Emily Brizzolara-Dove, Policy Advisor
One promising pro-housing win of the 89th Legislature would open the door for a unique housing typology: the single-stair building. These small-scale, multi-family buildings feature a modest number of units per floor served by a single stairwell. They serve to increase the diversity of the state’s housing stock and offer an additional option for housing…
Background Two proposals passed by the 89th Legislature have high potential to vastly improve health care price transparency. FUNDING The 89th Legislature appropriated over $9 million for the biennial operation of the All-Payor Claims Database, which collects health care claims information from insurers enrolling nearly 60% of insured Texans. Though the database was established in…
Key Takeaways: The best way to improve housing affordability is to build more of everything. Minimum house size requirements are an exclusionary tool that prevent low cost housing from being built. Single stair buildings are a proven housing typology that could infuse high demand areas with small apartment buildings. Housing Prices are a Supply Problem…
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…