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September 26
Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention & Community Safety
Topic: Organizational and informational matters
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September 17
House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention & Community Safety
Topic: Organizational meeting and invited testimony on implementation of Executive Orders issued by Governor Abbott on September 5, 2019, and other items under the committee's jurisdiction
September 18
House Committee on House Administration
Topic: Budget for a recently appointed select committee
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September 10
House Committee on Redistricting (Austin)
Topic: 2021 legislative redistricting process and 2020 Census data
- Texas Redistricting, Texas Legislative Council
September 12
House Committee on Elections (Houston)
Topic: Countywide voting
- "Many Texans’ Votes Are Lost When They Go to the Wrong Polling Place. Counties See Countywide Vote Centers as an Answer," Texas Tribune, July 25, 2019
- "Vote Centers and Turnout by Election Type in Texas," Research and Politics, July-September 2019
- An Evaluation of Election Day Vote Centers in Harris County, Texas: 2019 Harris County Joint Election, Harris County Clerk's Office, May 22, 2019
- Election Advisory No. 2019-01: 2019 Opportunities to Use Countywide Polling Places, Texas Secretary of State, January 2, 2019
- Report to the 86th Legislature Under Section 43.007(j), Texas Election Code Relating to the Countywide Polling Place Program, Texas Secretary of State
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 2), House Committee on Elections, January 2011
- Reports to Legislature (includes six reports on Countywide Polling Place Program), Texas Secretary of State
- Texas Election Code § 43.007, Countywide Polling Place Program
House Committee on Redistricting (San Antonio)
Topic: 2021 legislative redistricting process and 2020 Census data
- Texas Redistricting, Texas Legislative Council
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August 26
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health & Human Services Transition
Invited testimony
- Presentation to the Transition Legislative Oversight Committee, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, September 12, 2018
- Progress Report on Transformation of the Health and Human Services System, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, July 2018
- Health and Human Services Transformation (Transition plan, timeline, Sunset process, and presentations), Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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July 12
House Committees on Homeland Security & Public Safety and International Relations & Economic Development (Joint Hearing)
Topic: Issues related to the increase in asylum-seeking migrant families at the Texas-Mexico border
- "San Antonio and Other Texas Cities Confront the Spillover from the Border Migration Crisis," Texas Tribune, July 3, 2019
- "Governor Abbott To Deploy More Texas National Guard To Address Crisis At Southern Border," Governor Greg Abbott, June 21, 2019
July 18
House Committee on General Investigating
Topic: Committee business
The committee may enter into an executive session to consider any matter authorized to be considered in an executive session under Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government Code, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Housekeeping Resolution, and the committee’s rules.
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Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Topic: Update from appropriate agencies, industry stakeholders and consumer groups related to market competition, consolidation practices and federal orders affecting the Texas health insurance marketplace
- Texas Health Insurance Marketplace: History And News of the State’s Exchange, HealthInsurance.org, October 27, 2018
- Issue Brief: The 2017 Health Insurance Exchanges: Major Decrease in Competition and Choice, The Heritage Foundation, January 30, 2017
- Healthcare 2020: Consolidation, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Fall 2016
- Individual Insurance Market Competition, Kaiser Family Foundation, 2016
- Early Assessment of Competition in the Health Insurance Marketplace, Brookings Institution, December 8, 2015
Topic: Texas Department of Insurance update on Hurricane Harvey related property and casualty insurance claims data analysis
- One Year After the Storm: Texas Gulf Coast Residents’ Views and Experiences with Hurricane Harvey Recovery, Kaiser Family Foundation/Episcopal Health Foundation, August 2018
- Hurricane Harvey Wind Damage Investigation, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, July 2018
- Presentation to the Senate Business and Commerce Committee (Hurricane Harvey Data Call), Texas Department of Insurance, January 23, 2018
Staff presentation and public testimony:
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- State Office of Risk Management
- State Securities Board
- Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Commission decisions:
Staff presentation and public testimony:
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.
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Senate Committee on Education
Charge: Mandate relief/innovation: Education Code, cost-drivers, unnecessary mandates, reduction/elimination of inefficiencies, policies or opportunities targeted to improving student outcomes, and better utilization of taxpayer resources
- Report on School District Mandates: Cost Drivers in Public Education, Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards, Updated January 2017
- Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 3 – Efficiency/performance review of all public schools in Texas), Senate Committee on Education, November 2016
- Report to the 82nd Legislature (Charge 4 – Cost drivers in public education), Senate Committee on Education, December 2010
Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform (Conroe)
Charge: Effective tax rate and rollback tax rate calculations
- Committee PowerPoint Presentation, Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform, September 20, 2018
- Property Tax Limitation Regimes: A Primer, Tax Foundation, April 2018
- Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature (Property tax process), Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief, November 2016
- Truth-in-Taxation: The Guide to How Property Tax Rates Are Set, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, August 2016
- Truth-in-Taxation: Tax Rate Adoption, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Texas Tax Code §§ 26.04-26.05, Submission of Roll to Governing Body; Effective and Rollback Tax Rates
Charge: Appraisal review boards (ARBs)
- Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 1 – Property tax appraisal system), Senate Finance Subcommittee on Property Appraisal and Revenue Caps, January 2009
- Appraisal Review Boards, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Appraisal Review Board Training, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Texas Tax Code §§ 6.41-6.43, Appraisal Review Board
- Texas Tax Code § 5.041, Training of Appraisal Review Board Members
Charge: Replacing property tax with sales tax or other consumption tax revenue
- School Property Tax Reform: An Analysis of Options, Texas Public Policy Foundation, November 2018
- Raising the Sales Tax Rate Is Not the Way to Lower School Property Taxes, Center for Public Policy Priorities, April 2018
- Property Taxes: The Bad, The Good, and The Ugly (Replacing property taxes with sales tax), Real Estate Center, Texas A&M University, November 2013
Joint Select Committee to Study the Balance of the Economic Stabilization Fund
Topic: Determine and adopt a sufficient balance to maintain in the Economic Stabilization Fund
- "When Have States Saved Enough for a Rainy Day?," Stateline, Pew Charitable Trusts, October 4, 2018
- "The Texas Legacy Fund" (Economic Stabilization Fund), Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Pubic Accounts, October 2018
- Fiscal 50: State Trends and Analysis (Reserves and balances), Pew Charitable Trusts, September 10, 2018
- The Rainy Day Fund: A Resource Designed for Texas to Use, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Revised April 2018
- Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) Overview (Infographic), Legislative Budget Board, March 2018
- Leaky Umbrella: The Need to Reform Texas' Rainy Day Fund, Texas Public Policy Foundation, October 2016
- Budget Processes in the States (Table 14: Budget Stabilization or "Rainy Day" Fund - 50-state requirements), National Association of State Budget Officers, Spring 2015
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House Committee on Human Services
Charge 4
- Prevention and early intervention programs
- Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Programs, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Children aging out of foster care
- Services for Youth and Young Adults, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Adoption Support Programs (Post adoption services), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- System improvements, especially Trauma Informed Care
- Trauma-Informed Care and Early Identification Will Improve Child Mental Health Treatment (Testimony, House Committee on Public Health), Texas Medical Association, May 17, 2018
- Understanding Trauma-Informed Care In The Texas Child Welfare System, Texas CASA
- Training in trauma-informed system of care
- Trauma Informed Care Training, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Supreme Court of Texas Children's Commission's Statewide Collaborative of Trauma-Informed Care
- Trauma-Informed Care: Final Report, The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas, July 26, 2017
- Statewide Collaborative of Trauma-Informed Care (Important documents, child welfare system reform, organizational leadership, cross-systems collaboration, funding, data, & evaluation), Children's Commission, Supreme Court of Texas
- Reports and Resources (see Trauma-Informed Care), Children's Commission, Supreme Court of Texas
Charge: Current reimbursement methodology and rates in the foster care system
- Title IV-E Foster Care Rates FY 2019, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, October 2018
- 24-Hour Residential Child Care Reimbursement Rates (Description of service levels), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Effective September 1, 2017
- Proposed Payment Rates for the 24-Hour Residential Child Care Program, Rate Analysis Department, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, July 17, 2017
- Rate-Setting Methodology for 24-Hour Residential Child Care Reimbursements, Financial Services Division, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, June 22, 2017
- Family Foster Care Reimbursement Rates in the U.S.: A Report from a 2012 National Survey on Family Foster Care Provider Classifications and Rates, Child Trends, April 9, 2013
Charge: Prevalence of mental illness diagnoses on children in the foster care system
- Harris County Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families: 2017 System Assessment, The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, October 30, 2017
- Supporting Youth in Foster Care: Research-Based Policy Recommendations for Executive and Legislative Officials in 2017, Child Trends, February 15, 2017
- "Mental and Physical Health of Children in Foster Care," Pediatrics, Volume 138, Issue 5, November 2016
- Mental Health and Foster Care, National Conference of State Legislatures, May 9, 2016
- Psychotropic Medication Utilization Parameters for Children and Youth in Foster Care, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, March 2016 (Tables Updated July 2016)
- "The Prevalence of Mental Disorders Among Children and Adolescents in the Child Welfare System: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," Medicine, Volume 95, Number 7, February 2016
Charge: Abuse and neglect in nursing facilities; existing state and federal laws and regulations, including employee criminal background checks
- Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification Handbook, Subchapter E, Residents Rights, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- State and Federal Statutes and Rules (Nursing Facilities), Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Texas Health and Safety Code § 242.848, Reporting Abuse and Neglect (electronic monitoring)
- Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 250, Nurse Aide Registry and Criminal History Checks of Employees and Applicants for Employment in Certain Facilities Serving the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities, or Persons with Terminal Illnesses
- Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 253, Employee Misconduct Registry
- Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 260A, Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Residents of Certain Facilities
Commission decisions:
- Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Texas Funeral Service Commission
- School Land Board
- Veterans' Land Board
- Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
Staff presentation and public testimony:
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Topic: The State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) Advisory Committee advises the Texas Water Development Board on the administration of SWIFT funds. This committee will review the overall operation, function, and structure of the fund at least semi-annually and advises the board on any water related matter.
- State Water Implementation Fund for Texas: 2018 Prioritization Cycle Commitments, Texas Water Development Board, July 26, 2018
- Texas State Water Plan Project Funding: SWIFT Update for 2017 (Presentation at Red River Valley Association (RRVA) Water Resource Conference), Texas Water Development Board, November 15, 2017
- Future Water Supplies for Texas: 2016 Biennial Report on Use of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, Texas Water Development Board, December 1, 2016
- State Water Plan 2017, Texas Legislative Budget Board, July 2016
- State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT), Texas Water Development Board
- Texas Water Code §§ 15.431-15.441, State Water Implementation Fund for Texas
- 31 Texas Administrative Code § 363.1304, Prioritization Criteria (State Water Implementation Fund for Texas and State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas)
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Charge: State's communications with the federal government in response to Hurricane Harvey
Charge: Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature
House Committee on Human Services
Charge: Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature; implementation of HB 4, HB 5, HB 7, and SB 11, 85th Legislature, R.S.
House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics
Charge 10: Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and implementation of legislation: Oversight of the Texas Health & Human Services Commission
- Scoring and Evaluation of Selected Procurements at the Health and Human Services Commission, Texas State Auditor's Office, July 13, 2018
- OIG Review of the HHS Procurement Process: 2013-2018, Office of Inspector General, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, July 2018
- Managed Care: Contract Oversight and Monitoring (Presentation to the Joint Committee on House Appropriations and General Investigating & Ethics), Texas Health and Human Services Commission, June 27, 2018
House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Charge 1: Local and state occupational licensing and regulations
- Too Much License? A Closer Look at Occupational Licensing and Economic Mobility, Archbridge Institute, April 2018
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: Consolidation, Efficiency and Streamlined Service, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Office of Strategic Communication, March 2018
- A Snapshot of Texas Regulation in 2018, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, March 2018
- License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing, Institute of Justice, November 2017
- The State of Occupational Licensing: Research, State Policies and Trends, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2017
- Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2014
Charge 2: Technology-based alcohol and industry services
- "Texas Officials: Delivery Apps Becoming Gateway for Underage Drinking," Austin American Statesman, Updated September 25, 2018
- Alcohol Technology in the World of Tomorrow, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, May 2017
Charge 3: Monitor the statutory changes enacted through SB 2065, 85th Legislature, R.S., the Committee's omnibus deregulation omnibus bill. In particular, monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's (TDLR) role in regulating the applicable occupations and activities including but not limited to Vehicle Protection Product businesses, Temporary Common Worker Employers, For-Profit Legal Service Contract Companies, Barbering and Cosmetology, and Vehicle Booting and Towing Operators. Review TDLR's current strategic planning efforts and the potential recommendations for occupations and activities which may undergo regulation changes in the future.
- 2019-2023 Strategic Plan: Seeing a Brighter Future with Common-Sense Solutions, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, June 8, 2018
- Reforming Occupational Licensing Polices, The Hamilton Project (Brookings), January 2015