Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.
Monday, March 26th
Joint Committee on Oversight of Bexar Metropolitan Water District
Invited and public testimony
- "Moody’s Applauds SAWS/BexarMet Merger," San Antonio Express-News, March 15, 2012
- "S&P Upgrades BexarMet's Debt Under SAWS Management," San Antonio Business Journal, February 23, 2012
- Preclearance Letter, United States Department of Justice, January 27, 2012
- "Voters Bury BexarMet," San Antonio Express-News, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 27th
House Committee on Human Services
Charge 3: Strategies (including those in other states) to support needs of aging Texans, including best practices in nursing home diversion, expedited access to community services, and assisting seniors in navigating the long-term care system, with the goal of helping seniors remain in the community; feasibility of leveraging volunteer-supported initiatives
- "New State Strategies to Meet Long-Term Care Needs," Health Affairs, 29(1), pp. 49-56, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 2010 [Contact Library for full text article]
- A Profile of Older Americans: 2011, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging
- Profiles of State Innovation: Roadmap for Managing Long-Term Supports and Services (Arizona, Hawaii, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin), Center for Health Care Strategies, November 2010
- Texas State Plan on Aging 2011-2013, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services, July 1, 2010
Friday, March 30th
House Committee on Technology
Charge 1: Create incentives for technology companies to come to Texas, including public-private partnerships
- Tech-based Economic Development and the States: Legislative Action in 2011, State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI)
Charge 5: Monitor agencies and programs under committee's jurisdiction and implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature
Tuesday, April 3rd
House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Charge 4: Impact of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Texas industries
- Dodd-Frank, One Year Later: A Look at States’ Role in Financial Services Regulation Under the Landmark Legislation, The Council of State Governments, July 26, 2011
- A Closer Look: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (series of reports), PricewaterhouseCoopers
- "Dodd Frank Complexities Heighten Energy Trading Impact Fears," AOL Energy, February 8, 2012
- Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds — Proposed Rules to Implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Comments by Commissioner Ken Anderson of the Texas Public Utility Commission), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 12, 2012
