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 reliance on these drugs, regardless of what parties may bear responsibility for the crisis.
- HHSC: Texas Brain Injury Advisory Council: The Council gathered for their quarterly meeting to receive updates from their standing committees, updates on Vocational Rehabilitation Services offered through the Texas Workforce Commission, and a presentation on services and access through Medicaid at HHSC.
- House Committee on Appropriations: Monitor the Ongoing Implementation of SB 20, SB 533, and SB 255: This is a limited report on the testimony related to the HHSC on the following charge: Study the processes by which state agencies award, execute, manage, and monitor state contracts, and make recommendations on whether any changes are necessary to safeguard the best interest of the public and state…
- House Committee on Opioids and Substance Abuse – Charges 1 and 2 and Foster Care Impact: 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…; and
- Charge 2: Review the prevalence of substance abuse and substance use disorders in pregnant women, veterans, homeless individuals, and people with co-occurring mental illness…
Looking Ahead
- [Yesterday] April 30, 2018: Health and Human Services Commission Strategic Plan 2019-2023
- May 2, 2018: Aging Texas Well Advisory Committee
- May 3, 2018: Proposed Medicaid Payment Rates for Ambulance and Dental Services
- May 4, 2018: STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- Texas Supreme Court decision could help uninsured patients negotiate excessive hospital bills
- Panelists say more funding, education and access to care are needed to reduce Texas’ maternal mortality rate
- Report: Thousands more Texas women being served in health programs
- In new plan, Texas Education Agency vows special education overhaul with limited dollars
- A Texas health commission employee was fired. Then she received the private information of more than 100 clients.
- New health survey aims to quantify Hurricane Harvey’s physical, mental toll
- Report: Women at Texas community colleges aren’t getting the kind of birth control they want
- When it comes to opioid lawsuits, Chairman Price says there is responsibility to go around
- Teen mental health, asthma data projects earn Dell Foundation grants
- Blue Cross faces skepticism on billing change for use of out-of-network ERs
- Kathryne and Gene Bishop give $6 million to Children’s Medical Center Research Institute
- S. House OKs bill requiring medical checks for balloon pilots
U.S.
- Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart. How Many Second Chances Should a User Get?
- Probiotics for Babies and Kids? New Research Explores Good Bacteria
- Why a City at the Center of the Opioid Crisis Gave Up a Tool to Fight It
- Arizona Farm Blamed for Part of Large, Nationwide E. Coli Outbreak
- Groups working to stop teen pregnancy alarmed by Trump shift
- Isolation of White House Unit Hid Ronny Jackson from Scrutiny
- A Lifesaving Pump for Cancer Patients is Being Phased Out
- D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Juuling’ Among Teenagers
- Senators warn against placing Medicaid work requirements on tribes