Leaders in Health and Human Services Reporting
The Transition Legislative Oversight Committee met to hear invited testimony only.
The Chair stated that they are in receipt of the recommendations they requested in the report submitted by HHSC.
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Hank Whitman, Commissioner and David Kinsey, CFO made the presentation. The Department of Family and Protective Services is requesting funding above the FY 2020-21 baseline for eight groups of exceptional…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports DFPS Legislative Appropriations Request: The Department of Family and Protective Services’ (DFPS) mission is “promote safe and healthy families and protect children and vulnerable adults from…
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Dr. John Hellerstedt introduced Donna Sheppard who, with the Commissioner, jointly presented the detail of the DSHS budget request. She stated that the State laboratory addresses more than 50% of…
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HHSC’s 2020-21 funding request is the culmination of months of evaluation on how we can do more with less. We viewed each request through the prism of two questions: Is…
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Meeting Summary
The STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee advises on the establishment and implementation of the STAR Kids Medicaid managed care program which provide services for children with disabilities who have Medicaid coverage to improve coordination and customization of care, access to care, health outcomes, cost containment and quality of care.
Introduction
The meeting was convened by the Chair, Elizabeth Tucker. The minutes from the meetings on March 19, 2018, and June 25, 2018, were approved as written.
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The Department of Family and Protective Services’ (DFPS) mission is “promote safe and healthy families and protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.” More than 12,500 DFPS…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports HHSC: Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: The Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke gathered for their quarterly meeting. They covered the following: Added to…
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Meeting Summary. The Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee advises the HHSC Division for Early Childhood Intervention Services on development and implementation of policies that constitute the statewide ECI system. ECI Background…
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The committee met at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance to receive public testimony on Interim Charge 2: Review the history and any future roll-out of Medicaid Managed Care in…
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