SB 449 would prohibit Texas' local governments from issuing capital appreciation bonds, an exotic type of municipal bond that defers payment of principal and interest for many years, sometimes decades, putting in jeopardy future taxpayers.
Health Care
From Clipboard to Cloud: Ensuring Patient Privacy and Portability in Health Records
From Clipboard to Cloud: Ensuring Patient Privacy and Portability in Health Records Key Points HIPAA protects institutions, not information. Once health data leaves a covered entity for an app, vendor, or broker, federal protection ends, and Texas law leaves that gap open. The interest at stake is not only access to clinical records. It is...
August 12, 2026