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 4, 2024
House Committee on Human Services
Charge: Medicaid Contracting: Evaluate the appropriate role of the state in overseeing Medicaid managed care. The intention of this hearing is for the committee to be educated on the current Medicaid managed care contracting practices and models. The committee will not participate in conversation specific to any outstanding protests, appeals, or litigation relating to the STAR/CHIP, STAR+PLUS, or STAR Kids procurements.
- 10 Things to Know About Medicaid Managed Care, Kaiser Family Foundation, May 1, 2024
- Quality Strategy (See Draft 2024 Texas Managed Care Quality Strategy), Texas Health and Human Services Commission, draft posted May 2024
- Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual, Volumes 1 & 2, Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, May 2024
- Proposed Changes to State Medicaid Plans Could Shake Up Health Coverage for 1.8 Million Low-Income Texans, Texas Tribune, April 18, 2024
- Deliverable 7 – Rider Report 61: Final Comprehensive Report: Rider 61: Evaluation of Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, August 17, 2018
- Medicaid Managed Care in Texas (Presented to House Committees on General Investigations and Ethics and Appropriations Subcommittee on Article II), Legislative Budget Board, June 2018
- Medicaid CHIP Quality and Efficiency Improvement Data and Reports, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
June 5, 2024
Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Charge: Bail Reform: Examine “charitable bail organizations” that pay bail for defendants, thereby relieving them of any financial incentive to appear in court. Study the operations and funding sources of these organizations. Make recommendations to ensure accountability for “charitable bail organizations” that provide free bond for arrested individuals that re offend while out on bond; further restrict these organizations’ ability to post bail for violent individuals; and promote transparency.
- Damon Allen Act Bail Proceedings and Public Safety Report System: FY 2023 Report (Charitable Bail Organizations), Office of Court Administration, 2023
- Damon Allen Act Bail Proceedings and Public Safety Report System: FY 2022 Report(Charitable Bail Organizations), Office of Court Administration, 2022
- Texas Senate Passes Bill to Restrict Charitable Bail Organizations, Reason, August 4, 2021
- Freedom Should Be Free: A Brief History of Bail Funds in the United States, UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2018
- Go Fund Me, Please: Crowdsourcing for Bail as an Insufficient Surety, Hofstra Law Review, Volume 44, Issue 4, Article 15, 2016
Charge: Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice passed by the 88th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of the following:
- Senate Bill 1004, relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device and to certain consequences on conviction of that offense.
June 6, 2024
Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Charge: Stopping Child Predators: Study how predators use Deepfake technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to harm or exploit children. Monitor the implementation of House Bill 2700, 88th Legislature, relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children. Recommend additional legislation to protect children as technology continues to evolve.
- Deceptive Audio or Visual Media (‘Deepfakes’) 2024 Legislation, National Conference of State Legislators, updated May 7, 2024
- The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Online Child Safety Ecosystem, Stanford Internet Observatory, April 22, 2024
- CyberTipline 2023 Report, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 2024
- Generative ML and CSAM: Implications and Mitigations (Machine Learning and Child Sexual Abuse Material), Stanford Internet Observatory, June 24, 2023
- Youth Perspectives on Online Safety, 2022: An Annual Report of Youth Attitudes and Experiences, Thorn in partnership with Benenson Strategy Group, November 2023
- Protecting Children Through Deepfake Child Pornography: A Moral, Legal, and Philosophical Discussion on the Intersection of the Evolution in Law and Technology, American Criminal Law Review, Volume 60, 2022
