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In this weekly post, we feature online articles and policy reports published recently, and other helpful research tools.

Consider nursing home emergency preparedness. (Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, April 13, 2012)
Examine how migration patterns from Mexico to the United States have changed over the years. (Pew Hispanic Center, April 23, 2012)
See the federal Homestead Act of the mid-nineteenth century and explore how the act shaped America. (Smithsonian, May 2012)
Review the federal tax provisions expiring in 2012. (Congressional Research Service, April 17, 2012)

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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 7th
House Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Article II
Charge: Medicaid trends, implementation of cost-savings initiatives in health and human services, and changes in hospital reimbursement methodology

Hospital Payment Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, May 3, 2012
Medicaid Managed Care: Key Data, Trends, and Issues and A Mid-Year State Medicaid Budget Update for FY 2012 & A Look Forward to FY 2013, Kaiser Family Foundation, February 2012
Medicare & Medicaid Trends in Health Care Sectors, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, last updated March 26, 2012

May 8th
House Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Article III
Charge: Current practices for funding higher education capital construction projects

Capital Expenditure Plans FY2012-FY2016Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, July 2011
UTSA to Unveil Details on $120 Million Capital Campaign San Antonio Business Journal, April 12, 2012
Financing Higher Education in Texas, Legislative Budget Board, January 2011
State of Texas 2012-2013 Capital Expenditure Plan, Texas Bond Review Board, September 2010

Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Charge: Cost-containment strategies across the Health and Human Services enterprise

Health Cost Containment and Efficiencies: NCSL Briefs for State Legislators, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated March 2012
"In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out," New York Times, April 28, 2012
What Are the Biggest Drivers of Cost in U.S. Healthcare? (issue brief), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2011

Charge: Implementation of health care quality and efficiency initiatives (SB 7, 82nd 1st C.S.), including Medicaid/CHIP quality-based payments, Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency, Health Care Collaborative, and others; improving birth outcomes and reducing infant and maternal mortality

Highlights of the 82nd Texas Legislature, Volume II, Administration, Quality, and Efficiency of Health Care - S.B. 7 (p. 916), Senate Research Center, October 2011
Medicaid/CHIP Quality-Based Payment Advisory Committee and Briefing Document: Review of Performance Measures to Support a Quality-Based Payment Program, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, February 2012
Quality-Based Payment and Delivery Reforms in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Annual Report, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, December 2011
Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency Board Members Announced, Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals, March 19, 2012
Healthy Texas Babies - Infant and Maternal Health Data, Texas Department of State Health Services, last updated April 17, 2012
Maternal and Child Health, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated January 9, 2012
State of Texas Children 2012 (p. 7), Center for Public Policy Priorities/Kids Count, April 2012

May 9th
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Charge: Mental health system

Crisis Point: Mental Health Workforce Shortages in Texas, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, March 2011
Grading the States 2009: A Report on America's Health Care System for Adults with Serious Mental Illness, Texas report, National Alliance on Mental Illness, March 2009
Interactive: Texas' Shortage of Psychiatrists, Mental Health Workers and Mental Health Workforce Shortage More Critical in Minority Communities, Texas Tribune, December 2011
Mental Health: A Survey of State-Funded Delivery, Texas Public Policy Foundation, November 2011

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