Successful bills this session focused on the shortage of nurses in Texas and on eliminating the tax on feminine hygiene products.
The regular legislative session ended Monday, and all this week, we’ll be taking a closer look how certain issues fared — what passed and what failed.
Here’s how health and health care issues played out at the Capitol:
Several successful bills this session focus on the shortage of nurses in Texas, a long-standing issue heightened by COVID-19. A pre-pandemic study from the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies projects Texas will have a deficit of 57,000 active registered nurses by 2032.
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