HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:   Border & Intergovernmental Affairs 

TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 

PLACE:       E1.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Veronica Gonzales 

 

The Committee will address the following interim charges:

 

Identify significant health disparities in counties along the Texas-Mexico border and their impact on the region's health care system. Consider strategies to reduce demand for health-related services, including better use of preventive medicine and promotoras, or community health workers.

 

Examine the impact of the state's various economic development programs and evaluate their impact on communities along the Texas-Mexico border. Identify any changes to these programs that would improve economic development activity in those communities. 

 

 

 

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