with no outside referral needed to get started or stay current.

Tenofovir, Emtricitabine, and the Monitoring Behind Them

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center prescribes PrEP, typically tenofovir-based regimens, and PEP, both of which require scheduled HIV and kidney-function monitoring to stay on protocol. Carrying that monitoring in-house means the prescription and the labs that keep it valid stay with the same clinical team.

Leaving hepatitis B or C off a standard STI panel means a separate referral, a separate visit, and a gap where an active infection goes unaddressed. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock tests for both alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, so a single visit closes the window that an incomplete panel would leave open.