Overview This brief provides a quick summary of the ACA and explores what is known currently about how Texas leadership is envisioning replacing and/or modifying the Act. Because no specific…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports Comptroller of Public Accounts: Revenue vs Shortfall. According to the Comptroller’s “cautiously optimistic” revenue estimate, the 86th Legislature will have an estimated $119.12 billion available for general-purpose…
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Overview A North Texas judge ruled in December 2018 that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. This ruling is based on the premise that because the tax penalty tied…
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The Texas 86th Legislative Session is Here. The Texas House and Senate will be gaveled in at noon tomorrow, which means the next quiet moment we’ll see here at the Capitol is May 28,…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports Medicaid Issues Facing the 86th Texas Legislature. This brief provides an overview of Texas Medicaid issues to be addressed in the upcoming legislative session. These include…
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This brief provides an overview of Texas Medicaid issues to be addressed in the upcoming legislative session. These include the Medicaid shortfall affecting the current biennium, a number of Medicaid Managed Care issues, Medicaid expansion to adults up to 138 of the federal poverty level (FPL), and the FY 2020-21 Legislative Appropriation Request (LAR) for Medicaid. Note that Health and Human Service agency Transformation has consolidated most of Medicaid programming into one agency - the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports Texas e-Health. At their last meeting, in addition to receiving the committee report that will be advanced to the Executive Commissioner for consideration, the e-Health Advisory…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports HHSC: Texas State Child Fatality Review Team Committee: The mission of the State Child Fatality Review Team Committee is to reduce the number of preventable child deaths…
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Overview The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is directed to maintain and improve the health and human services system in Texas and to administer its programs in accordance with…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports Department of State Health Services: Fiscal Size-Up: DSHS works to improve the health, safety and well-being of Texans through good stewardship of public resources and a…
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