Gene Green: “Thanks to efforts by ExxonMobil and the Texas Gulf Coast Community College Consortium, we are addressing the workforce…”

The 21st Century Cures Act was a landmark law and included important provisions to strengthen mental and substance use disorder care for women, children and adolescents.

Critically, MACRA encourages providers to move away from fee-for-service and participate in a new delivery model that will reduce costs while increasing quality.

Harris Health uses the savings from the program on patient care services which include the cost of treatment, administration, management of services and facilities, and improves access to quality health care for our community.

Neither these bills nor the Committee's other efforts have gone far enough to address many of the underlying challenges facing this sector.