Texas Medical Board

The state agency will collect public comment on the proposed rule for at least 30 days before it can be considered for final approval.

The state agency is responding to a petition from two attorneys to clear up ambiguity about when emergency abortions are allowed.

Doctors have been hesitant about providing care because of fear of criminal prosecution. A new petition to the Texas Medical Board asks for clarity regarding when emergency abortions are allowed.

Two lawyers filed a petition Tuesday that asks the board to clarify what counts as a medical exception to the state’s abortion laws.

Texas will enact a law on Jan. 1 to prevent consumers from getting hit with surprise medical bills. The law survived last-minute efforts to write rules that would have gutted it.

The Texas Medical Board will no longer be writing the rules for a new law outlawing surprise medical bills for some Texans. The law goes into effect Jan.…

Two Texas doctors are suing the state over a law prohibiting them from selling prescription drugs to their patients.The plaintiffs – a family physician in…