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.
June 1 Top
House Committee on Insurance
Charge 2: Transparency and adequacy of health care networks, consumer protection relating to out-of-network services
- "No More Surprises," Texas Medicine, May 2016
- Surprise Medical Bills, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 17, 2016
- "A Tale of Two Deliveries, or An Out-of-Network Problem" (Blog), Health Affairs, November 3, 2015
- Getting Started on Surprise Medical Bills: An Advocate's Guide, ConsumersUnion, November 2015
- Transparency and Disclosure of Health Costs and Provider Payments: State Actions, National Conference of State Legislatures, Updated August 2015
- Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws, Catalyst for Payment Reform and Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, March 25, 2014
- Interim Report to the 80th Legislature (Charge 5 - Health care cost transparency), Senate Committee on State Affairs, December 2006
House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Organizational meeting
House Committee on Natural Resources
Charge 1: Regional and state water planning processes
- 2017 State Water Plan: Water for Texas, Texas Water Development Board, adopted by the Board May 19, 2016 (Draft, March 3, 2016; the adopted 2017 State Water Plan document will be posted soon)
- "With State Population Growing, Texas Water Board Eyes New Water Plan," Austin American-Statesman, May 19, 2016
- Learning from Drought: Next Generation Water Planning for Texas, Texas Center for Policy Studies, May 2014
- Water Resources Planning (state water planning, regional water planning and data, population and water demand projections), Texas Water Development Board
- 2016 Approved Regional Water Plans, Texas Water Development Board
Charge 6: Joint groundwater planning, including HB 200, 84th Legislature, R.S.; groundwater ownership, access, and management
- "Conjunctive Groundwater Management as a Response to Socio-Ecological Disturbances: A Comparison of 4 Western U.S. States," Texas Water Journal, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, 2016
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Groundwater), House Committee on Natural Resources, January 2015
- Report to the 84th Legislature, Texas Groundwater Protection Committee, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, January 2015
- Groundwater (Aquifers, groundwater management areas, conservation districts, data, and models), Texas Water Development Board
Charge 9: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including review of surface water permitting in Texas
- Surface Water Rights and Availability (including permits) and Applications for Surface Water Rights and Ownership Changes, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
June 2 Top
House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Topic 1: Maintaining military value of defense installations and communities
Charge 1: Encroachment on military bases
- "A Growing S.A. Spurs New Efforts to Protect Bases," San Antonio-Express News, December 27, 2015
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 3), House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs, January 2013
- Minimizing Encroachment and Incompatible Land Use Near Military Installations, National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2013
- Report and Recommendations to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 4), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, December 2008
- Project Documents, Fort Hood Joint Land Use Study
- Maps & Reports, Southern New Mexico - El Paso, Texas Joint Land Use Study
- Public Workshops, Camp Swift Joint Land Use Study
- Reports, Randolph Joint Land Use Study
- Compatible Use - Texas, Office of Economic Adjustment, U.S. Department of Defense
Charge 2: Real Estate property disclosures of proximity to military installations
- State Policy Options (Real estate or neighboring property disclosure), National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs, Updated April 2013
- Fair Disclosure and Airport Impact Statements in Real Estate Transfers (E. Disclosure of Military Airports) and (Appendix C - Requiring disclosure of military airports and flight operations or of a military Air Installation Compatible Use Zone), Airport Cooperative Research Program, November 2011
- Camp Bullis Awareness Zone Voluntary Real Estate Disclosure Statement, City of San Antonio
Charge 4: Minimize negative consequences of a potential forthcoming BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) round
- "The Pentagon Threatened Congress: We'll Close Bases Without You," Military Times, April 19, 2016
- "Pentagon to Congress: We Need Base Closures," Defense News, April 15, 2016
- Military's Impact on State Economies, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 12, 2016
- Department of Defense Infrastructure Capacity (Base Realignment and Closure Authorization), Department of Defense, March 2016
- Office of the Governor Awards Second Round of Grants to Texas Military Installations (Press Release), Texas Military Preparedness Commission, April 1, 2016
- Base Realignment And Closure - Army (Fiscal Year 2017 President's Budget Submission), Department of Defense, February 2016
- "Army Bases Bleed, Then BRAC Comes," Breaking Defense, October 21, 2015
- Report and Recommendations to the 84th Legislature (Base Realignment and Closure), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, December 2014
Charge 5: Impact of sequestration and federal defense spending on Texas military
- "Sequestration Budget Cuts Pose 'Greatest Risk' to DoD," Defense News, March 17, 2016
- "Former Defense Secretary Gates Reveals the Biggest Weakness of America's Military Might," Business Insider, January 26, 2016
- Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2016 (Includes defense funding), Congressional Budget Office, December 2015
- Sequestration, U.S. Department of Defense
Topic 2: Education and employment barriers for veterans
Charge 6: Education/employment barriers for veterans; college credit for service-related training in the armed forces
- Exploring the Economic & Employment Challenges Facing U.S. Veterans: A Qualitative Study of Volunteers of America Service Providers & Veteran Clients, Volunteers of America, May 2015
- Evaluation of the Number of Future Veterans and Related Relatives In Texas Eligible to Receive Assistance Through the Hazlewood Exemption, 2016-2025, Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, April 11, 2015
- Report and Recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature (Charge 2 and Charge 5), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, December 2014
- College Credit for Heroes, Texas Workforce Commission
- Veterans Education Program, Texas Veterans Commission
Topic 3: Oversight of legislation passed by committee
Charge 7: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies
House Select Committee on Mental Health
Topic: Mental/behavioral health care services in Texas, including health insurance plans and law enforcement/criminal justice
- Correctional Managed Health Care Policy Manual (Decision making, classification, programs, and treatment tracks for mentally ill offenders), Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Updated 2016
- State Mental Health Legislation 2015: Trends, Themes & Effective Practices (Health insurance parity, criminal justice), National Alliance on Mental Illness, December 2015
- Enforcing Mental Health Parity (Health Policy Brief), Health Affairs, November 9, 2015
- Annual Report on the Screening of Offenders with Mental Illness (Rider 35), Texas Department of State Health Services, September 2015
- Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization, Texas Public Policy Foundation, June 2015
- A Long Road Ahead: Achieving True Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Care, National Alliance on Mental Illness, April 2015
- The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey, Treatment Advocacy Center, National Sheriffs Association, April 8, 2014
- Statewide Law Enforcement/Mental Health Efforts: Strategies to Support and Sustain Local Initiatives, Council of State Governments, Justice Center, December 2012
