Contents tagged with legislature

Senate Bill 143 unanimously approved

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013 2:15:00 PM

Capitol Update: Senate committee approves bill to increase access to primary care

posted 04.03.13

The Senate Committee on Higher Education approved Senate Bill 143 Wednesday, April 3, which would … more
CAPITOL UPDATE: Watch TAFP's Capitol Report for March 13, 2013

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:54:00 AM

Capitol Update: Watch TAFP’s Capitol Report

posted 03.13.13

Lawmakers filed more than 2,300 bills last week before the first major deadline in the 83rd Texas Legislature. After the session’s 60th … more
CAPITOL UPDATE: TAFP Board of Directors unanimously supports Medicaid expansion

Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, graduate medical education, interim session, commission, board of directors, medicaid, fiesinger, affordable care act, women's health, advocacy, gabler, botsford, risinger, lyons, trestor, benavides

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:33:00 PM

Capitol Update: TAFP Board of Directors unanimously supports Medicaid expansion

posted 03.07.13

At last weekend’s Interim Session, TAFP’s Commission on Legislative and Public Affairs put forth a … more
Report on the 2013 C. Frank Webber Lectureship

Tags: c. frank webber lectureship, cme, austin, self assessment module, interim session, texas conference of family medicine residents and students, clerkship coordinator, residency, twitter, facebook, american board of family medicine, maintenance of certification, legislature, banning, baumer, youens, hines, billings, kelly, briggs, board of directors

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:58:00 PM

Report on the 2013 C. Frank Webber Lectureship

Family physicians gather in Austin for annual lectureship and interim session

posted 03.06.13

Over 400 physicians, residents, and medical … more
CAPITOL UPDATE: Key House committee explores expansion of residency positions

Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, graduate medical education, texas higher education coordinating board, medical school, goertz, residency, egerton, popp, dominguez, macclements, kravitz

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:19:00 AM

Capitol Update: Key House committee explores expansion of residency positions

posted 02.28.13

Graduate medical education is the hot topic du jour of the House Appropriations Committee these days … more
Archive by session - 81st Texas Legislature

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:35:00 PM

Archive by session

81st Texas Legislature

81st Texas Legislature: The PostmortemAfter five months, many long hours, some crafty maneuvering and an end-of-session meltdown, family medicine has … more
CAPITOL UPDATE: New coalition advocates for women's health care

Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, women's health, realini, howard, davis, department of state health services, family planning, texas women's healthcare coalition, paladugu, finnie, bias, miller, cherry, freeman, barrera, duchicela

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:54:00 PM

Capitol Update: New coalition advocates for women’s health care

posted 02.14.13

View a slideshow from the press conference.

The new Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition, of which TAFP is a … more
Improving the Primary Care Workforce in Texas video

Tags: advocacy, workforce, primary care, legislature

Sunday, February 3, 2013 2:08:00 PM

Improving the Primary Care Workforce in Texas

Primary care is the key to better health outcomes and lower health care spending, but many Texans don’t have a primary care physician to care for them. … more
CAPITOL UPDATE: Senate Finance considers higher education budget

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:02:00 PM

Capitol Update: Senate Finance considers higher education budget

posted 01.31.13

The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony on article III of the state budget, which contains all funding for … more
Legislative Action Day

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:24:00 AM

TAFP Legislative Action Day

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 | Austin

About Legislative Action Day

Hone your advocacy skills at TAFP's Legislative Action Day. If you are coming to Austin for Interim … more