AUSTIN (Nexstar) — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin on Wednesday to celebrate the passage of ‘Make America Healthy Again’ (MAHA) legislation. The following day, Abbott and Kennedy will hold a roundtable about rural healthcare in Texas.
While Abbott has not revealed the list of bills he’ll sign on Wednesday, Senate Bill 25 is the capstone of Texas’s MAHA legislation. The comprehensive legislation is designed to limit chronic physical and mental health conditions by primarily targeting school districts and food providers.
The morning before his visit, the Texas House debated House Bill 25, which would legalize Ivermectin over-the-counter. Ivermectin legalization has also become a target for the MAHA movement, billing it “medical freedom.”
Kennedy and Abbott will be joined by Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other members of the Texas legislature at 1:30 p.m.
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