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Issue Position: Standing Up for 60,000 Texas Children with Disabilities

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Minors and Children Health and Health Care

In 2013, the Legislature cut $350 million from Medicaid services dedicated to acute therapy for 60,000 of Texas' disabled children, for one of the worst reasons; because they could. Since, he has fought to see that those vital services would not be lost. Rep Martinez Fischer has hosted meetings with Health and Human Services Commissioner Chris Traylor, his fellow legislators, the Legislative Budget Board, advocates, providers, and patients and their families.

He has also testified at hearings and coordinated with his federal counterparts, including friend and colleague U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. Rep Martinez Fischer and Congressman Castro met with top officials from the Federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to ensure that the issue had their full attention and was examined on both a state and federal level. Most importantly, Rep Martinez Fischer has been fighting to ensure that this issue is brought to light and doesn't slip by unnoticed.


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