Three things to know:
1. The health system aims to keep up with demand for healthcare services amid a rising population in Harris County by building a new Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, among other initiatives.
2. The $2.5 billion bond proposal includes $1.6 billion for the creation of the new LBJ Hospital, $400 million to upgrade the existing LBJ Hospital, $500 million for existing community clinic improvements and the opening of three new community clinics, and $400 million to upgrade Ben Taub Hospital.
3. Harris Health owns and operates Houston-based LBJ Hospital and Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, as well as 17 community-based clinics, a free-standing dental center, a chronic dialysis center and three outpatient specialty clinics.
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