Representative Dustin Burrows Says Health Care Costs Will Be Priority In 85th Texas Legislature [INTERVIEW]

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Monday on The Chad Hasty Show, Texas House District 83 Representative Dustin Burrows joined Chad in the KFYO studio to talk about the upcoming 85th Texas Legislature, and many of the issues on tap for the state.

Burrows and Hasty discussed what items will be main priorities in the legislature, as well as what Burrows’ own priorities are for this session. Up front will be reforms for both Child Protective Services (CPS) and mental health care, as well as the price of health care, which is rapidly increasing costs above many people’s budgets. “Whether it’s pharmaceuticals or medical devices or just health insurance, it has become un-affordable for the state [and] for individuals. I’ve got some great ideas, great bills put forward to try to address those,” Burrows said.

Burrows and Hasty also discussed weapons carry issues, including the removal of fees for permits, as well as the issues of “campus carry” and “constitutional carry”.

About the bill Burrows has filed that removes state fees for LTC (License To Carry handguns) permits, Burrows said,

“It’s got a real opportunity this session. I’ve talked to the NRA (National Rifle Association), the TSRA (Texas State Rifle Association), some other gun groups [that have] said this is really important, that we just get rid of the fees.”

Also in the discussion were the misuse of SNAP (Texas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), and the ever-controversial topic of genders and bathroom use.

Listen to the entire interview with Representative Dustin Burrows in the video above.

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New Year, New Laws Kick Off 2017

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As 2017 approaches, proposed laws kick off the New Year with the next Texas Legislative Session starting on January 10.

District 83 State Representative Dustin Burrows said an overall top priority for this upcoming session is resolving issues with Child Protective Services. However, he added there are local concerns he wants to address as his big ticket items as well.

“We start off the session with a tight budget,” Burrows said. “We’ve got to find a billion dollars and asked every agency to come back and one of the big things that’s really driving the budget and why we continue to have less money to go around is the cost of healthcare.”

He says the difficulty to afford healthcare insurance is compromising the lives of some local citizens.
“So I’ve got a bill that tries to tackle health care inflation,” Burrows said. “It deals with price transparency, price disclosure so people actually know what things cost ahead of time. Then an incentive for them to actually shop around, negotiate, and if they get a better price, for the insurance companies to give them better savings.”
A legislation proposal by Burrows that is prominent in West Texas is to continue protection for local farmers. As well as, a bill to waive the carrying fees for a licensed carry holder.
“Then of course school funding,” Burrows said. “There’s a 300 square mile penalty out there. Rural schools receive less money than urban counter parts, only because they’re small. They have 37 and a half percent less funding. I filed a bill to do away with that.”
Local citizens have also reached out to Burrows office with concerns of their own.
“Most of the people I talk to want to fund schools, fund transportation, take care of public safety,” Burrows said. “Then try to get out of the way of high taxes and everything else so business can thrive,” Burrows said.
Burrows said if anyone has concerns or proposals they want addressed in this session, reach out to his local office at 687-0630.