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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Terri Langford

Bill to create dementia research institute approved in House, but could face $3 billion funding hurdle

The facilities of El Faro Health and Therapeutics clinical research facility count with an infusion room to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease in Rio Grande City on November 13, 2021.
The facilities of El Faro Health and Therapeutics come with an infusion room to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease in Rio Grande City, pictured here on Nov. 13, 2021. (Credit: Brenda Bazán for The Texas Tribune.)

The Texas House on Wednesday passed a Senate bill that would create a $3 billion Texas research fund for dementia, but another measure to activate the funding for it could face obstacles in the chamber on Monday.

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