TACHC The Heartbeat of Texas Community Health Centers

Policy and Research: Resources

Other Resources

• The States' Next Challenge — Securing Primary Care for Expanded Medicaid Populations

• Hospital Emergency Departments: Health Center Strategies That May Help Reduce Their Use

Legislative Updates

• Affliliate Rider Proposal
• Legislative Session Update - May 2011

• House and Senate Budget Side-by-Side (May 6, 2011)

• Legislative Session Update - April 2011

• Legislative Update - March 2011

• 82nd Regular Legislative Session Review & Special Session Outlook

Texas Health Centers

• 2010 Texas Health Center Fact Sheet
• FQHC Service Delivery Site Map
• Find a Community Health Center
• Texas FQHC Revenue 2009

• 2011 Health Center Fact Sheet

State Policy Priorities

• Expand Access to Primary Care – The FQHC Incubator Program and Primary Health Care Funding
• Increase the Number of Primary Care Physicians in Texas – Physician Loan Repayment and Education
• Increase Access to Additional Primary Care Providers – Modifying Scope of Practice Laws to Better Utilize APNs and PAs
• Affordable Health Information Technology – Continue Telecommunications Discounts for Safety Net Health Providers
• Overview of TACHC Legislative Priorities

Policy Papers

• Texas FQHC Cost Savings Study
• Family Planning Billing
• Outstationed Eligibility Workers
• Texas Migrant Care Network

Federal Resources

• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
• Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• CRS Report: Federal Health Centers

State Resources

• Texas Profile of General Population & Housing Characteristics: 2010

• Texas Legislature

• Texas House of Representatives

• Texas Senate

• Texas Health and Human Services Commission