Senate Committee on Finance - 79th R.S. (2005)

Committee:	Senate Finance
Title:	Interim Report - Joint Charges with Committee on Education
Library Catalog Title:	Joint report to the 80th Legislature
Subjects:	School finance |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 Ed83f
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [14 pages  File size: 1,025 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Review and make recommendations that address the state's facility infrastructure needs for public schools, including ineffective models for state funding as well as efficient methods to ensure responsible use of public tax dollars. Joint Charge with Senate Education Committee.
Committee:	Senate Finance
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim charge recommendations to the 80th Legislature
Subjects:	Banks and banking | Driver Responsibility Program | Emergency medical services | Federal funds | Health care costs | Indigent health care | Medicaid | Medicaid fraud | Money transfers | Transportation planning | Transportation, Texas Department of | Trauma Facilty/EMS account |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 F49
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [62 pages  File size: 16,186 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review health care funding, focusing on the Medicaid program, Medicare Part D, hospital reimbursements and trauma and indigent care.
2.	Study the method through which fees are collected under the Driver's Responsibility Program in order in maximize the amount of money for trauma funding and transportation. Look specifically at collection rates and develop means to enhance them.
3.	Determine the number of commercial and consumer transactions, including wire transfers, that occur in Texas. Determine the amount of monies that are sent internationally from Texas. Study the feasibility of creating a pilot program in Harris County that captures a percentage of revenues from such transactions, and request an Opinion from the Attorney General's Office to pursue these revenues as a potential source for health care funding.
4.	Review the process by which the Texas Department of Transportation Commission allocates funds to the districts through the Allocation Program. Include a description of all scoring mechanisms used in making allocations of resources and make recommendations for maximizing the use of these funds to meet Legislative objectives. Joint Charges with Senate Transportation & Homeland Security Committee.
5.	Review the process by which the Texas Department of Transportation Commission determines which federal funding sources should be implemented to comply with funding reductions mandated by Congress. Assess the Commission's options for determining how projects that were to be funded out of these reduced revenue sources will be funded this biennium. Joint Charges with Senate Transportation & Homeland Security Committee.

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