Medicaid providers would have clearer due process rights during fraud investigations under a measure the House gave tentative approval to on Wednesday.
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Budget Deal May Not Come Until Thursday
UPDATED: Budget negotiations stretched late into the evening on Wednesday, but lawmakers said privately they didn’t expect to announce a deal until Thursday.
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Dewhurst Calls for Investigation of Abortion Provider
Harris County authorities and the Texas Department of State Health Services are investigating a Houston doctor accused Wednesday by an anti-abortion group of performing late-term abortions in 2011.
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Senate Backs Bill on Psychotropic Drugs for Foster Children
UPDATED: The Texas Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would require a foster child’s guardian to give informed consent before that child could be put on psychotropic drugs. The Senate will now conference with the House on a final agreement.
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House Tentatively Approves “Scope-of-Practice” Bill
After a years-long fight for prescriptive authority, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants supervised by a physician may soon get authority to prescribe controlled substances, under a bill the House gave an early OK to Tuesday.
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Medicaid Providers Make Last Push for Rate Hikes
In the waning days of budget negotiations, medical providers are pushing lawmakers to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates that were chopped two years ago.
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Budget Rider Could Lay Out Terms for Medicaid Reform
State Rep. John Zerwas, a budget conferee, said Monday he’s relatively confident that a rider stipulating the Legislature’s preferred Medicaid reform terms for any deal with the federal government would stick to the 2014-15 budget.
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Budget Negotiators Tentatively Restore CPRIT Funds
If the state Legislature approves reforms to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the embattled agency should have its financing restored, budget negotiators decided on Monday.
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Medical Association Backs Proposals to Cut Red Tape
The Texas Medical Association is pushing measures this legislative session to help modernize medical practices, such as collecting or verifying patient data by swiping a driver’s license.
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Criminal Justice
Drone Surveillance Measure Soars Through House
UPDATED: State Rep. Lance Gooden’s bill to prevent unmanned drones from capturing indiscriminate surveillance won approval in the lower chamber on Friday.
