TMA’s legislative advocacy group actively promotes the interest of medicine and physicians in our state. Their efforts, along with those of TEXPAC, ensure that the health care of patients and the medical profession remain critical issues in Texas. Local physicians are urged to contact their local and state representatives to discuss important health care legislation affecting Gregg-Upshur counties. As physicians, your views on current issues affecting health care are extremely valuable to your legislative representatives. It is particularly critical that legislators hear from you during certain periods of the legislative session.
To obtain information about contacting your local state representatives, visit
www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/county.htm
To obtain information about contacting your local federal representatives, visit
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4015.html
If you would like assistance in communicating with your representatives, such as form letters and communication tips, please contact the GUCMS at 903.553-4867.
If you would like more information about becoming involved in the legislative process at the “grassroots” level, contact TEXPAC at www.texpac.org
During the legislative process, bills are frequently amended. As a result, a bill that might be in a “support” position one day may be so altered that it would be best be “opposed” the next day. For this reason, it is vital that legislative information be as current as possible. TMA’s Current Legislative Issues section is updated weekly to give physicians and patients the latest information on critical bills, including a summary of the bill’s content, TMA’s position on the bill, and the bill’s current location in the legislative process.
Current State Legislative Issues
http://www.texmed.org/pmt/lel/cln/default.asp
Current Federal Legislative Issues