“I am absolutely confident that services won’t be compromised,” state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, said of the cuts.
Medicaid
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Judge: Texas can’t kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled that Texas clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood can continue to care for patients under the state’s Medicaid program.
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Health care
Senate Finance Committee hears parents’ plea to halt therapy cuts
Parents brought their special needs children to a Senate hearing room to ask lawmakers to stop cutting services for their kids
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Criminal Justice
Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood’s ouster from Texas Medicaid
After three days of testimony from attorneys for the state and Planned Parenthood, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks is letting the reproductive health provider stay in Medicaid until Feb. 21.
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Criminal Justice
State focuses on anti-abortion group video in Planned Parenthood hearing
Showing multiple clips from a video released in 2015 by the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress, state attorneys and witnesses said the footage was grounds for dismissing Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.
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Higher Education
Analysis: Legislators start with a $5.3 billion difference of opinion
In their first-day numbers, the Texas Legislature’s two chambers didn’t even agree on the size of the current budget. The House baked in some supplemental expenses that the Senate left that out.
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Politics
Texas moves forward with cuts of therapy services for disabled children
In two weeks, Texas will officially enact cuts of Medicaid reimbursement rates for disabled children’s therapy services.
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Health care
East Texas Children Lose Therapy Services in Budget Cut Fallout
Lawmakers wanted the state to pay less for children’s therapy services without cutting off access to care, but that balance is proving impossible in some cases.
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Health care
Campus Carry, Zika, Voter ID Dominate the Week’s Headlines (Video)
In the Roundup: Texas agrees to soften its voter ID law for the November elections, the state’s new campus carry gun law quietly takes effect and state officials give the O.K. for Medicaid to pay for mosquito repellant to help combat the spread of Zika.
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Texas, Feds Agree to Renew Short-Term Medicaid Funds
The Obama administration has agreed to temporarily keep some federal money flowing into Texas to help hospitals treat uninsured patients, despite the state’s refusal to offer health coverage to low-income adults.
