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Interim Hearings - Week of April 4, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of April 4

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.

April 5 Top

Charge: State cybersecurity policies and safety of personal information held by state agencies

Charge: Purchasing practices by state agencies

Charge: Commercial cloud computing by state agencies and institutions of higher education

House Committee on Public Health

Charge 2: Chronic disease in Texas; direct and indirect costs associated with obesity, tobacco, and other related chronic health conditions

House Committee on Urban Affairs

Charge: Cities' cybersecurity policies

 

April 6 Top

Charge: Local economic development programs and economic development corporations

Charge:  Economic development incentives and regulations

Charge 10: Texas Medicaid programs providing long-term services and supports to adults or children with medical, physical, or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)  

 

Charge 12: Historical growth of Texas Medicaid program, caseload and cost trends, Medicaid policy initiatives 

April 7 Top

Charges 10 and 12, continued

 

Charge 4: Tourism, youth education, and economic development through heritage, cultural, recreational, historical, and nature programs and preservation practices; economic impact of state parks and state and state and local historic sites, the Texas Heritage Trails Program, the Alamo Mission Complex, and rural community revitalization in promoting recreation and heritage tourism

 

Interim Hearings - Week of March 28, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of March 28

 

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 29 Top

House Select Committee on Federal Environmental Regulation  

Topic: Organizational hearing on the effects that existing and proposed federal environmental regulations will have on the Texas economy

 

Charge: Texas Division of Emergency Management and the state's natural disaster preparedness planning efforts

Charge: Implementation of the "two steps, one sticker" program

Charge: Implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 84th Legislature

 

Charge 3: Elder financial abuse

Charge 6: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

House Committee on Urban Affairs CANCELLED

Charge: Cities' cybersecurity policies

Senate Committees on Education and Higher Education (Joint Hearing)

Charge: Implementation of HB 5, 83rd R.S., and current projections for preparation of Texas high school students for postsecondary education and workforce training

 

Charge: Teacher shortage and retention, educator preparation programs

Senate Committee on State Affairs

Charge: Compensation to private property owners for property taken by eminent domain authority

Senate Committee on Transportation    

Charge: State Highway Fund grants and loans to Regional Mobility Authorities (RMA)  

Charge: Oversize and overweight vehicles 

Senate Select Committee on Transportation Planning

Topic: Transportation planning, financing, and performance

March 30 Top

House Committee on Insurance

Charge 3: Texas prompt payment law and penalty calculations

Charge 7: Implementation of HB 2929, 83rd R.S.

Charge 8: Prosecution of workers' compensation insurance fraud

House Committee on Pensions

Topic: Organizational meeting, current issues and concerns facing pension systems

House Committee on Transportation

Topic: Update on HB 2612, 84th R.S. - debt service on bonds issued for each toll project in this state, plan to eliminate all toll roads

House Select Committee on Transportation Planning

Topics: Update from TxDOT working group on project selection criteria, rules and policies for project prioritization and selection, and funding categories (TxDOT); latest revenue projections related to state and federal funds; outstanding debt and repayment schedule

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

Charge: State cybersecurity and protection of financial and personal information

Charge: Implementation of legislation, specifically federal electronic verification of employment authorization program and consent policy for state disclosure of personal data

Topic: Updates from Public Utility Commission of Texas and Electric Reliability Council of Texas

 

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice  

Charge 2: County and municipal jails, mental health in corrections

Senate Committee on Finance

Charge: Franchise tax, Property Tax Relief Fund

Charge: Sales tax holiday

Charge:  Budget formats of other states; reduction of state liabilities; incentivize state agencies

Joint Committee on TRS Health Benefit Plans

Topic: Health benefit plans administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; TRS-Care

March 31 Top

Charge: Promotion of domestic agriculture products, and strengthening international ties for exporting Texas food and fiber

Topic: Impact of an open U.S.-Cuba trading relationship on Texas

Joint Legislative Committee on Health & Human Services Transition, Oversight

Invited and public testimony

April 1 Top

Charge 3: Economic development

Charge 4: Expedited permitting

 

Charge 7: Implementation of legislation, specifically:

1) Legislation relating to Texas aerospace incentives;

2) Expedited permitting; and

3) Electric utility rate adjustments

 

Interim Hearings - Week of March 21, 2016

Week of March 21

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 21

House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Charge: Indigent defense and innocence projects

Charge 1: Body cameras, minimum standards set by SB 158, 84th R.S.

Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief

Charge: Property tax process, including appraisal system

Charge: Reducing tax burden

 

March 22

House Committee on Business & Industry

Charge 7: Designated doctor process in the Texas workers' compensation system

Charge 8: Benefits for injured employees in the Texas workers' compensation system who qualify for lifetime income benefits, death benefits

Charge 10: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

House Select Committee on Mental Health

Topic: Children's mental health/behavioral health, including, but not limited to clinical medicine, treatment, public education, and juvenile justice

 

March 23

House Committee on Business & Industry

Charge 6: Requirement for state agencies to purchase insurance through the State Office of Risk Management (SORM)

Charge 10: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

Charge:  Local law enforcement and federal Priority Enforcement Program (PEP)

March 24

House Committees on Higher Education and Appropriations, Subcommittee on Article III (Joint Hearing)

Joint charge: Community college funding 

 

Interim Hearings - Week of March 14, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of March 14 

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 17

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs  

Topic: Veteran issues of state concern

Topic: Updates on legislation passed by the committee during the 84th Legislature

 

Interim Hearings - Week of March 7, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of March 7

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

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 

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

House Committee on Higher Education

Charge 4: Sexual assault on college campuses

House Committee on Human Services

Charge 4: Medicaid managed care, contract management, Vendor Drug Program

March 10 Top

Charge: Veteran health and mental health in Texas, progress of state strike force teams

Charge: Veteran employment and hiring policies in state agencies

Charge: Veteran's courts, including successes and challenges, rehabilitation, recidivism

 

Interim Hearings - Week of February 22, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of February 22

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 23

House Committee on Urban Affairs 

Charge 2: Cities' cybersecurity policy

 

Interim Hearings - Week of February 15, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of February 15

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 17

Senate Committee on State Affairs

Charge: First Amendment religious liberty protections

 

February 18

House Select Committee on Mental Health

Invited testimony

 

Senate Committee on Health & Human Services   

Charge: Healthy aging

 

Charge: Long-term care

 

Charge: "Wrongful birth" cause of action

 

Senate Committee on State Affairs

Charge: Judicial salaries, legislators' retirement annuities, straight-ticket voting

 

 

 

Interim Hearings - Week of February 8, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of February 8

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 9 Top

House Committee on Corrections

Charge: Incarceration rates for non-violent drug offenses, alternatives to incarceration including community supervision

Charge: Inmate release policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including direct release from administrative segregation

House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Private Property Rights in Water

Topic: How to supply water while respecting private property rights of individual owners

House Committee on Public Education  

Charge: Middle grades

Charge: High performing students

February 10 Top

House Committee on Corrections

Charge: Recidivism & Reentry

House Committee on Public Health

Charge: Preparedness for public health threats and emergencies, including natural disasters and infectious diseases

Charge: Telemedicine in Texas

Senate Committee on Education

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically:

Topic: Local briefing on English Language Learning

February 11 Top

Topic: Select committee budgets

 

House Committee on Higher Education

Charge: Community college system

Charge: Community colleges offering affordable baccalaureate degree programs, student pathways

Senate Select Committee Property Tax Reform & Relief  

Charge: Property tax process, including appraisal system

Charge: Reducing tax burden

 

 

Interim Hearings - Week of February 1, 2016

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.

 

Week of February 1

February 2

House Committee on Natural Resources

Charge: Water markets in Texas

 

Charge: Regional and state water planning processes, with emphasis on integration of HB 4, 83rd Legislature, R.S., regional planning groups, groundwater management, drought of record, and related issues

 

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including review of the surface water permitting process in Texas

 

February 3

House Committee on Energy Resources

Charge 1: Impacts of declining oil prices, energy development strategies

 

Charge 2: Oilfield theft

 

Charge 7: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations 

Charge 3: Natural disaster preparedness planning, as it pertains to Hurricane Dolly disaster recovery efforts

Interim Hearings - Week of January 25, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of January 25

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.

 

January 25

Joint Legislative Committee on Health & Human Services Transition, Oversight

Invited testimony only

 

January 26

Invited testimony on all interim charges

 

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

Charge: Elder financial abuse

·         Financial Crimes Against the Elderly, 2015 Legislation, National Conference of State Legislatures, November 20, 2015

·         "Lies, Secrets, and Scams: How to Prevent Elder Abuse," Consumer Reports, November 3, 2015

·         "Why Elder Financial Abuse Is Such A Slippery Crime," Forbes, February 13, 2015

·         Cumulative 2015 Elder Financial Abuse Legislation, American Bankers Association, updated as of January 26, 2015

·         The True Link Report on Elder Financial Abuse 2015, True Link Financial, January 2015

·         Georgia Akers, Associate Judge, Harris County Probate Court No. 3, "Elder Abuse, Exploitation and Consumer Scams: Ethical Duties," 2014 CPE by the Sea, Houston TSCPA Foundation and TSCPA CPE Foundation, Inc., Galveston, Texas, June 11-13, 2014

 

Charge: Collection process of delinquent ad valorem property taxes, role of tax lien transfers

·         Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3 - Property tax liens), House Committee on Business and Industry, January 2015

·         Texas Property Tax Law Changes 2015 (Tax Code, Chapter 31, Collections, and Chapter 33, Delinquency), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, August 2015

·         Property Tax Lending Consolidated Volume Report Calendar Year 2014, Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, June 23, 2015

·         Property Tax Lending Study, Finance Commission of Texas, prepared by Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, August 2012

·         Property Tax Bills (delinquent tax bill contents, delinquency dates, penalty and interest by type of property tax bill), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

 

Senate Committee on Finance

Topic: Testimony from Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Legislative Budget Board on impact of oil prices and production on state revenue and the budget

·         "Falling Oil Prices Leading to Drop in Texas Road Funding," Texas Tribune, January 20, 2016

·         2016 Texas Economic Outlook: Riding the Energy Roller Coaster, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, January 12, 2016

·         Monthly State Revenue Watch, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Updated January 2016

·         The 2016-2017 Certification Revenue Estimate, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, October 13, 2015

 

Charge: Behavioral/mental health services and expenditures across state government

·         A Guide to Understanding Mental Health Systems and Services in Texas, 2nd Edition, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014

·         Texas Behavioral Health Strategic Plan, Texas Department of State Health Services, June 2012

·         Comprehensive Analysis of Public Behavioral Health System (Rider 71 report background), Texas Department of State Health Services

 

Senate Committee on State Affairs  

Charge: Implementation of open carry (HB 910) and campus carry (SB 11)

 

January 27

Senate Committee on Transportation

Charge: State's Vehicle Inspection Program

·         Texas "Two Steps, One Sticker" Program Starts as a 'Square Dance', Texas Association of Counties, April 2, 2015

·         Vehicle Inspection and Two Steps One Sticker, Texas Department of Public Safety

 

Charge: Necessity of Driver Responsibility Program

·         Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 4), House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, January 2015

·         An Audit Report on Selected Contracts at the Department of Public Safety (Chapter 3 - Driver Responsibility Program), State Auditor's Office, June 2013

·         Driver Responsibility Program (Issue Brief), Legislative Budget Board, January 2013

·         Texas State Government Effectiveness and Efficiency: Selected Issues and Recommendations (Driver Responsibility Program), Legislative Budget Board, January 2007

·         Driver Responsibility Program, Texas Department of Public Safety

 

Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief   

Charge: Property tax process

·         Texas State Government Effectiveness and Efficiency: Selected Issues and Recommendations (Property Appraisals), Legislative Budget Board, January 2015

·         Appraising the Appraisals: Local Values and Property Taxes, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, July 2014

·         Interim Charge Recommendations to the 82nd Legislature (Property Tax System), Senate Committee on Finance, January 2011

·         Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Property Tax Appraisals), House Committee on Ways & Means, January 2011

·         Interim Report (Property Tax Appraisal System), Senate Finance Subcommittee on Property Appraisal and Revenue Caps, January 2009

·         Interim Report to the 81st Legislature, House Select Committee on Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform, December 2008

·         Interim Report to the 81st Legislature (Charge 4), House Committee on Local Government Ways and Means, December 2008

·         Findings and Recommendations: a Report from the Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform, Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform, January 2007

·         Texas Property Tax System, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

 

Charge: Tax burden

·         "Lopsided Election Puts Political Target on Property Taxes," Austin American Statesman, November 9, 2015

·         "Property Tax Relief Comes With Big Cost to State," Texas Tribune, October 4, 2015

·         A Brief History of Texas Property Tax Relief Initiatives (Presentation), Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, May 20, 2008

 

 

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