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Committee:

House Human Services, 77th R.S. (2001)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Americans with Disabilities Act | Child care | Disability benefits | Food stamps | Human Services, Texas Department of | Mental health services | Rehabilitation Commission, Texas | Services for persons with disabilities | Social Security | Suicide | Welfare | Welfare reform | Welfare-to-work |

Library Call Number:

L1836.77 h88

Description:

[148 pages File size: 2,381 kb]

Charges:
1. Monitor congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program, the Food Stamp program, and the Child Care Development Fund Block Grant.
2. Consider ways the state and local governments can promote asset development in low-income households and facilitate increased independence from public assistance. Examine any difficulties public assistance clients may encounter because of asset test standards.
3. Review the organization and administration of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, including but not limited to eligibility determinations for social security disability benefits.
4. Study the extent and causes of suicide and consider whether Texas should implement a suicide prevention program.
5. Evaluate the adequacy of staffing levels at the Department of Human Services. Examine staff workloads and responsibilities in light of new and altered responsibilities at the department, including implementation of CHIP, eligibility policy changes and welfare reform. Explore options that might increase efficiency of staff, including enhanced technology and public-private partnerships for application and recertification of benefits.
6. Actively monitor agencies and institutions under the committee's oversight jurisdiction, including compliance with legislative direction on "Olmstead" issues.
Committee:

House Human Services, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Americans with Disabilities Act | Bankruptcy | Community care | Disability benefits | Food stamps | Human Services, Texas Department of | Liability insurance | Long-term care | Medicaid | Medicaid eligibility | Medical liability insurance | Medical reimbursements | Medicare | Nursing homes | Persons with disabilities | Services for persons with disabilities | Welfare | Welfare reform |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 h88

Description:

[98 pages File size: 765 kb]

Charges:
1. Study issues created by the transition of the TANF program to federal law when the state's waiver expires in 2002. Include a review of the final TANF regulations and how other states use TANF funds outside the traditional cash assistance program. Consider policies to improve outcomes for people leaving welfare.
2. Study issues surrounding the financial difficulties experienced by some nursing home companies, including the reasons for bankruptcies and closures, state policies and resources for dealing with them, and impacts on residents.
3. Assess the state's responsibilities and policies regarding supports for individuals with disabilities in community-based settings.
4. Study the current public assistance eligibility, application and review processes, and other Department of Human Services' client communications to ensure that clients are getting the supports necessary to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency.
Committee:

Senate Human Services, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Abortion | Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | Americans with Disabilities Act | Children with disabilities | Community care | Health and Human Services Commission, Texas | Human Services, Texas Department of | Long-term care | Long-term care insurance | Medicaid | Nursing homes | Parental notification of abortion | Persons with disabilities | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Senior citizens | Services for persons with disabilities | Supreme Court, U.S. | Welfare | Welfare reform | Welfare-to-work |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 h89

Description:

[303 pages File size: 882 kb]

Charges:
1. Examine the continuum of care and support options available to Texans in need of long-term care. The Committee shall evaluate the effectiveness of state regulatory efforts to ensure quality services as well as analyze the long-term care business climate.
2. Evaluate services provided to hardest-to-serve adult welfare recipients and services provided to children receiving welfare. The Committee shall assess the state's ability to avoid long-term dependency on welfare for both of these populations and develop additional strategies to encourage self-sufficiency and movement from welfare to work.
3. Monitor federal developments related to long-term care and welfare issues. In the event that significant developments occur, the Committee shall evaluate their impact on Texas.
4. Monitor the implementation of the following bills enacted during the 76th R.S.: SB 30, 76th R.S., relating to parental notification before an abortion may be performed on certain minors; SB 374, 76th R.S., relating to the provision of certain long-term care services, to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department on Aging, and to the eventual consolidation of the Texas Department of Human Services and the Texas Department on Aging into a new agency on aging and disability services; and HB 2641, 76th R.S., relating to the continuation and functions of the Health and Human Services Commission. The Committee shall also monitor the effects of the additional resources provided to the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
Committee:

Senate Human Services, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim Committee Rules

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1803.9 H89 76

Description:

[5 pages File size: 169 kb]
Committee:

Joint Long-Term Care, Legislative Oversight, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Human Services, Texas Department of | Nursing homes |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 l854r

Description:

[45 pages File size: 109 kb]

Charges:
1. Evaluate the Department of Human Services' implementation of Section 242.071, Health and Safety Code, entitled "Amelioration of Violation," and make recommendations to the department and the Legislature regarding implementation of the provision.
Committee:

Senate State Affairs, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Charge 2 Devolution in the state

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | Federal funds | Federal government | Health, Texas Department of | Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of | Human Services, Texas Department of | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | State agencies | State Auditor's Office, Texas | Workforce Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 st29a 2

Description:

[93 pages File size: 3,705 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the impact of devolution and other federal streamlining and efficiency efforts on major state agencies, including full-time equivalent employee (FTE) increases, major programmatic changes, and administrative costs to the state. The Committee shall also study conflicts and overlaps among agencies resulting from federally devolved functions and responsibilities. The Committee shall coordinate study of this issue with the Committee on Finance. The final preparation of the report will be the responsibility of the State Affairs Committee.
Committee:

Joint Long-Term Care, Legislative Oversight, 75th R.S. (1997)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Attorney General of Texas | Human Services, Texas Department of | Long-term care | Long-term care insurance | Medicaid | Medical reimbursements | Nursing homes | Quality of care |

Library Call Number:

L1836.75 l854r

Description:

[81 pages File size: 3,789 kb]

Charges:
1. Identify significant problems in the nursing facility regulatory system and make recommendations for legislation action.
2. Analyze and monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of the nursing facility regulatory system of Texas and make recommendations for any necessary research or legislative action.
3. Review specific recommendations for legislation proposed by the Department of Human Services or the attorney General relating to nursing facility rules and regulations and other long-term care issues.
4. Analyze the continuum of care of long term services available to Texans and make recommendations for legislative action.
Committee:

Senate Health and Human Services, 73rd R.S. (1993)

Title:

Interim report - Reforming Medicaid

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Child nutrition programs | Fraud | Health and Human Services Commission, Texas | Human Services, Texas Department of | Managed care | Medicaid | Medicaid eligibility | State budgets | Welfare fraud |

Library Call Number:

L1836.73 m468

Description:

[137 pages File size: 7,824 kb]

Charges:
1. Review and evaluate the options provided by the State Medicaid Director and make recommendations for state or federal administrative action that could be taken in the short term under current law, if any, with the goal of fundamentally changing the Medicaid delivery system to achieve significant savings in the Texas Medicaid Program in FY '96-'97.
2. Review Medicaid and other related programs in Texas and other states, such as Tennessee and Oregon, to identify cost-saving methods that have proven successful or have the potential to prove successful.
3. Identify barriers at the federal level, whether statutory or administrative, that restrict or limit Texas' ability to achieve substantial Medicaid cost-savings.
4. Make recommendations for state legislation, if necessary, to substantially reduce the growth in demand for spending in the 1996-97 Medicaid budget and following budget periods.
5. Review compliance by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission with the requirements of HB 7, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session and subsequent amendments thereto.
6. At the direction of the Lieutenant Governor, investigate allegations of fraud, mismanagement or waste in any health and human services program or agency involving substantial loss or risk of future loss to the state.
Committee:

Senate Health and Human Services, 73rd R.S. (1993)

Title:

Committee documentation: daily minutes record, draft minutes, testimony of Richard C. Ladd, HHSC Commissioner (HHSC accomplishments, reorganization, LBB budget recommendations, DHS summary of impact of legislative budget estimates), guardianship

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1803.9 H88 73

Description:

[30 pages File size: 529 kb]
Committee:

Joint Future of Long Term Health Care, Special Task Force, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Assisted living facilities | Community care | Health, Texas Department of | Home health care services | Human Services, Texas Department of | Long-term care | Medicaid | Medical reimbursements | Nursing homes | Nursing shortages | Quality of care | Senior citizens | Services for persons with disabilities |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 l859

Description:

[99 pages File size: 3,408 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the current and future status of long term health care in Texas and to analyze all current laws and regulations that affect long term health care, with the goal of providing quality care for residents in the most efficient manner. The study should include: (1) a cost-efficient, simple and completely integrated regulatory system between the Texas Department of Health and the Texas Department of Human Services; (2) a regulatory system that focuses on enhancing quality care through an incentive program with sanctions and penalties carefully defined; (3) a long-term care reimbursement process designed to foster cost containment, good patient access and quality of care; and (4) defining and streamlining the certification process, as well as Medicaid eligibility.
Committee:

Joint Future of Long Term Health Care, Special Task Force, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

HCR 213, 70th Leg.

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

HCR 213, 70th Leg.

Description:

[2 pages File size: 181 kb]
Committee:

House Government Organization, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Adult Probation Commission | Commerce, Texas Department of | Corrections, Texas Department of | Human Services, Texas Department of | International trade | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Private Security Bureau, Texas | State of Texas Mexico Office | Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas | Sunset review process | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 g746

Description:

[38 pages File size: 1,349 kb]

Charges:
1. To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards, and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 14.
2. To study the Department of Human Services in order to determine cost savings measures through administrative reorganization.
3. To study and monitor the implementation of selected recommendations contained in Sunset legislation passed by the 70th Legislature to determine their administrative and operational efficiency.
Committee:

House Human Services, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Attorney General Child Support Division | Blind, Texas Commission for the | Children with disabilities | Education Agency, Texas | Health, Texas Department of | Human Services, Texas Department of | Job training programs | Medicaid | Medicaid Vendor Drug Program | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Prescription drugs | Rehabilitation Commission, Texas | Residential treatment centers | State agencies | State supported living centers | Welfare | Welfare reform | Welfare-to-work | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 h88

Description:

[42 pages File size: 1,707 kb]

Charges:
1. To study the efficiency and economy of the regional boundaries of human service agencies. (Joint study with House Committee on Public Health).
2. To study the feasibility of establishing a co-payment support assistance system based on ability to pay by parents of children in state supported residential care programs.
3. To study and monitor federal welfare reforms and evaluate the impact of such programs on the state AFDC program and state finances.
4. To study the Vendor Drug Program in the Department of Human Services.
Committee:

House Child Abuse and Pornography, Select, Interim, 69th R.S. (1985)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

At-risk youth | Child abuse | Human Services, Texas Department of | Pornography | Runaway children |

Library Call Number:

L1836.69 c436

Description:

[62 pages File size: 2,281 kb]

Charges:
1. To continue the examination of issues relating to the prevention, detection, investigation, treatment, management and prosecution of child abuse and child pornography, and the prevention and management of the "runaway" problems among Texas youth.
Committee:

Joint Department of Human Services Audits, 69th R.S. (1985)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Audits | Human Services, Texas Department of |

Library Call Number:

L1836.69 h88a

Description:

[44 pages File size: 1,988 kb]

Charges:
1. To study the auditing techniques and standards used and required by the TDHS for contract vendors.

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