Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.
September 17th
House Committee on Human Services
Charge: Managed care in South Texas
- "Molina: High Costs in Hidalgo, El Paso, Service Areas are Really Hurting," Rio Grande Guardian, August 3, 2012
- "Some Pharmacies Close in New Program's First Day," Brownsville Herald, March 1, 2012 and "Managed Care Move Harming Pharmacies, Threatening Access for Texans ," Rio Grande Guardian, July 30, 2012
- "Opinions Mixed as Managed Care Comes to Valley," Texas Tribune, February 21, 2012
- House Human Services Committee Presentation Medicaid Managed Care Expansion in South Texas (Powerpoint presentation), Texas Health and Human Services Commission, November 28, 2011
- Interim Hearings - Weeks of November 21 and 28, 2011, Legislative Reference Library, November 16, 2011
Charge: Foster care redesign
- "Foster Care Agency Defends Record, Despite Pulled State Contract," Austin American Statesman, August 22, 2012
- "Panel Approves Plan to Overhaul State Foster-Care System," Tulsa World (Oklahoma), July 26, 2012
- "Foster Care Hearing Focuses on Accountability," Texas Tribune, July 16, 2012
- Foster Care Redesign: Other States’ Experience (Powerpoint presentation), Legislative Budget Board, July 16, 2012
- Interim Hearings - Week of July 16, 2012, Legislative Reference Library, July 11, 2012
- Improving Child/Youth Placement Outcomes: A System Redesign (Foster Care Redesign), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
September 18th
House Committee on County Affairs
Charge: Population growth in unincorporated areas
- "Demand for Services May Strain County," San Antonio Express-News, May 16, 2011
- County Subdivision Regulation Sourcebook, Texas Association of Counties, 2010
- "Red Tape, Catch 22s Impede Progress in Texas' Colonias" and "Conditions, Health Risks Sicken Colonias Residents," Texas Tribune, July 2011
Charge: County jails
- "Texas is Tops in Locking Up Prisoners," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 14, 2012
- County Jail Population Reports, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, last updated August 1, 2012
- County Jails and the Affordable Care Act, National Association of Counties, May 2012
- Public Safety and Cost Control Solutions for Texas County Jails, Texas Public Policy Foundation, March 2012
- "Minding the Gap," Denton Record-Chronicle, March 1, 2012
- Costly Confinement & Sensible Solutions: Jail Overcrowding in Texas, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, October 2010
- Crisis Care Services for Counties: Preventing Individuals with Mental Illnesses from Entering Local Correction Systems, National Association of Counties, June 2010
Charge: Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction; 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
- "Valley Building New 'Template' for Medicaid Waiver," The Monitor, August 25, 2012
Upcoming Budget Hearings
September 17th
Arts, Commission on the
Library and Archives Commission
Nursing, Board of
September 18th
Information Resources, Department of
The University of Texas - Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Health Center at Tyler, Health Science Center at San Antonio, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Medical Branch at Galveston, System Administration
September 19th
Finance Authority, Public
Governor, Office of the
Housing and Community Affairs, Department of
Insurance Counsel, Office of Public
Lottery Commission, Texas
Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor
The University of Texas - Brownsville, Health Science Center at Houston, Pan American, Permian Basin, San Antonio, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Tyler
Water Development Board
September 20th
Comptroller of Public Accounts, Fiscal Programs
Employees Retirement System
State Health Services, Department of
Workforce Commission, Texas
September 21st
Health and Human Services Commission
Texas Facilities Commission
Texas Southern University
University of Houston - Clear Lake, Downtown, System Administration, Victoria
