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.
December 9th Top
Senate Committee on State Affairs
Charge: Actuarial and financial conditions of the pension and health care programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) and the Employees Retirement System (ERS)
- Teacher Retirement System (TRS):
- TRS-Care Sustainability and TRS-ActiveCare Affordability Study, November 18, 2014
- Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Actuarial Valuation Report for the Year Ending August 31, 2014, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, Consultants & Actuaries, November 12, 2014
- TRS-Care Retiree Health Care Plan, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Actuarial Valuation Report for the Year Ending August 31, 2014, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, Consultants & Actuaries, November 11, 2014
- 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2014
- Employees Retirement System (ERS):
- An Audit Report on the HealthSelect Contract at the Employees Retirement System (Report No. 15-007), Texas State Auditor's Office, November 2014
- 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2014
- Employees Retirement System of Texas Annual Actuarial Valuation – Funding as of August 31, 2013, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, Consultants & Actuaries, November 21, 2013
December 10th Top
Commission decisions
- Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
- Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities
- Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities
- Texas Health Services Authority
- Health and Human Services Commission and System Issues (includes Office of Inspector General and Interagency Task Force for Children With Special Needs)
- Department of Family and Protective Services (additional issues from November Commission meeting)
- Texas Education Agency (includes State Board for Educator Certification)
- Entry Criteria for Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agencies
Staff presentation and public testimony - Public input form for agencies under review
December 11th Top
Topic: Sufficient balance to maintain in the Economic Stabilization Fund
- Economic Stabilization Fund: Legislator’s Guide to the Issues 2015-2016, Texas Public Policy Foundation, October 17, 2014
- Budget Overview: Process, Fiscal Policy, and Budget Mechanics (Economic Stabilization Fund), Presented to Senate Finance Committee, Ursula Parks, Legislative Budget Board, August 12, 2014
- Building State Rainy Day Funds: Policies to Harness Revenue Volatility, Stabilize Budgets, and Strengthen Reserves and Studying Volatility to Inform Rainy Day Fund Policy (Fact sheet), The Pew Charitable Trusts, July 2014 and September 2014
- "States Try to Prepare for the Economy’s Wild Ride," Governing, August 2014
- When and How States Should Strengthen Their Rainy Day Funds, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 16, 2014
- A Drop in the Bucket: Rainy Day Funds Proved No Match Against Recession-era Budget Gaps, State Legislatures Magazine, April 2014
- Economic Stabilization Fund, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 2013
- Economic Stabilization Fund History, Legislative Budget Board, August 7, 2013
- FAQs About the Economic Stabilization ("Rainy Day") Fund, Legislative Reference Library, February 28, 2011
- Rainy Day Fund 101: A Look at the Basics, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, January/February 2011
