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AUSTIN — Nursing home residents could have loved ones visit during a public health emergency under a bill the Texas Senate passed Wednesday in response to facility closures at the start of the pandemic. “This guarantees that people will never be locked away again,” said Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham. The bill is the first piece of COVID-19 legislation to pass …

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