Dallas-Fort Worth senator files bill to tackle Texas nursin


By AMAN BATHEJA AUSTIN — In her first major legislative push of the new session, Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, filed a bill Wednesday focused on stemming a nursing shortage in Texas hospitals. Nelson’s bill would prohibit mandatory overtime policies for nurses and extend whistle-blower protection to publicly employed nurses who report patient-care concerns involving public hospitals, state ...

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