July 25, 2016      5:53 PM
Chair Nelson announces expanded coverage and services under Healthy Texas Women Program
"The funding is there. The provider network is there. Now what we're focusing on is education."
Acknowledging
criticism that the Healthy Texas Women Program has been very difficult for women
to navigate, Senate Finance Committee Chair Jane Nelson on Monday announced expansion of the program aimed at
addressing those concerns.
The
powerful head of the upper chamber’s budget writing committee was joined by Charles Smith, the newly-installed
Executive Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
and Sen. Charles Schwertner,
R-Georgetown.
“We've
heard that loud and clear," Nelson said, referring to complaints that the
program hasn’t been as well-coordinated as it should be.
By Scott Braddock
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