Senate Committee on Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs - 66th R.S. (1979)

• Title:

  Interim Report - Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Attorney General Consumer Protection Division | Consumer protection | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 c765rd

  Description:

  [20 pages  File size: 670 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Consider the effects of the 1979 amendments to the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. Review the manner in which the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's office handles consumer complaints. *

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• Title:

  Interim Report - Fire prevention, safety and control

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Fire prevention | Firefighters | State Fire Marshal's Office |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 c765rf

  Description:

  [43 pages  File size: 1,520 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study alternatives to Articles 1.09A, 5.43 and 5.44 of the Texas Insurance Code; the study shall include but not be limited to a consideration of the complex problems resulting from the attempt to provide for fire prevention, safety and control in the absence of any adopted minimal standards for guidance and the desirability of a state fire education program.

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• Title:

  Interim Report - Public utility regulation

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Electric utilities | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Regulatory Act |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 c765rp

  Description:

  [37 pages  File size: 1,479 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor the operation of the Public Utility Commission, examine utility rate case decisions, and investigate public concerns regarding state regulation of utilities. *

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• Title:

  Interim Report - Rights of the elderly and disabled

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Guardianship | Long-term care | Persons with disabilities | Senior citizens | Services for persons with disabilities |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 c765re

  Description:

  [81 pages  File size: 2,947 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study the following areas in furtherance of recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Long-Term Care Alternatives; (1) coordination of all services and programs for the aging through the appropriate agency or commission; (2) development of the means to protect the rights of the elderly in the area of self-determination; (3) monitoring the development of a single pre-admission assesment instrument and procedure for all applicants for community or institutional care administered by the Texas Department of Human Resources who are eligible for Medicaid and MAO; (4)further investigation of the transfer of assets by patients upon entry into long-term care facilities; (5) investigation of the difficulties encountered by the elderly and handicapped in obtaining adequate insurance coverage; and (6) monitoring the implementation of the various alternate care programs mandated by the 66th Legislature in an effort to ensure that the needs of all recipients are met.

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• Title:

  Meeting List

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 C765M

  Description:

  [6 pages]

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• Title:

  SR 663

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  SR 663

  Description:

  [3 pages  File size: 1,188 kb]

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• Title:

  SR 692

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  SR 692

  Description:

  [3 pages  File size: 1,718 kb]

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• Title:

  Press Releases

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 C765PR

  Description:

  [155 pages]

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* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.