Pro-Life Champion Congressman Kenny Marchant challenges Sebelius for denying Texas the right to implement the WHP

 

Below is the letter from Congressman Kenny Marchant to Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius

 

February 28, 2012

 

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary

US Department of Health and Human Services

200 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20001

 

BY MAIL AND FAX

 

Dear Secretary Sebelius:

 

Thank you for your testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee earlier today. I wanted to follow-up with you regarding my line of questioning that was cut short due to House floor votes. I look forward to receiving your prompt response to these questions concerning the Texas Women’s Health Program.

 

1. What is the current status of HHS’s review of the Waiver for the Texas Women’s Health Program?

 

2. Please tell me about HHS’s main reasoning behind its review for the current Texas waiver request? Is this reasoning consistent with other waiver requests for similar health programs from other states?

 

3. In the past, hasn’t HHS allowed states to make decisions about who can be a qualified provider? Has HHS ever tried to overturn a state law about who can be a qualified provider?

 

4. Is the waiver being refused because of Texas law that prohibits state money from going to Planned Parenthood?

 

Thank you for your attention to this request. Should you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please feel free to contact me, or my Legislative Director, Scott Cunningham, at 202.225.6605 or scott.cunningham@mail.house.gov.

 

Sincerely, 

 

Kenny Marchant Member of Congress

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