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BCMS LEGISLATIVE
NEWS
BCMS LEGISLATIVE NEWS
BCMS members have
been active this past
month meeting with local
political leaders and
pushing issues to
improve the health of
the community.
Pausing for a photo with Texas State Representative Tomas Uresti (Distirct 118)
on Oct. 24 at the Quarry Golf Club were (l-r): BCMS President, Leah Jacobson,
MD; Mary Nava, BCMS chief government affairs officer; Alex Kenton, MD,
BCMS chair of BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee; Uresti; Jenny
Shepherd, BCMS Alliance president-elect; and John Shepherd, MD.
Dianna Burns-Banks, MD, past president of BCMS Daniel Deane, MD (at podium) testifies in support of Tobacco 21 during the
and a pediatrician in private practice offers remarks Oct. 26 hearing of the City Council's Community Health and Equity Committee.
during the Oct. 19 press conference on CHIP, hosted
by the office of Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35);
(standing with Dr. Burns-Banks).
For local discussion on these and other legislative advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics
Committee by contacting Mary Nava, BCMS chief government affairs officer at mary.nava@bcms.org.
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