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Long hearing on Texas Medical Board spotlights fees, staffing and conflict questions over former medical director
Summary
The Texas Medical Board presented a multi‑million dollar request for staff, IT modernization and an ombudsman. Lawmakers pressed TMB on past actions, fee levels, telework, and why a former medical director also employed by Planned Parenthood remained on staff for years.
The Texas Medical Board told the House Appropriations subcommittee on March 5 that it needs additional funding to modernize enforcement systems, expand staff and stand up an ombudsman office to improve licensing turn‑around and complaint transparency.
"Our primary responsibility is to license qualified applicants and to do so efficiently and then process complaints and make sure that our licensees are safe to practice medicine," Deputy Executive Director Joe Estrada told the panel, describing growth in licensing and a need to modernize legacy enforcement platforms.
Estrada said the board's revenue collections exceed…
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