Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 27, 2026

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services · May 27, 2026

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Opening & charge

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Chairwoman Kolkhorst opened the committee, established a quorum and laid out the lieutenant governors interim charge: examine drivers of rising health care costs in Texas (PBMs, facility fees, pharmaceuticals) and identify ways to lower costs and expand market flexibility. She previewed four panels and noted subpoenas were considered for nonparticipating systems.

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Senate Health & Human Services interim hearing on rising health care costs: panels defined problem drivers (prices, facility fees, PBMs), stakeholder responses (hospitals, insurers, pharmacies), and proposed market-based and regulatory reforms including price-transparency tools and pilot models (DPC, ICRA).

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