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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Alternative medicine ]

• Committee:

  House Public Health, 77th R.S. (2001)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Alternative medicine | Biological weapons | Drug rehabilitation programs | Health, Texas Department of | Homeland security | Hospital districts | Immunizations | Medical licensing | Medical reimbursements | Mental health services | Prescription drug costs | Public health | Substance abuse | Terrorism | Undocumented immigrants |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.77 h349h

  Description:

  [119 pages  File size: 429 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Assess the state of the healthcare infrastructure in Texas in light of hospital closures, rising costs, constrained reimbursement rates, workforce issues and any other pertinent factors. Consider differences in regions or localities that might adversely affect healthcare delivery to specific groups of Texans.
  2. Conduct an extensive review of access to programs and treatment options for mental illness and substance abuse. Identify barriers to access and any gaps in existing programs.
  3. Examine the costs and benefits of allowing state and local governments to provide health and preventive care without regard to the immigration status of the patient.
  4. Gather information about the production, distribution, use and disposal of biological agents that could be used in terrorist actions, as well as vaccines that would be used to respond to biological attacks. Review hospital plans for responding to large-scale emergencies. Review government regulations and business practices to determine whether legislation is needed to protect life and property and to detect, interdict and respond to acts of terrorism.
  5. Study the use of complementary and alternative medicines in Texas. Is there a need for the state to develop a regulatory framework for their use?
  6. Assess the procedures of health-related licensing agencies regarding the intake of complaints, investigation procedures and timetables, and enforcement of laws and rules. Comment on any factors involving the use or abuse of patient information by healthcare agencies or institutions.
  7. Actively monitor agencies and programs under the committee's oversight jurisdiction. Pay particular attention to implementation of recommendations to restructure the Department of Health including the childhood immunization program; and implementation of pharmaceutical legislation passed by the 77th Legislature.

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• Committee:

  Senate Health and Human Resources, 68th R.S. (1983)

  Title:

  Interim report - Acupuncture

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Alternative medicine |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.68 ac93

  Description:

  [47 pages  File size: 1,521 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study the regulation of acupuncture and determine whether the rules of the State Board of Medical Examiners adequately address practitioners' training and skills. *

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• Committee:

  Senate Health and Human Resources, 68th R.S. (1983)

  Title:

  Health Freedom Council's report on alternative health therapies

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.68 ac93hf

  Description:

  [0 pages]

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• Committee:

  House Human Services, 68th R.S. (1983)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Alternative medicine | Blind, Texas Commission for the | Child care | Children with disabilities | Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Texas Commission for the | Dyslexia | Food stamps | Grants | Learning disabilities | Medicaid | Occupational licenses | Persons with disabilities | Welfare |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.68 h88

  Description:

  [276 pages  File size: 10,635 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 15.
  2. To study child-care needs of parents in Texas and to study child-care services in Texas.
  3. To study the duplication and coordination of various grants-in-aid programs by the federal government (categorical and block grants), relating to human services.
  4. To study dyslexia and related learning disabilities.
  5. To review the use of telecommunication devices for the deaf, including their use in state offices and emergency centers and their availability to the general deaf community.
  6. To review services to the deaf in Texas, including the deaf-blind. This study should consider each state agency that offers services to the deaf, including the State Commission for the Deaf, the Texas Rehabilitation Commission and the School for the Deaf. In addition, the study should cover federal, local and private service agencies.
  7. To study the visually-handicapped children's program in the State Commission for the Blind.
  8. To study chelation therapy, acupuncture and the practice of human ecology, in cooperation with the House Committee on Public Health.
  9. To study the need for establishing a licensing requirement and educational standard for radiological technologists.

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• Committee:

  House Public Health, 68th R.S. (1983)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Alcohol-related deaths | Alcoholism | Alternative medicine | Border health | Health care costs | Indigent health care | Mental health services | Persons with mental illness | Psychologists | South Texas |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.68 h349

  Description:

  [31 pages  File size: 1,116 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To study, in cooperation with the House-Senate Joint Committee in Indigent Health Care, health care needs in South Texas.
  2. To study chelation therapy, acupuncture, and the practice of human ecology, in cooperation with the House Committee on Human Services.
  3. To study alcoholism in women.
  4. To study the role of psychologists in mental health commitment process and in the delivery of health services.
  5. Study the issues of rising medical costs and medical cost containment. *

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