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TWHC Policy Priorities – 86th Legislature – 2019

The Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition's priorities for the 86th Legislative Session focus on improving access to healthcare for Texas women. It advocates for fully funding essential programs like Healthy Texas Women, the Family Planning Program, and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening (BCCS) program to meet the state's healthcare needs. The document calls for policy changes to ensure access to contraception, including adding it as a covered benefit in CHIP and enabling women to access a 12-month supply of contraception through insurance coverage. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of supporting healthy mothers postpartum by allowing them to maintain Medicaid coverage for 12 months and enhancing data access for maternal and infant health.

Texas LARC Toolkit

A resource for Texas health care providers to support access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)

Women’s Health Services Provider Toolkits

Health and Human Service's resource for Texas clinicians.

TWHC Policy Priorities – 85th Legislature – 2017

The Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition's policy priorities for the 86th Legislative Session are aimed at improving women's health and access to healthcare services. It emphasizes the importance of fully funding safety net programs like Healthy Texas Women and the Family Planning Program to adequately address the state's healthcare needs. We advocate for policy changes to ensure access to contraception, including adding it as a covered benefit in CHIP and enabling women to access a 12-month supply of contraception through insurance coverage. Additionally, it underscores the importance of supporting healthy mothers postpartum by allowing them to maintain Medicaid coverage for 12 months and enhancing data access for maternal and infant health.

Senate Finance Committee Article II: Health and Human Services Appropriations – 2017

TWHC Letter to Budget Conference Committee Members – 2017

Recommendations to Increase LARC Access – 2017

Recommendations for Texas Health and Human Services Cervical Cancer Outreach Materials – 2017

Comments on New Rules Expanding Exemptions and Accommodations for Contraceptive Coverage under the Affordable Care Act – 2017

House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee Health and Human Services Commission Appropriations – 2017