July 25, 2016 5:53 PM

Chair Nelson announces expanded coverage and services under Healthy Texas Women Program

"The funding is there. The provider network is there. Now what we're focusing on is education."

Acknowledging criticism that the Healthy Texas Women Program has been very difficult for women to navigate, Senate Finance Committee Chair Jane Nelson on Monday announced expansion of the program aimed at addressing those concerns.

The powerful head of the upper chamber’s budget writing committee was joined by Charles Smith, the newly-installed Executive Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown.

“We've heard that loud and clear," Nelson said, referring to complaints that the program hasn’t been as well-coordinated as it should be.

By Scott Braddock