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Senate creates Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council; measure passes over opposition
Summary
The Senate approved a committee substitute for Senate Bill 28 91 establishing a Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council to centralize workforce data and planning across state agencies. The bill passed third reading 25–6 after floor debate and recorded opposition.
The Texas Senate passed the committee substitute for Senate Bill 28 91, which establishes the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council to align health‑care workforce development across agencies.
Senator Kelly Hancock (Senator Cook moved the bill on the floor) described the council as implementing the first recommendation of Governor Abbott’s health care workforce task force and said it "brings…
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