The state health agency is also processing 64% of food benefits applications in a timely manner — within 30 days — even though the required rate is 95%.
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Federal judge to weigh Texas bid to dismiss 15-year-old suit seeking foster care system reform
U.S. District Judge Randy Crane will hold the first public hearing in two years this week on the lawsuit, which prompted constant court oversight of the troubled system.
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Report: Texas hospitals could offer more financial help before sending patients big bills
The report also found most nonprofit facilities in Texas — which has a higher rate of medical debt than most states — will not offer refunds to patients who are later found to qualify for free care.
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Texas woman uses state law to sue anti-abortion group that allegedly ordered abortion pills online
Unable to abort two unplanned pregnancies because of the law, the woman is suing Students for Life for the cost of raising the children. The group posted about buying the pills undercover.
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Texas health agency proposes eliminating children’s autism program
The proposed elimination of the program, aimed at serving lower-income families, comes as Texas leadership has called on agencies to reduce budgets by 3%.
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How Texas candidates plan to lower the cost of gas, groceries and housing
From groceries to childcare, Texans are spending more to live here. Here’s how much costs have risen, why it’s happening and what candidates are proposing to fix it.
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Texas’ maternal health report delay is political and puts pregnant women at risk, lawmakers say
The highly anticipated report, which includes deaths that occurred after Texas banned abortions, has recommendations on how to reduce pregnancy risks.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to give surrogate custody of baby she birthed in Dallas
McKenna West fled to Texas to give birth last month, saying she could not trust the biological parents after they asked her to get an abortion.
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Texas Supreme Court rules baby delivered by surrogate can leave Texas
The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. Their surrogate wants him in Texas.
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Texas officials are cracking down on “illegal birth tourism.” Here’s what that means.
Texas officials have sued a Houston area postpartum center as well as investigated Rio Grande Valley hospitals over allegations of soliciting foreigners to have babies on U.S. soil.
