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Mar 22, 2023
Bills call for Texas teachers to be trained to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students
Texas is attempting to address the fentanyl crisis gripping schools by having staff learn how to administer lifesaving medication. As...
Mar 22, 2023
Texas Senate advances paid parental leave for state employees
Currently, state employees who have a baby are not granted paid parental leave. Instead, the worker must use accumulated vacation or sick...
Mar 21, 2023
Bill to expand medical marijuana criteria moving forward in Texas Legislature
A bill in the Texas Legislature this session could expand accessibility to medical marijuana. House Bill 1805 was approved by the House...
Mar 16, 2023
5 Things Texas: Medicaid redeterminations, Conversation w/Carelon Behavioral Health, Health bills we
This edition features information about the work state leaders are doing to prepare for Medicaid redeterminations, a conversation with...
Mar 16, 2023
Texas House Takes Steps to Extend Medicaid for New Mothers
The Texas House took its first steps toward extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers to one year. Three years ago, before the...
Mar 16, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Targets Diversity in Higher Education, Pensions Committee Considers C
This past week, the House Appropriations Committee voted to accept certain budget riders that would amend the house version of the state...
Mar 15, 2023
Bills introduced to Texas Legislature could halt health care for transgender kids
AUSTIN, Texas — As soon as lawmakers were allowed to file legislation, some Texas Republicans authored bills aimed at putting a stop to...
Mar 14, 2023
Senate unanimously passes a bill defining fentanyl poisoning as murder
The Texas Senate has passed a bill (Senate Bill 645) that would define fentanyl poisoning as murder for purposes of prosecution and death...
Mar 13, 2023
Landgraf co-authors fentanyl crisis legislation
AUSTIN State Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has co-authored legislation to beef up law enforcement’s response to the fentanyl crisis and...
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