Trauma & Emergency Health Care Advocacy
Since 2009, TETAF has been active at the Texas Capitol providing services in the advocacy, public policy, and regulatory arenas. TETAF has become the go-to source for lawmakers as it fills a unique niche representing the different aspects of the health care system. TETAF successfully advocates on behalf of the Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) and for needs in trauma care, emergency and acute care, maternal care, and neonatal care in Texas.
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TETAF Advocacy and Legislative News
Legislative Testimony
TETAF's president and CEO, Dinah Welsh, provides testimony on September 29 during the Legislative Budget Board's Joint Budget Hearing to review DSHS' Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR). (Click on the above image to play the video.)
TETAF Board of Directors member and executive director of the Border Regional Advisory Council (BorderRAC), Wanda Helgesen, provided testimony on the public health data interim charge during the Texas Senate Health and Human Services committee meeting. (June 27, 2022) (Click on the above image to play the video.)
Former TETAF board member and STRAC executive director, Eric Epley, provided testimony on the public health data interim charge during the Texas Senate Health and Human Services committee meeting. (June 27, 2022) (Click on the above image to play the video.)
TETAF Board of Directors member and practice medical director at Pediatrix and Obstetrix Specialists of Houston, Dr. David Weisoly, provided testimony on the public health data interim charge during the Texas Senate Health and Human Services committee meeting. (June 27, 2022) (Click on above image to play the video.)