Rep Garnet Coleman (D) Houston
Thursday was Budget Day at the Texas Legislature with a marathon session on the house floor where nearly 240 amendments to the budget are voted on. At one point state Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Houston Democrat stepped up to the microphone and pitched his amendment that would expand state and federal health care coverage for uninsured Texans.
“Tragically Texas has the unfortunate distinction of having both the highest number in the highest percentage of uninsured residents in the nation,” said Coleman.
It was a way to basically expand Medicaid with options for Texas Republican leadership to tailor it to their needs and make it more politically acceptable to their base.
Texas Legislature considering bill to make it harder to get public information about government employees
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Texas Legislature considering bill to make it harder to get public information about government employees
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The bill defines the protected information to include “one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of the individual,” in addition to location or identification numbers, but does not define what information meets that criteria. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
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Lawmakers are considering a bill that would restrict state agencies from sharing salary data and other typically public information about government employees with the public in a bill that experts say is overly broad.
Texas considering bill to make it harder to get public information about government employees
Anna Canizales, The Texas Tribune
April 20, 2021
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The Texas Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)Juan Figueroa/TNS
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would restrict state agencies from sharing salary data and other typically public information about government employees with the public in a bill that experts say is overly broad.
Senate Bill 16, filed by state Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, would require an individual’s written consent for a state agency to share their personal information. The bill has been declared a priority by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. His office did not respond to a request for comment. It’s coauthored by 29 out of 31 members of the Senate, suggesting it has widespread bipartisan support.