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| Committee: | House Human Services | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Child nutrition programs | Diet and nutrition | Food banks | Food stamps | Foster care | Health maintenance organizations | Hunger | Long-term care | Medicaid | Medical reimbursements | Senior citizens | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.82 H88 | |
| Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
| Online version: | View report [57 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitor the implementation of Foster Care Redesign. Evaluate the mechanisms for monitoring and oversight, including rates, contracts, and client outcomes. | |
| 2. | Identify policies to alleviate food insecurity, increase access to healthy foods, and incent good nutrition within existing food assistance programs. Consider initiatives in Texas and other states to eliminate food deserts and grocery gaps, encourage urban agriculture and farmers' markets, and increase participation in the Summer Food Program. Evaluate the desirability and feasibility of incorporating nutritional standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Monitor congressional activity on the 2012 Farm Bill and consider its impact on Texas. (Joint with the House Committee on Public Health) | |
| 3. | Explore strategies, including those in other states, to support the needs of aging Texans, including best practices in nursing home diversion, expedited access to community services, and programs to assist seniors and their families in navigating the long-term care system, with the goal of helping seniors remain in the community. Assess the feasibility of leveraging volunteer-supported initiatives using existing infrastructure to enhance the ability of seniors to remain active and involved. | |
| 4. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature, including the implementation of managed care in South Texas. | |
| 5. | Study and make recommendations for significantly improving the state's manufacturing capability. | |
| 6. | Find ways to increase transparency, accountability and efficiency in state government. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Human Services | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, May 22, 2012, Joint charge on food and nutrition policy with Public Health (Charge 2, Food insecurity, food deserts, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/SNAP) | |
| Library Call Number: | LRL | |
| Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
| Online version: | View document [144 pages File size: 12,460 kb] | |
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