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Special Report: Department of Family and Protective Services 87th Legislature Appropriation | House and Senate Side-by-Side. This report contains a comparison of DFPS-specific provisions in the House and Senate base budget bills in addition to a list of exceptional items. Read the report.
Special Report: Department of State Health Services 87th Legislature Appropriation | House and Senate Side-by-Side. This report contains a comparison of DSHS-specific provisions in the House and Senate base budget bills in addition to a list of exceptional items. Read the report.
Special Report: Health and Human Services Commission 87th Legislature Appropriation | House and Senate Side-by-Side. This report contains a comparison of HHSC-specific provisions in the House and Senate base budget bills in addition to a list of exceptional items. Read the report.
February 10, 2021
- This meeting will be webcast: Policy Council for Children and Families (PCCF) Agenda
- This meeting will be webcast: Public Health Funding and Policy Committee (PHFPC) Agenda
February 11, 2021
- This meeting will be webcast: Medical Care Advisory Committee (MCAC) Agenda
- This meeting will be webcast: STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup (SPPPW) Agenda
February 12, 2021
- This meeting will be webcast: Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (TCVDS) Agenda
Texas
- Judge says Texas officials need to speed up foster care reforms
- South African variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Houston area
- Half of Texas’ nurses experience workplace violence. A Texas lawmaker says it’s time to protect them.
- A sense of relief as Senate Finance begins to dig into Texas budget
- Fewer than 10,000 people in Texas are hospitalized for coronavirus for the first time since December
- COVID-19 testing has become a “cash cow” for freestanding ERs in Texas, experts say. And it’s getting out of control.
- Older and disabled Texans are demanding their home caregivers be vaccinated for COVID-19. But many workers don’t want it.
U.S.
- Less Drilling, Less Germ Spray: Dentistry Adapts to the COVID Era
- Democrats urge Biden FDA to drop in-person rule for abortion pill
- Most Senators, Including All Democrats, Have Received Vaccine. But Trial Still Risky
- Uber and Walgreens to offer free rides to COVID-19 vaccine sites
- When it comes to their own pandemic precautions, state legislatures in the U.S. are all over the map.
- Cancer drug could reduce COVID-19 deaths, study finds
- Teachers Knock On Doors Looking For Students Who’ve Disappeared From Online Learning
- Advocacy group launches campaign to press Congress on paid family leave
- A Few COVID Vaccine Recipients Developed a Rare Blood Disorder
- House Democrats’ COVID-19 relief bill includes 2-year boost to ObamaCare subsidies
- Where Do Vaccine Doses Go, and Who Gets Them? The Algorithms Decide
- Biden administration sends conflicting signals on school reopenings
- White House COVID-19 Adviser Andy Slavitt Says There Are No Vaccine ‘Silver Bullets’
- New variants threaten to reverse progress against COVID-19
- Could a Single Vaccine Work Against All Coronaviruses?
Access this document for state and federal COVID-19 updates from this week.