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Cancer prevention, health insurance, and nursing-related postsecondary education and scholarships to be reviewed Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at the Texas Capitol by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, reports DHR Health

FEATURED: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, Chair, Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, is featured on the floor of the Texas Senate in 2023. Her committee has been assigned by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to study major topics relating to the following major health-related issues: Children’s Mental Health; Access to Health Care; Health Insurance; Cancer Prevention; COVID Vaccine Mandates; Five-Year Plan for Family Support Services; Nursing Education, Scholarships; Mental and Behavioral Health Programs; Background Checks on Certain State Employees; Medicaid Fraud; and Medicaid Managed Care. The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will submit a report with its specific findings and policy recommendations to Patrick before December 1, 2024, according to DHR Health.

FEATURED: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, Chair, Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, is featured on the floor of the Texas Senate in 2023. Her committee has been assigned by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to study major topics relating to the following major health-related issues: Children’s Mental Health; Access to Health Care; Health Insurance; Cancer Prevention; COVID Vaccine Mandates; Five-Year Plan for Family Support Services; Nursing Education, Scholarships; Mental and Behavioral Health Programs; Background Checks on Certain State Employees; Medicaid Fraud; and Medicaid Managed Care. The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will submit a report with its specific findings and policy recommendations to Patrick before December 1, 2024, according to DHR Health.

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Valley lawmakers helped lead establishment of new state law that further protects healthcare staff in hospitals not owned by government from assault that causes bodily injury, reports DHR Health

Valley lawmakers helped lead establishment of new state law that further protects healthcare staff in hospitals not owned by government from assault that causes bodily injury, reports DHR Health - Senate Health and Human Services Committee - Titans of the Texas Legislature

FEATURED: A new state law, supported by the Rio Grande Valley state legislative delegation, makes it a minimum of a Third Degree Felony for anyone who assaults a healthcare worker – such as physicians, physician assistants, nurses, maintenance or janitorial staff, receptionists, and other individuals – when those personnel are on duty at a nongovernment hospital property, including all land and buildings owned or leased by the hospital. In 2021, there were 517 hospitals in Texas, of which 266 were nongovernment complexes, such as DHR Health, of which a portion of one of its Edinburg campuses is highlighted in this image.

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Expansion of Medicaid health insurance for eligible mothers for a year after giving birth, which was supported by Valley legislators and DHR Health, signed into law by Gov. Abbott

Expansion of Medicaid health insurance for eligible mothers for a year after giving birth, which was supported by Valley legislators and DHR Health, signed into law by Gov. Abbott

FEATURED: New Texas mothers who are Medicaid recipients would receive better access to primary and preventative care – for up to 12 months instead of the current two months after giving birth – under a measure supported by Valley legislators and DHR Health leaders that was signed into law on Sunday, June 18, 2023 by Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor is shown here on Monday, June 12, 2023 at the Texas Capitol.

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Gov. Abbott to attend renaming of DHR’s Health Level One Trauma Center in Edinburg, follow-up on state’s support for hospital system, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Gov. Abbott to attend renaming of DHR’s Health Level One Trauma Center in Edinburg, follow-up on state’s support for hospital system, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Senate Health and Human Services Committee - Titans of the Texas Legislature

FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Ryan Guillén, R-Rio Grande City, and his wife, Dalinda Guillén; and Gov. Greg Abbott, on Monday, November 15, 2021, in Floresville, where the state representative announced he had switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

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Valley lawmakers secure $16.7 million to help DHR Health continue preparing region for COVID-19 and any future public health emergencies

Valley lawmakers secure $16.7 million to help DHR Health continue preparing region for COVID-19 and any future public health emergencies - Senate Health and Human Services Committee - Titans of the Texas Legislature

FEATURED: Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, one of the coauthors of Senate Bill 8. Senate Bill 8 provided roughly $13.3 billion from money received by the state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund. Both of those funds were established under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Senate Bill 8 went into effect on Monday, November 8, 2021.

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