State lawmakers believe feds could have interpreted language in the extension as excluding pregnant Texas women who had abortions.
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Kelli Weldon, a spokesperson for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, said CMS has verbally confirmed that Texas’ application is not approvable; HHSC officials have requested written confirmation. “This is the latest hypocritical, disappointing move by the Biden administration that puts the care and needs of Texas mothers and babies at jeopardy — all in the name of partisan politics,” he said in a statement on Twitter., D-Dallas, who filed the original bill last session, said she is optimistic about it passing both chambers next year.“It was already my plan to work on adding this additional six months that we did not receive during the last legislative session,” Rose said.
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