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| The State Affairs Committee and the Health & Human Services Committee |
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| will meet to take invited and public testimony on the following: |
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| Joint Interim Charge No. 1: Examine and make recommendations, if necessary, |
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| regarding the state's role in regulating pharmacy benefit managers in the |
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| interest of consumer protection. Examine alternative methods of dispensing |
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| maintenance drugs, including mail service and retail pharmacies, and |
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| provide an analysis of the state's role in protecting consumers. |
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| Joint Interim Charge No. 2: Study how to reduce dependence on Medicaid for |
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| the provision of long term care by increasing use of long-term care |
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| insurance and health savings accounts. Include a study of options for |
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| increasing the use of advance planning tools, such as health care power of |
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| attorney and living wills, to ensure more effective decision-making |
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| regarding critical end-of-life and other health care decisions. Finally, |
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| study the feasibility of implementing innovative models of nursing facility |
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| services that encourage autonomy, choice and dignity of residents. |
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| *** The Committees will take testimony on the following charges at it |
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| relates to pharmacy benefit managers only. |
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| State Affairs Interim Charge No.1: Study the Employess Retirement System |
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| of Texas ("ERS") including the actuarial soundness of the ERS pension fund; |
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| the implementation of cost-saving measures in the ERS group health |
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| insurance plan; the suggestion of further cost-saving measures such as |
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| the implementation of a three-tiered provider network; the effectiveness of |
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| the third party administrator of the ERS group health insurance plan in |
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| managing inflation; and the feasibility of consolidating the administration |
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| of all state group health plans under a single state agency. |
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| State Affairs Interim Charge No. 2: Study the Teachers Retirement System |
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| of Texas ("TRS") including the actuarial soundness of the TRS pension fund; |
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| the implementation of cost-saving measures in the TRS group health |
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| insurance plan; the suggestion of further cost-saving measures such as the |
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| implementation of a three-tiered provider network; the implementation of |
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| S.B. 1691, 79th Legislature; the effectiveness of the third party |
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| administrator of the TRS group health insurance plan in managing inflation; |
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| and the feasibility of consolidating the administration of all state group |
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| health plans under a single state agency. |
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