Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced the appointment of Amanda Crawford as the new Insurance Commissioner, replacing Cassie Brown, who recently announced that she would be retiring on February 2.
Also in Texas, House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) requested that all House Committee chairs submit their interim charges by February 9. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) requested Senators provide their interim charge recommendations by February 20.
Also in Texas, the Health and Human Service Commission's Vendor Drug Program (Medicaid) Policy team is hosting a quarterly Pharmacy Stakeholder meeting on January 21 at 9:00 am Central Time. Anyone interested in joining the calls needs to contact vdp-policy@hhs.texas.gov to preregister to receive the calendar invite and slide deck.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.