Archive by session - 82nd Texas Legislature
Archive by session
82nd Texas Legislature
Good News, Bad News: TAFP’s recap of the 82nd Texas Lege
Now that the 82nd Legislature and the first called special session have concluded, we take a look back on a turn of events that delivered ideas to reform an unsustainable system while simultaneously cutting programs that nurture the physician workforce.
> Read the cover story from Texas Family Physician, Vol. 62 No. 3 | Summer 2011
> Plus, read Budget slashes 80 percent of support for programs designed to increase primary care physician workforce
TAFP Issue Brief: Family Medicine Residency Programs Are Critical in Training Texas’ Physician Workforce
posted 03.24.11
TAFP Issue Brief: Keep Texas-trained International Medical Graduates Practicing in Texas
posted 02.15.11
Primary Care Coalition Issue Brief: Collaboration Between Physicians and Nurses Works
Compare the Education Requirements of Primary Care Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
posted 11.01.10
Primary Care Coalition Issue Brief: Collaboration Between Physicians and Nurses Works
Primary Care Physicians Are the Most Likely Health Care Professionals to Practice in Rural and Underserved Areas
posted 11.01.10
Primary Care Coalition Issue Brief: Collaboration Between Physicians and Nurses Works
Collaboration Between Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Contains Health Care Costs
posted 11.01.10
Primary Care Coalition Issue Brief: Preceptorship Programs and the Physician Workforce
posted 10.08.10
A look ahead to the 82nd Texas Legislature
Facing a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, Texas lawmakers must make tough cuts next legislative session. Have they learned from the slash-and-burn session of 2003, or will children’s health programs suffer the same fate? posted in Texas Family Physician, Vol. 61 No. 2 | Spring 2010
> Read “Salvaging the safety net: A tale of two sessions”
House, Senate committees set course with interim studies
Members of the Texas Legislature enjoyed just a short break between when the busy 81st Legislative Session wrapped up in June and when House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst released the list of interim committee charges for the House in November and for the Senate in January. posted in Texas Family Physician, Vol. 61 No. 1 | Winter 2010
> Read “House, Senate committees set course with interim studies”