Interim Hearings - Week of February 17th
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.
February 21st
House Committee on International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
Topic: Trade and transportation infrastructure
- Tracking Freight Traffic Trends at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, December 1, 2013
- "Top States for Global Trade" and "Top Cities for Global Trade," Global Trade Magazine, October 2013
- "El Paso’s International Bridges: Lack of Federal Investment Leaves Locals to Support International Trade and Security," NewspaperTree, October 16, 2013
- Texas Freight Transportation Needs and Challenges, Texas Department of Transportation, August 22, 2013
- "Texas Ports of Entry Tapped for Federal Pilot Program," Texas Tribune, August 2, 2013
- U.S.-Mexico Border: CBP Action Needed to Improve Wait Time Data and Measure Outcomes of Trade Facilitation Efforts, U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 2013
- Realizing the Strategic National Value of Our Trade, Tourism and Ports of Entry With Mexico, 21st Century Border Project, May 2013
February 19th
Topics: Overview of sunset process; organizational information; approval of review schedule, operating budget, and Commission rules; person-first respectful language in statutes; project to repair health and human services agencies' statutes
- Sunset in Texas, 2013-2015, Sunset Advisory Commission
- Sunset Agency Review Schedule, 2014-2015, Sunset Advisory Commission
- Texas Government Code, Chapter 392, Person First Respectful Language Initiative
- Person First Respectful Language, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, November 2013
February 20th
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Charge: Child Protective Services
- DFPS Safety Plan for Children in Foster Care, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, October 24, 2013
- An Audit Report on Caseload and Staffing Analysis for Child Protective Services at the Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas State Auditor's Office, May 2013
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (see Charge 6 on CPS Caseworkers, p. 66), Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, December 2012
- Improving Child and Youth Placement Outcomes: A System Redesign (Foster Care Redesign) Report, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, January 2011 (Released February 14, 2011)
- Foster Care Redesign (Improving Child and Youth Placement Outcomes: A System Redesign), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Charge: Women's health
- Abortion Incidence and Service Availability in the United States, 2011, Guttmacher Institute, February 3, 2014
- Interactive: Track Texas' Spending on Primary Care for Women, Texas Tribune, January 14, 2014
- Improving Women’s Health Challenges, Access and Prevention, National Conference of State Legislatures, June 2013
- Texas Women's Health Program Provider Survey: Patient Capacity Report, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, January 7, 2013
- Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health
- Resources (Women's Healthcare; Funding; Preventative Care; Contraception), Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition
- Tribpedia: Women's Health Program, Texas Tribune
