Hall's bill comes after years of incidents where fetal cells were found to be used in design, testing, and production of a variety of consumer products.
The individuals heading up each agency, their position and salary, and the number of employees they oversee are listed.
Officials, doctors, and Texas residents testified before the Health & Human Services Committee about the governmentâs pandemic response.
Court monitors say "ample evidenceâ substantiates claims of sexual abuse and potentially even trafficking at The Refuge.
The state and the federal government now both have requirements that hospitals disclose their actual prices for patients.
Texas abortions peaked twice in 2021: first in March when the Texas Heartbeat Act was filed, and second in August just before it took effect.
"We started closing down places and we didn't have a plan B for where these kids go," state Rep. James Frank said.
A decade-old lawsuit has brought the state foster care system to a crossroads between high standards and availability.
Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster, saying the federal government has left requests for assistance âunanswered.â
Texas' reopening now includes more widely available visitation to long-term care residents who have been largely isolated for a year. However, some facilities appear to be continuing to limit visitation.
Motivated by videos showing Planned Parenthood higher-ups discussing the sale of fetal remains, Texas decided to cut the group from the Medicaid program in October 2015.
The extension is a temporary restraining order against the state, though a more lasting ruling is expected in the coming week.
