Department of State Health Services
House/Senate Comparison, Items of Appropriation by Goal and Strategy, 86th Legislature.
Shaded items are items in disagreement.
The House Appropriations Committee met to hear testimony on the following:
Health and Human Services Commission House/Senate Comparison, Items of Appropriation by Goal and Strategy, 86th Legislature.
The Committee gathered to consider Article I agencies (partial). This report addresses only the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).[1]
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The Senate Finance Committee held an organizational hearing today. No public testimony was accepted. Due to a lack of time, the presentation from the LBB will be continued tomorrow.
The Committee is chaired by Jane Nelson and the vice chair is Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa.
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Both the House and the Senate provide an All Funds Health and Human Services agencies total of $84.8 billion, an increase of $1.2 billion from the 2018–19 biennium. General Revenue…
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The Legislative Budget Board met to set the 2020-21 spending limitation. Call to order. The meeting was called to order by Speaker of the House Bonnen Approve minutes of November…
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Background [Fiscal Brief for the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF)]. (From the Texas Comptroller’s Office) The Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) — commonly called the “Rainy Day Fund” — was created by…
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The Senate Finance Committee met to hear invited testimony only on the following interim charge related to health and human services: Monitor the implementation of the following funding initiative: Health Care Costs Across State Agencies - Monitor coordination efforts among state agencies to improve health care and reduce costs pursuant to Article IX, Section 10.06 and Section 10.07.
The Committee met on two other charges as well that are not related to health and human services directly and as such are not reported.
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