Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
NOTE: This is archived committee information from the 77th Legislative Session.
Committee Information
CHAIR
Mike Moncrief
VICE-CHAIR
John Carona
MEMBERS
Kip Averitt
David Bernsen
Mario Gallegos, Jr
Chris Harris
Frank L. Madla
Jane Nelson
Eliot Shapleigh
CLERK:
Scott Caffey
TEL:
(512) 463-0360
Video/Audio — Archives
77th Session Interim
- June 17, 2002
- April 16, 2002
- March 26, 2002 — Hearing in El Paso, TX; audio only.
- February 6, 2002 — Hearing in Fort Worth, TX; audio only.
- October 11, 2001
77th Regular Session
- May 23, 2001 — HHS: Conference Committee on SB 768
- May 11, 2001 (Part 3)
- May 11, 2001 (Part 2)
- May 11, 2001 (Part 1)
- May 10, 2001 (Part 2)
- May 10, 2001 (Part 1)
- May 7, 2001 (Part 2)
- May 7, 2001 (Part 1)
- May 3, 2001 (Part 2)
- May 3, 2001 (Part 1)
- April 30, 2001
- April 26, 2001
- April 23, 2001 (Part 2)
- April 23, 2001 (Part 1)
- April 19, 2001 (Part 2)
- April 19, 2001 (Part 1)
- April 9, 2001 (Part 2)
- April 9, 2001 (Part 1)
- April 5, 2001 (Part 2)
- April 5, 2001 (Part 1)
- April 2, 2001 (Part 2)
- April 2, 2001 (Part 1)
- March 29, 2001 (Part 2)
- March 29, 2001 (Part 1)
- March 26, 2001 (Part 2)
- March 26, 2001 (Part 1)
- March 22, 2001
- March 19, 2001
- March 15, 2001 (Part 2)
- March 15, 2001 (Part 1)
- March 8, 2001 (Part 2)
- March 8, 2001 (Part 1)
- March 5, 2001 — audio only
- March 1, 2001 — Joint Hearing: Business & Commerce Committee, Health & Human Services Committee
- March 1, 2001
- February 22, 2001 (Part 2)
- February 22, 2001 (Part 1)
- February 15, 2001 (Part 2)
- February 15, 2001 (Part 1)
- February 8, 2001
- February 1, 2001
- January 25, 2001 — audio only
Reports
The following reports are available for download:
- The following items are the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Interim Reports to the 78th Legislature:
- Interim Report (2.2 MB, PDF format)
- Report Appendix (5.9 MB, PDF format)
Interim Charges
- Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on the following mental health and mental retardation issues:
- Availability and adequacy of mental health services for children and adolescents and their families, including services funded through the mental health system, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and other funding sources the Committee considers relevant.
- Community mental health services delivery structure, including evaluating the efficacy of continuation or expansion of the NorthStar managed care pilot and the role of local community MHMR centers as mental health authorities.
- Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation's allocation formulas for distributing mental health and mental retardation funds to local communities.
- Review, evaluate, and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the state's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Welfare-to-Work, Child Care, and related programs in moving families out of poverty to self-sufficiency, with special focus on expiration of the state's federal waiver in FY 2002. Monitor federal reauthorization activities on these programs.
- Review, evaluate, and make recommendations to improve Texas' Supplemental Security Income disability determination procedures. The Committee should compare Texas' denial rate with other states' rates, analyze any changes in Texas' rate, and examine the impact of Texas' system on Medicaid coverage for the uninsured.
