House Committee on County Affairs - 83rd R.S. (2013)
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Counties | County jails | Ebola | Emergency management | Homelessness | Hospitals | Jail population | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Managed care | Marijuana | Medicaid | Mental health services | Population growth | Specialty courts | Veterans | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.83 C832 | |
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View report [106 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Examine population growth in Texas counties and the impact the growth has had on housing, available land resources, businesses in Texas, as well as the impact of growth on the state's economy. Evaluate Texas's preparedness to respond to future growth and ensure economic stability. | |
| 2. | Continue oversight of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and issues jails currently face, including the mental health of those in jail, and make recommendations for refinement or improvement of processes and programs. | |
| 3. | Monitor the health advisory panel stemming from HB 3793, 83rd R.S.. | |
| 4. | Determine which counties have implemented a cite-and-summons policy, whether the policy has been effective in lessening overcrowding in county jails, and whether those cited by peace officers comply with the policy. | |
| 5. | Study the implementation of SB 462, 83rd R.S.. Examine which counties currently have veterans courts, as well as veterans courts in other states, and determine how those programs are working and whether these courts provide additional services or resources for veterans. Make appropriate recommendations. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs) | |
| 6. | Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 83rd Legislature. In conducting this oversight, the committee should: a. consider any reforms to state agencies to make them more responsive to Texas taxpayers and citizens; b. identify issues regarding the agency or its governance that may be appropriate to investigate, improve, remedy, or eliminate; c. determine whether an agency is operating in a transparent and efficient manner; and d. identify opportunities to streamline programs and services while maintaining the mission of the agency and its programs. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, February 14, 2013 (County associations, Medicaid 1115 waiver) | |
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| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [81 pages File size: 5,623 kb] | |
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, February 21, 2013 (State Demographer, Councils of Governments, county overview, municipal utility districts/municipal management districts, county jails, mental health, county roads) | |
| Library Call Number: | ||
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [134 pages File size: 12,675 kb] | |
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, March 7, 2013 (Dr. Michael E. Cline, Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University, Demographic changes in Texas) | |
| Library Call Number: | ||
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [59 pages File size: 4,381 kb] | |
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, March 10, 2014 (Population growth, Texas Commission on Jail Standards and county jails, HB 3793 mental health advisory panel, Medicaid 1115 waiver, veterans courts) | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1801.9 C832 83 2014: MAR 10 | |
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [170 pages File size: 8,459 kb] | |
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, May 5, 2014 (Texas Commission on Jail Standards and county jails, HB 3793 mental health advisory panel, cite-and-summons policy, oversight of healthy community collaboratives) | |
| Library Call Number: | ||
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [102 pages File size: 9,604 kb] | |
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, May 15, 2014 (Medicaid 1115 waiver) | |
| Library Call Number: | ||
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [220 pages File size: 41,128 kb] | |
| Committee: | House County Affairs | |
| Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, October 20, 2014 (Population growth, Texas Commission on Jail Standards and county jails, HB 3793 mental health advisory panel, emergency response preparedness/ebola) | |
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| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View document [171 pages File size: 12,739 kb] | |
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