82nd Texas Legislature Testimonies and Letters

Physicians Testify at Legislative Hearings

TMA is hard at work guiding health care policy through the Texas Legislature. House and Senate committee chairs are holding legislative hearings on dramatic budget cuts, physician employment, expansion of scope, and a myriad of public health issues. At each hearing, TMA has a physician leader present to ensure legislators understand our position and act in the best interest of patients. We are also presenting a variety of letters to state lawmakers.

Advanced Directives

TMA Testimony: Dr. Arrant against HB 3520 (April 12, 2011)
TMA Testimony: Dr. Tucker against HB 3520 (April 12, 2011)

Budget

TMA Letter to Budget Conferees (May 12, 2011)
TMA Supports Senate Budget Plan (April 19, 2011)
TMA Testimony on DSHS 2012-13 Appropriations Request (PDF, July 6, 2010)
TMA Letter to State Leaders on Preserving Physician Medicaid Rates (PDF, June 25, 2010)
TMA Testimony on Cost Containment Strategies (June 2010)
TMA Testimony on Improving Medicaid, ERS, and TRS (May 2010)

Corporate Practice of Medicine

TMA Testimony: Dr. Malone Outlines TMA’s Opposition to HB 3753 (April 13, 2011)
TMA Testifies: Harris Hospital District Employment (March 10, 2011)
TMA Testifies: Rural Hospital Employment Bills (March 8, 2011)
TMA Opposes Physician Assistants Hiring Physicians (Feb. 17, 2011)
TMA Letter to Sen. Royce West (PDF, Sept. 7, 2010)

GME

State Funding Allotted for GME/Physician Loan Repayment Programs (May 25, 2011)

Health Care Collaborative

TMA Testimony on SB 8: Health Care Collaborative (May 11, 2011)

Health Care Delivery

TMA Testifies: Dr. Austin “on” HB 1809 (April 12, 2011)
TMA Testifies on Health Care Collaboratives, CSSB 8 (March 29, 2011)

Health Insurance

TMA Testimony: HB 438 Coverage of Chemo Drugs (May 2, 2011)
TMA Testimony: CSHB 669 Breast Reconstruction (April 27, 2011)
TMA Testimony: HB 669 Relating to Breast Reconstructive Surgery (April 20, 2011)
TMA Testimony on HB 1534 on Silent PPO Regulation (April 12, 2011)
TMA's President Testifies on HB 636, Health Insurance Connector(March 1, 2011)
TMA Fact Sheet on Medical Loss Ratios (PDF)
Dr. Teuscher Testimony to Sunset Advisory Committee (PDF, May 25, 2010)
Final Comments for TDI-OPIC Sunset (PDF, May 6, 2010)

HIT

TMA Comments on THSA, HIE Strategic Plan (PDF, April 16, 2010)

Medicaid

TMA Testimony on HB 13 Interstate Compact (June 3, 2011)
TMA Testimony on HB 7: Special Session Health Care Omnibus Bill (June 3, 2011)
TMA Testifies on SB 7: Special Session Health Care Omnibus Bill (June 2, 2011)
TMA Letter: Concerns on HB 13 (May 19, 2011)
TMA Testimony on SB 7: Medicaid Cost-Containment (May 11, 2011)
TMA Letter to Senator Deuell on SB 1854 (May 2, 2011)
TMA's Testimony on the Women's Health Program (April 28, 2011)
TMA Comments: HB 13 Medicaid Bulk Grant (April 13, 2011)
TMA Testimony: HBs 1138 and 1478: Women's Health Program (April 6, 2011)
TMA Testimony: SBs 575 and 585 on the Women’s Health Program (April 5, 2011)
Women's Health Program FAQs (March 25, 2011)
TMA Testifies for HB 419: Women’s Health Program (PDF, March 22, 2011)
TMA Letter: Instate Health Care Compact (March 17, 2011)
TMA Letter to State Leaders on Preserving Physician Medicaid Rates (June 25, 2010)
TMA Testimony on Cost Containment Strategies (June 2010)
TMA Testimony on Improving Medicaid, ERS, and TRS (May 2010)
TMA Opposes Medicaid, CHIP Cuts (Feb. 24, 2010)

Patient Privacy Protections

TMA Testifies on Patient Privacy Protections (March 16, 2011)

Public Health

TMA Testimony on SB 506 Mercury Advisory (May 19, 2011)
TMA Letter on SB 1301: Antifreeze Poisoning (May 18, 2011)
TMA Testimony on SB 229: Newborn Hearing Screenings (May 18, 2011)
TMA Comments on HB 3387: Food Safety (May 17, 2011)
TMA Testimony on HB 2038 (May 17, 2011)
TMA Testimony on SB 226 School Fitnessgram (May 12, 2011)
TMA Testimony on HB 123 Diabetes Education Program (May 12, 2011)
HB 400 Vote NO for Fat Amendments (May 2011)
TMA Letter: CSHB 677 Student Athletic Concussion Management (April 26, 2011)
TMA Testimony on the Dangers of Raw Milk (April 20, 2011)
TMA Memo on Food Safety (April 20, 2011)
Texas Pediatric Society Testimony: SB 1004 Soda Tax (April, 18, 2011)
TMA Testimony: HB 2063 Stem Cell Research, Donors (April 13, 2011)
TMA Letter: CSHB 2038 on Athletic Concussions Management (April 6, 2011)
TMA Testifies on SB 506: Mercury Consumption Advisories (April 5, 2011)
TMA Testifies: SB 1177 Health Care Worker Vaccinations (April 5, 2011)
TMA Testimony: Fitnessgram (March 31, 2011)
TMA Testimony: HB 2038 Athletic Concussions (March 30, 2011)
TMA Letter: SB 620 on Monitoring Preventable Infections (March 29, 2011)
TMA Memo on HB 1657: Reporting Infections (March 24, 2011)
TMA Testifies on SB 229: Newborn Hearing Screening (PDF, March 22, 2011)
TMA Testifies on New Tobacco Taxes (PDF, March 21, 2011)
TMA Letter on HB 400 Eliminating the Fitnessgram (March 15, 2011)
TMA Letter Regarding HB 437 on Poison Prevention (March 15, 2011)
TMA Letter to House Criminal Jurisprudence on Dangerous Products (March 15, 2011)
TMA Memo on HB 127: Beverages Sold to Students (March 9, 2011)
TMA Testifies: HB 1015 Texas Poison Control Centers (March 9, 2011)
TMA Testimony to House Education Committee on Concussion Management (PDF, March 8, 2011)
TMA Testifies on Smoking Ban (HB 670) (PDF, March 2, 2011)
TMA President Testifies on SB 355: Smoking Ban (PDF, March 1, 2011)
TMA Testimony on Food Borne Illnesses (Aug. 26, 2010)
TMA Testimony on Women's Health (PDF, April 14, 2010)

Immunizations

TMA Testimony on SB 1177: Health Care Worker Vaccinations (May 18, 2011)
TMA Testimony: SB 56 Immtrac Registry (April 19, 2011)
TMA Testimony: HB 574, ImmTrac Opt-Out Registry by Dr. Terk (April 13, 2011)
TMA Testimony: HB 336 Pertussis Education for New Moms (March 30, 2011)
TMA Testifies on SB 1107 Meningitis College Requirement (PDF, March 30, 2011)
2009-10 Flu Vaccine Survey (PDF)
TMA Testimony on State ImmTrac Registry (PDF, Feb. 24, 2010)

Scope of Practice

TMA Letter in Opposition to SB 1084 (April 26, 2011)
Dr. Austin Against Bad Chiropractic Bill HB 3441 (April 12, 2011)

TMB

TMA Testifies on HB 1013: Don't Weaken TMB (March 16, 2011)
TMA Testifies SB 177: TMB Process Improvements (March 1, 2011)
TMA Testifies SB 227: TMB Minor Administrative Violations (March 1, 2011)
TMA Testifies SBs 190 and 191: Improve TMB Process (March 1, 2011)

Trauma

TMA Letter on HB 299 Driver Responsibility Program (March 22, 2011)

Workforce

TMA Testimony on Physician Workforce (Feb. 23, 2010)

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