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BCMS LEGISLATIVE
NEWS

BCMS PHYSICIANS AND ALLIANCE MEMBERS
HARD AT WORK DURING MARCH FIRST TUESDAYS

last week, bCMS physicians and Alliance
members participated in several meetings
with legislators and staff during the March 5
First Tuesdays visit to the Capitol. In addi-
tion, this event hosted the young physicians
and residents from around the state. With
the legislative session now in full swing and
committee hearings taking place, a number
of topics were discussed, including: Medi-
caid; graduate medical education (GME);
physician loan repayment; Medicaid reim-
bursement; scope of practice; surprise billing;
insurance network adequacy; prior authoriza-
tions; maternal mortality; vaccinations; and
raising the tobacco age to 21.
Many thanks to the attendees, who made
our visits at the Capitol a success: Physicians
– Michael battista, Md; Pam Hall, Md; bill
Hinchey, Md; leah Jacobson, Md; Alex
Kenton, Md; Sanjiv Kumar, Md; Jesse
Moss, Jr., Md; John Nava, Md; James
Saucedo, Md and Jayesh Shah, Md and Al-
liance members – James duerr and Jenny
Shepherd.

The next First Tuesdays visit to the capitol is on April 2. We encourage all our members to get involved and participate in at
least one First Tuesday this session. To register, please visit: www.texmed.org/FirstTuesdays

SAN ANTONIO HAS A NEW STATE REPRESENTATIVE

last Tuesday, March 12, former City Councilman Ray lopez be-
came the winner in the runoff election for Texas House district 125,
the seat recently vacated by former state representative Justin Ro-
driguez, who is now a County Commissioner representing Precinct 2.
Once representative-elect lopez is sworn in, he will begin work in the
86th legislative session, which at the time of this writing, is fast ap-
proaching the half-way mark. Now that the district 125 seat is filled,
bexar County is back up to full representation in the Texas legislature
- 10 state representatives and 4 senators.
For local discussion on this and other advocacy topics, con-
sider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Com-
mittee by contacting Mary Nava, chief government affairs
officer at mary.nava@bcms.org

10 San Antonio Medicine • April 2019