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| The House Appropriations subcommittee on Health and Human Services will |
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| hold a joint public hearing with the House Appropriations subcommittee on |
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| Education to hear invited testimony on pieces of Interim Charge #5. |
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| Charge #5: "With regard to the state's health-related institutions, |
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| research deficiencies with disproportionate share and upper payment limit |
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| methodologies;...review funding streams for University of Texas Medical |
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| Branch (UTMB), focusing on the issue of the need for reimbursement by |
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| counties using UTMB for higher levels of indigent care; and study the |
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| methodology used to fund the state's two mission specific institutions." |
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