Sites and Sounds
Texas House Gives Final Approval to House Bill 2154
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Community Health Center of Lubbock hosted an event to urge passage of House Bill 2154
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Business, Health Groups Urge Senate to Act Quickly on Doctor Shortage Bill, HB 2154
Bill Hammond, President of the Texas Association of Business, talks about the organization’s support of legislation to address the Texas physician shortage, House bill 2154. TAB is among the sponsors of a new statewide poll on the proposal.
AUDIO DOWNLOAD-Download mp3 file of soundbites with Bill Hammond, Texas Association of Business.
Lynda Bible, CEO of the Fort Bend Family Health Center and President of the Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC), is at the Texas Capitol supporting landmark legislation to address the health provider shortage, HB 2154.
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Many of the provisions in HB 2154 were originally proposed in HB 1876.
Click here to see a compilation video from press conferences, support rallies and media coverage for HB 1876 from across Texas.
Highlights from a Dallas event to support House Bill 1876, Texas Health Care Access Fund. Supporters of the legislation hosted an event at Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic in Dallas.
Highlights from news coverage of the Capitol press conference for House Bill 1876
Doctors and clinic administrators join authors of House Bill 1876 at the Texas Capitol
to urge lawmakers to support health care access measure.
Pediatrician Korina Deleon at CentroMed Community Health Center in San Antonio talks about how loan repayment programs are an excellent incentive to bring family care providers to Texas communities where they are desperately needed.
Video overview of the family care provider shortage in Texas.
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
Brownsville Desperate for More Family Providers
Paula Gomez, Executive Director of the Brownsville Community Health Center, says House Bill 1876 would help her community by encouraging primary care doctors and other crucial providers to practice in the Rio Grande Valley.
Provider Shortage-Community Impact
Waxahachie is an example of a community severely impacted by the family care provider shortage. Mackie Owens of the Hope Clinic talks about the challenge recruiting doctors and other family care providers.