Meeting Summary S.B. 1507, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, directed DSHS to reconvene the advisory panel established by H.B. 3793, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013. The charge of the advisory panel…
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This summary contains supplemental information from third-party sources where that information provides clarity to the issues being discussed. Not every comment or statement from the speakers in these summaries is…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports HHSC: Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Board: Meeting Highlights: 1. Elect chair; 2. Bylaws revision; 3. Report on HHSC decisions on acceptance of the DUR recommendations from…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports: Texas Legislature: Legislative Budget Board: Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar revised the Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE). Hegar announced better-than-expected revenue growth in FY 2018 and an improved economic…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports HHSC: Implementation of Peer Support services as a Medicaid Benefit: The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) held a public hearing to update the public on…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports House Select Committee on Opioids and Substance Abuse Parts I and II: This report contains the first and second parts of the House Select Committee on…
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Hearing. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) conducted a public hearing to receive public comment on proposed Medicaid rules for §353.1303, Quality Incentive Payment Program for Nursing Facilities.…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports Texas House of Representatives: Committee on Human Services: The committee met to consider Interim Charge 2, a review of managed care in Texas. In particular, the committee…
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Texas Insight’s Recent Reports An Update on the Texas Opioid Epidemic: This posting provides an overview of the opioid crisis and offers some policy solutions that will effectively reduce our…
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Meeting Summary. The Select Committee met to consider invited testimony only on the following interim charges:
Continuation of Charge 1: Study the prevalence and impact of substance use and substance use disorders in Texas, including co-occurring mental illness. Study the prevalence and impact of opioids and synthetic drugs in Texas. Review the history of overdoses and deaths due to overdoses. Also review other health-related impacts due to substance abuse. Identify substances that are contributing to overdoses, related deaths and health impacts, and compare the data to other states. During the review, identify effective and efficient prevention and treatment responses by health care systems, including hospital districts and coordination across state and local governments. Recommend solutions to prevent overdoses and related health impacts and deaths in Texas.
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