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Committee:	House Appropriations
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Appropriations, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Correctional officer salaries | State agencies | State budgets | State employee salaries | State employee turnover | State employees | State government contracts | Tobacco settlement receipts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 ap65
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [97 pages  File size: 4,308 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Actively monitor through hearings and research the appropriations made by the 76th Legislature, including the disposition of tobacco settlement proceeds.
2.	Review practices of state agencies and institutions in salary administration, contract employees, general contracting practices including monitoring the performance of contractors, Year 2000 performance, and attainment of performance goals.
3.	Examine trends in pay and turnover in state agencies and institutions with a focus on the most highly paid executive positions and the lowest paid positions, such as correctional officers, human service caseworkers, food service workers, MHMR aides and assistants, and therapist technicians.
Committee:	Senate Finance
Title:	Interim Report - Major state investments
Library Catalog Title:	Report to 77th Legislature / Senate Finance Committee, Interim Subcommittee on Major State Investments.
Subjects:	Employees Retirement System of Texas | Higher Education Assistance Fund | Permanent School Fund | Permanent University Fund | Prepaid tuition plans | Stock investments | Teacher Retirement System of Texas | TexPool | Tobacco settlement receipts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 f49ms
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [36 pages  File size: 1,863 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Examine the policies and practices used to invest major state funds including cash balances, and evaluate state investment goals and the funds' performance in reaching those goals. This examination shall include, but is not limited to, review of legal authority, ethical standards, and investment policies and safeguards, management structure, portfolio composition and identification of short-term and long-term goals. The Committee shall make recommendations identifying opportunities for improvements or innovations.
Committee:	Senate Finance
Title:	Interim Report - Tobacco settlement
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Senate Finance Committee, 76th Texas Legislature / Senate Finance Committee Interim Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Proceeds.
Subjects:	Tobacco lawsuit | Tobacco settlement receipts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 f49to
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [89 pages  File size: 3,947 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Review the expenditure by agencies and institutions that received appropriations from tobacco settlement proceeds to ensure the efficient and effective use of those funds, and identify priorities for the use of future tobacco settlement proceeds.
Committee:	Senate Health and Human Services, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Texas Senate Interim Committee on Health and Human Services interim report.
Subjects:	Immigration | Medicaid fraud | Medical billing | Prompt payment of insurance claims | Rural issues | Rural population | Senior citizens | Tobacco advertising | Tobacco laws and regulations | Tobacco lawsuit | Tobacco settlement receipts | Underage smoking | Welfare | Welfare fraud | Welfare reform |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 h349
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [160 pages  File size: 7,598 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the implementation of SB 30, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding fraud and improper payments under state Medicaid and welfare programs. If needed, make recommendations for further legislative and regulatory action.
2.	Develop a plan for oversight of efforts by state health and human services agencies, the Attorney General, and law enforcement agencies, to detect and reduce fraud and improper payments under state Medicaid and welfare programs. The plan should address enforcement and punishment under state and federal civil and criminal laws.
3.	Continue to monitor federal welfare reform, and make recommendations for necessary legislative or regulatory action.
4.	Study the implementation of SB 55, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding minors' access to tobacco.
5.	Monitor developments in the federal tobacco settlement discussions and identify potential, fiscal impacts to Texas governments.
6.	Examine the demographic trends of the state that will impact the health and human services delivery system in the future, including immigration, rural concerns, and the aging state population. Make recommendations for research and legislative action, if necessary.
7.	Study current practices in patient billing by Texas hospitals and providers of health care to evaluate the accuracy, clarity and timliness of patient billing. The Committee should examine existing regulatory authority and determine whether there is suficient authority to address problems in patient billings. If necessary, the Committee may make recommendations for standardizing patient billing; ensuring that bills are accurate and complete yet simple enough for patients to understand; providing a meaningful appeals process for incorrect or excessive billings; and establishing guidelines for submission of bill for payment within a reasonable time period.

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