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New: The acting head of Texas’ massive health and human services agency, who is overseeing 36,600 employees during a global pandemic, also has a second job where he works at least 30 hours a week and earns $636,694. bit.ly/3eNmyyD
2/ Phil Wilson is working seven days a week and approximately 50 hours for the health commission, and at least 30 hours for the Lower Colorado River Authority, said spokespeople for both organizations. bit.ly/3eNmyyD
3/ Political scientists raised questions about how sustainable it is to have a health official holding a separate management position during a public health crisis. bit.ly/3eNmyyD
4/ They also said it’s an atypical arrangement at an atypical time — one that let the governor tap an experienced and well-respected person during a crisis without asking him to take a pay cut and leave a plum position. bit.ly/3eNmyyD
5/5 Leading the health commission was a high-profile job even before the pandemic.

But the agency, which regulates nursing homes and operates nearly two dozen state hospitals + state supported living facilities, has been key to the coronavirus response. bit.ly/3eNmyyD
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