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.
March 7 Top
House Committee on Energy Resources
Charge: Enforcement policies of the Railroad Commission of Texas
- Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cases (Calendar Year 2011 to Current Date), Railroad Commission of Texas, Updated February 2, 2016
- Report on Oil and Gas Field Operations' Violations and Enforcement FY 2015 (Includes oil & gas field operations data, violations by rule, and oil & gas enforcement and docket data), Railroad Commission of Texas, 2015
- Rule 3.107, Penalty Guidelines for Oil and Gas Violations, Railroad Commission of Texas, Title 16 Texas Administrative Code, Part 1, Chapter 3, 2015 Edition
- Railroad Commission of Texas: Sunset Final Report with Legislative Action (Issue 4, Enforcement processes), Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2013
- Texas Railroad Commission: Inadequate Enforcement Means Irresponsible Oil and Gas Development, Earthworks, September 2012
- An Audit Report on Inspection and Enforcement Activities in the Field Operations Section of the Railroad Commission, Texas State Auditor’s Office, August 2007
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies; implementation of major energy legislation including regulated surface activity on oil and gas sites; and seismic research needs for the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology and any response to research findings by the Railroad Commission of Texas
- "UT-Led Collaborative Study Hopes to Settle Seismic Activity Origins in Texas," Daily Texan, February 4, 2016
- "State Will Begin to Install Earthquake Monitors in the Spring," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 12, 2016
- "H.B. 40, 84th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2015)," Harvard Law Review, December 10, 2015
- Self-Evaluation Report (Texas Sunset Advisory Commission), Railroad Commission of Texas, September 2015
- TexNet and CISR: Integrated Seismicity Monitoring and Research in Texas (Presentation), Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2015
- "Texas 84th Legislative Session Wrap-Up," Shale Oil & Gas Business Magazine, July 17, 2015
- TexNet (Network Status/Data), Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
- Research and Statistics, Railroad Commission of Texas
March 8 Top
House Committees on Energy Resources and International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs (Joint Hearing)
Joint charge: Mexican energy transformation effect on energy economy in Texas
- "Mexico's Energy Deregulation Could Benefit Texas," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, June-July 2015
- Economic Impact and Legal Analysis of the Shale Oil and Gas Activities in Mexico: Preliminary Report, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos (AEM), Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Faculty of Law and Criminology (UANL- FACDYC), and the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, May 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 6 - Impact on Texas' economy and business of the recent expansion of oil and gas production in Mexico), House Committee on Energy Resources, January 2015
- Written Testimony and Presentations (Alfredo Ramos, Carlos Rubenstein, Dr. Cesar Martinez, Jesus Cañas, Jolanda Prozzi, José María Lujambio, Leodoro Martinez, Jr., Nathaniel Karp, Thomas Tunstall), Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Studying Impacts of Mexico's Energy Reforms on Texas, September 19, 2014
- Mexican Energy Reform, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, Prepared for Goldman Sachs, June 2014
- "'Reforma Energética': Mexico Takes First Steps to Overhaul Oil Industry," Southwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Second Quarter 2014
House Committee on Higher Education
Charge 4: Sexual assault on college campuses
- Appendix D: Policy on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct, Interpersonal Violence, and Stalking (University Catalog), The University of Texas at Austin, Accessed February 19, 2016
- Report on the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct (Prepared for The Association of American Universities), Westat, September 21, 2015
- Health and Well Being: Texas Statewide Sexual Assault Prevalence Study, Final Report, The University of Texas Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, August 2015
- “From Tenure to ‘Yes Means Yes,’ State Lawmakers Delve into University Policies,” Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts), July 10, 2015
- Sexual Assault Prevalence in Texas, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault / The University of Texas Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, April 28, 2015
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The Blueprint for Campus Police: Responding to Sexual Assault, The University of Texas at Austin Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, February 2016 (released on 2/29/16)
- Community Colleges and Sexual Misconduct: Unique Challenges and Opportunities, Association for Student Conduct Administration, Release Date: April 18, 2015
- Not Alone: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, April 2014
- Rape and Sexual Assault: A Renewed Call to Action, The White House Council on Women and Girls, January 2014
House Committee on Human Services
Charge 4: Medicaid managed care, contract management, Vendor Drug Program
- A Report on Health and Human Services Commission Contracts (Medicaid Managed Care Contracts), Texas State Auditor's Office, October 2015
- Medicaid Managed Care (Presentation), Health Management Associates, February 19, 2015
- Texas Medicaid Managed Care: Cost Impact Study (Prepared for Texas Association of Health Plans), Milliman, February 17, 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3 - SB 7 implementation timeline 2014-2020), House Committee on Human Services, January 2015
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 2 - Cost containment initiatives), Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, December 2012
- Texas Medicaid and CHIP - Managed Care Medical and Dental Plans, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Texas Medicaid and CHIP - Managed Care Contracts and Manuals, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Texas Medicaid/CHIP Vendor Drug Program, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Managed Care and Managed Care State Profiles and State Data Collections, Medicaid.gov
- Medicaid and Managed Care, National Conference of State Legislatures
March 10 Top
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
Charge: Veteran health and mental health in Texas, progress of state strike force teams
- State Help for Returning Veterans (veteran transition assistance programs and commissions, employment, education, access to benefits, housing, mental health), National Conference of State Legislatures, November 10, 2015
- Mental Health Program for Veterans (Required by HB 2392, 83rd R.S., and General Appropriations Act 2014-15, SB 1, 83rd R.S., Article II, Rider 86), Texas Department of State Health Services, February 2015
- Legislative Update for the 84th Legislature (mental health, health care), Texas Veterans Commission, 2015
- Report and Recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - State strike force teams, and Charge 6, Mental health), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, December 2014
Charge: Veteran employment and hiring policies in state agencies
- Report and Recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature (Charge 2 - Employment of veterans at state agencies), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, December 2014
- "The Employment of Veterans in State and Local Government Service," Public Management and Policy Faculty Publications, Paper 11, ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University, July 2014
- Veterans in Government (Texas Government Guide for Veterans, Hiring Manager’s Guide), Texas Veterans Commission
Charge: Veteran's courts, including successes and challenges, rehabilitation, recidivism
- "Proportional Response: The Need for More—And More Standardized—Veterans' Courts," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Volume 48, Issue 4, Summer 2015
- "Veterans Treatment Courts: An Experiment in Therapeutic Jurisprudence for Combat Veterans," Social Sciences Capstone Projects, Paper 21, Pacific University Common Knowledge, 2013
- Report and Recommendations to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 7 - Veterans courts), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, January 2013
- Veterans Defender Resource, Texas Indigent Defense Commission, 2012
- Veterans Treatment Court Studies and Statistics, Justice for Vets
- Veterans Courts, Resource Guide, National Center for State Courts
- Veterans Courts in Texas (County Directory), Texas A& M University System
