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.
May 15th
House Committee on Public Health (Houston)
Topic: Update on Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program Medicaid 1115 Waiver
- Medicaid Transformation Waiver including overview, timeline, background resources, and proposed rules, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Charge: Primary care workforce; impact of aging population, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and reduced funding on medical schools and physician loan repayment programs
- 2011 State Physician Workforce Data Book (November 2011), Health Care Reform and the Health Workforce, The Impact of Health Care Reform on Future Supply and Demand for Physicians: Updated Projections Through 2025 (June 2010), Physician Shortages to Worsen Without Increases in Residency Training (June 2010), and other Workforce Data and Reports, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Center for Workforce Studies
- Primary Care Physicians by County of Practice, Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, September 2011
- "A Recipe for Medical Schools to Produce Primary Care Physicians," New England Journal of Medicine, February 10, 2011
- Supply Trends Among Licensed Health Professions, Texas, 1980-2011, Fifth Edition, Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, January 2012
- Workforce Facts and Briefs including Current Geriatrician Shortfall by state, American Geriatrics Society, Workforce Policy Studies Center, July 2011
May 17th
Joint Committee on Public School Finance System
Topic: Issues related to the public school finance system
- No Financial Accountability: Why Texas K-12 Public Education Lacks Any Real Financial Accountability and the Implications for Both the Ongoing Public School Financing Litigation and the Future of Our State, Texas Education Accountability Project, March 2012
- "A Guide to the Texas School Finance Lawsuits," Texas Tribune, February 2012
- An Introduction to School Finance in Texas, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, Revised January 2012
- School Finance, Texas Education Agency
- School Funding, Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Resources for the Current Texas School Finance System, Texas Association of School Boards
House Committee on Technology
Charge: State agency human resources policies and social media integration
- Social Media Guidelines, Department of Information Resources, May 4, 2012
- "Social Media Still Has Skeptics in Government," Government Technology for States and Local Government, March 19, 2012
- Social Media Terms of Service Agreements and State Government, Council of State Governments, March 9, 2012
- 2012–2016 State Strategic Plan (Social Media), Department of Information Resources, November 1, 2011
- Friends, Followers, and Feeds: A National Survey of Social Media Use in State Government, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, September 2010
- Social Media Presence, Texas.gov
Senate Committee on International Relations & Trade
Charge: Border economic development
- "Border Business: El Paso's Commercial Market,” Tierra Grande, Texas Real Estate Center, Texas A&M University, April 2011
- Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development, Texas A&M International University
- "U.S. Border Cities See Profits in Bridges to Mexico," Governing, February 2011
May 18th
Senate Committee on Education
Charge: Educator and principal preparation programs; teacher recruitment and retention; teacher induction and mentoring
- 2011 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: Texas, National Council on Teacher Quality, January 2012
- An Examination of Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation Systems in Five States, Institute of Education Sciences, February 2012
- Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2011, National Center for Education Information, August 2011
- "New Teachers Struggling in Tough Market," Austin American-Statesman, April 6, 2011
- Ed School Essentials: Evaluating the Fundamentals of Teacher Training Programs in Texas, National Council on Teacher Quality, May 2010
- Completed Studies on Educator Certification and Standards, Texas Education Agency, last updated January 5, 2012
