Lynn Blackmore

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Personal Information

Blackmore is responsible for oversight of Legal Services, Consumer Rights and Services, Information Technology, Contract Oversight and Support and Executive and Staff Operations at the agency.

Among his two decades of work in health and human services are 10 years in senior management positions, most recently as director of the DADS Center for Policy and Innovation. He began his public service career as an eligibility specialist with the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) in 1992 and has served in a variety of capacities at DHS, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), and the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). He is also a former HHSC associate commissioner and was director of Medicaid Provider Integrity at the HHSC Office of Inspector General.

Blackmore holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.