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As public debate intensifies over how the state will divvy up billions in new money, community groups that treat children for mental illness fear they’re not a priority.

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The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

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Greg Abbott claimed Texas provides expectant mothers 'necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,' but it is now one of a dwindling number of states not to offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth.

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More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.

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