Interim Hearings - Week of May 2
Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Articles VI, VII & VIII
Charge 17: State parks system funding, recent legislation including the General Appropriations Act, HB 158, and SB 1366, 84th R.S.
- "State Parks Find New Ways to Save, Make Money," Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts), April 14, 2016
- Operating Budget, Fiscal Year 2016, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, December 1, 2015
- The Economic Contributions of Texas State Parks, Texas A&M University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, November 2014
House Committee on Environmental Regulation
Charge 2: Surface water management compliance
- Water Quality: Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries and Surface Water Quality Monitoring, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Charge 3: Local environmental regulation initiatives; resolve ambiguous regulations regarding priority of state or local authority
- "Where Oil is King," Fordham Law Review, Forthcoming, (February 27, 2016)
- "H.B. 40, 84th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2015): Texas Asserts Exclusive State-Level Jurisdiction to Regulate Oil and Gas Operations," 129 Harv. L. Rev. 610 (December 10, 2015)
- "Grassroots Network Forms to Monitor Fracking Front," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 12, 2015
- Texas Uses Preemption Power to Shut Down Local Fracking Bans, Oklahoma Quickly Follows, Washington Legal Foundation, June 15, 2015
- "Don't 'Frac' This Up: Denton's Frac Ban and the Appropriate State Legislative Response," 47 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 843 (2015)
House Committees on Economic & Small Business Development and Public Education (Joint Hearing)
Joint charge: Partnerships between higher education institutions, public school districts, and workforce that promote postsecondary readiness
- Governor Abbott Establishes Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, Governor Greg Abbott, March 7, 2016
- Preparing High School Students for College: An Exploratory Study of College Readiness Partnership Programs in Texas (Report) and (Brief), National Center for Postsecondary Research, May 2012
- "Lessons from a School District-University Research Partnership: The Houston Education Research Consortium," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, May 2015
- Sharing Responsibility for College Success a Model Partnership Moves Students to Diplomas and Degrees, Educate Texas, December 2014
- Lesson 9. Partnering to Support College and Career Readiness and Lesson 9 Resources, Texas Online College and Career Readiness Resource Center, Spring 2014
- Preparing High School Students for College: An Exploratory Study of College Readiness Partnership Programs in Texas (Report) and (Brief), National Center for Postsecondary Research, May 2012
- Network Partners, Texas College Access Network (TxCan)
- Division of College Readiness and Success, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Rules and laws limiting employers from providing internships or apprenticeships
- Apprenticeship - Program Overview, Texas Workforce Commission
- Advanced FLSA Issues, Student Interns - Trainees, Especially for Texas Employers, Texas Workforce Commission
- Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, U.S. Department of Labor, April 2010
Workforce training, incentivizing business to invest in training
- Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Combined State Plan (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2020), Texas Workforce Commission, draft modifications approved by Commission April 5, 2016
- Employer Engagement Toolkit: From Placement to Partners, Jobs for the Future, October 2015
- Aligning K-12 and Postsecondary Career Pathways with Workforce Needs (Business and industry engagement, career pathways), Education Commission of the States, October 2015
- The Progress of Education Reform: Reimagining Business Involvement: A New Frontier for Postsecondary Education, Education Commission of the States, June 2013
- How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready: A Primer, American Institutes for Research, March 2013
- State Training Inventory (Compilation of Texas education and workforce training providers), Texas Workforce Commission
Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Topic: Penalty calculations under the current prompt payment of health care claim laws and regulations
- Prompt Pay FAQs ,Texas Department of Insurance, Updated April 1, 2016
- An Interstate Comparison of Healthcare Prompt-Pay Laws, Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation, January 31, 2016
- 28 Texas Administrative Code §21.2815, Failure to Meet the Statutory Claims Payment Period, Texas Department of Insurance
- Interim Report to the 78th Legislature, Texas Senate Special Committee on Prompt Payment of Health Care Providers, November 2002
Topic: Implementation of legislation, specifically legislation intended to further protect consumers from the balance billing process
- Surprise Medical Bills (Balance billing Q&A), Texas Department of Insurance, last updated March 29, 2016
- "New Law Helps Patients with Bills for Out-of-Network Medical Care," Texas Department of Insurance, September 10, 2015
- "Balance-Billing Ban Back in 2015 Legislature," Texas Medicine, Texas Medical Association, May 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 7 - Medical price transparency), Senate Committee on State Affairs, January 2015
- "Surprise Medical Bills Take Advantage of Texans: Little-Known Practice Creates A 'Second Emergency' for ER Patients," Center for Public Policy Priorities, September 15, 2014
- Report of the Health Network Adequacy Advisory Committee, Senate Bill 1731, Section 11
Eightieth Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, Texas Department of Insurance, January 2009
Senate Select Committee on Texas Ports
Topic: Committee rules and organizational business
Topic: Economic impact of inland waterways, coastal ports, and inland ports on the state economy
- "Texas Ports Stay Busy as Trade Values Fall Along Gulf, Rise Inland," Southwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Fourth Quarter 2015
- Texas Ports 2015-2016 Capital Program: Executive Summary, Port Authority Advisory Committee, November 11, 2015
- Survey of State Funding Practices for Coastal Port Infrastructure, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, May 2015
- 2014 Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, January 20, 2015
- The Texas Maritime Transportation System: Delivering the Goods, Texas Department of Transportation, January 20, 2015
- Texas Intracoastal Waterway Master Plan: Technical Report, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Resubmitted August 2014
- Master Plan for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Texas, Texas Department of Transportation, June 2014
Topic: Future impact of Panama Canal expansion on Texas ports
- "Some Fear Texas Unprepared for Panama Canal Expansion," Texas Tribune, December 1, 2015
- Trade Flows and Texas Gulf Ports: Panama Canal Expansion and South American Markets, Center for Transportation Research at University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M Transportation Institute, August 2013
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 1 - Panama Canal Expansion), Senate Transportation Committee, February 2013
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 2 - Panama Canal Expansion), House Committee on Transportation, December 2012
- Preparing Texas Land and Sea for the Panama Canal Expansion: Final Report, Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group, November 2012
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, Subcommittee on Border Security
Charge: Interstate Compact: cost-benefit analysis of a potential interstate compact on border security, and the constitutional and legal questions
- Congressional Consent and the Permission for States to Enter into Interstate Compacts (Brief), Council of State Governments Knowledge Center, July 5, 2011
- "When Should Interstate Compacts Require Congressional Consent?," Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Volume 42, Number 4, 2009
- Resources, National Center for Interstate Compacts (NCIC)
Topic: TDCJ invited testimony answering questions from previous hearing on PEP
- Interim Hearings - Week of March 21, 2016, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, Subcommittee on Border Security, Legislative Reference Library, March 14, 2016
House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Article III
Charge 15: Higher education funding formulas
- Performance-Based Funding for Higher Education, National Conference of State Legislatures, July 31, 2015
- Federal and State Funding of Higher Education: A Changing Landscape, Pew Charitable Trusts, June 11, 2015
- Formula Funding Recommendations 2014 (FY 2016-2017 Biennium), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, April 2014
- "Search Still On for Higher Ed Performance-Funding Model," Texas Tribune, January 7, 2014
- Financing Higher Education in Texas: Legislative Primer, 5th Edition, Legislative Budget Board, February 2013
- Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 1 - Funding), Senate Finance Higher Education Subcommittee, December 2008
- Interim Report to the 79th Texas Legislature (Volume 3 - Higher education charges), Senate Finance Committee, December 2004
Joint Interim Committee to Study Border Security
Topic: Implementation of HB 11, 84th Legislature, R.S., and additional border security efforts
- "Judge Blocks Texas Immigrant Harboring Law," Texas Tribune, April 14, 2016
- Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw's testimony to House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, February 4, 2016
- "State Trooper Rotations to Border Will Continue," Texas Tribune, January 21, 2016
- Border Security Statistics, Texas Department of Public Safety
