Key Takeaways: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses can deliver safe and cost-effective care to Texans in rural and underserved areas. The administrative burden imposed by physician supervision agreements does not serve patients. Texas risks losing APRNs trained in Texas institutions of higher education to full practice authority states. Background: APRNs fill a critical role in the…
Key Takeaways The Prescription Drug Price Disclosure Program succeeds in amassing prescription drug prices in an easily accessible format and has the potential to leverage existing federal filings to improve price transparency information. Compliance rates with the qualitative requirements of the statute are poor. Clarity regarding the two reports and the data required of each…
Key Takeaways: A commitment to measuring and tackling the non-medical drivers of health for pregnant women will make Texas a better place to raise a family. Housing instability is dangerous for both mother and baby. Ensuring that pregnant women have a safe and stable place to call home is foundational for addressing other important factors…
Blackstone’s recent $10 billion acquisition of real estate investment trust AIR Communities and a Wall Street Journal article noting that investors bought more than one in four single family homes sold in 2022 have revived questions about the role of institutional buyers in the housing market. In Texas, committees in both the House and Senate…
By Texas’s bicentennial, our state will be home to more than 35 million people. If you are one of the Texans who spend their mornings commuting on a busy highway, you might be wondering to yourself, “Where are those new residents going to go?” Texas’ booming population and accompanying home prices make it a reasonable…
The Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County was the largest wildfire in Texas history. Extreme weather conditions produced dry grass, warm temperatures and high winds that combined to create a fast-moving inferno that proved difficult to contain and burned for over three weeks. Two people died, hundreds of ranches, farms, and homes burned, thousands of…