UPDATED: Looking to save Texas millions of Medicaid dollars, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard four hours of testimony on a proposed redesign of long-term care services for disabled Texans.
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Updated: Despite Moratorium, CPRIT Board Moves Forward
The oversight board for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has decided to move forward on contract negotiations for $183 million in approved grants that have been stalled by a moratorium.
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Interactive: Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion by District
It’s politically unpopular among most Texas Republicans, but proposals to expand Medicaid coverage have gained traction with some fiscal conservatives. This interactive shows the estimated economic impact of expanding Medicaid by legislative district.
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Senate Panel Approves CPRIT Reform, “Scope-of-Practice” Bills
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday approved a bill to reform the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the “scope-of-practice” bill that would increase the prescriptive power of advanced practice nurses.
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Updated: Dallas County Urges Texas to Expand Medicaid
Dallas County officials on Tuesday plan to adopt a resolution to support extending Medicaid benefits to impoverished adults under the Affordable Care Act. Advocates for expansion hope it’s the first of many.
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Updated: CPRIT Leaders Testify Before House Panel
Leaders of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas offered candid testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, explaining how the institute has changed its processes to prevent future improprieties.
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Bill Would Strengthen Nurses’ Prescriptive Power
A long-awaited agreement between physicians, nurses and state legislators to increase the prescriptive power of advanced practice nurses could improve Texans’ access to care, health care leaders said Wednesday.
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Lawmakers Wonder Whether Trust in CPRIT Can Be Restored
The embattled Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas was put under the microscope Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee questioned whether public trust in the institute could be restored.
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CPRIT Founders Lay Out Reform Legislation
The legislative founders of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas laid out the first draft of a bill to reform the embattled agency on Tuesday before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
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Health Care Trade Groups Lend Their Support to Medicaid Expansion
Outside of the Capitol, some momentum for Medicaid expansion is building with the state’s two largest health care trade associations announcing their support for extending coverage to low-income adults.
