BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Tuesday

February 28, 2017

Committee referral on the following:

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming agreement with this state; providing for licensing of persons under the agreement; limiting certain taxes and fees.

State Affairs

Relating to service and filing requirements for a party seeking judicial review in certain workers' compensation cases.

Business & Commerce

Relating to liability of certain political subdivisions in certain workers' compensation actions.

Business & Commerce

Relating to limited driver personal automobile insurance policies.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as and receive monetary assistance for serving as a relative or other designated caregiver.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting certain deer.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

Relating to the board of directors of the Maverick County Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to pretrial hearings in felony cases.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the disclosure of life-sustaining treatment policies and to life-sustaining treatment for a patient under 18 years of age.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the authority of certain counties to use county revenue or incur debt to improve or redevelop certain sports facilities.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.

Higher Education

Relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant program.

Higher Education

Relating to a requirement that certain participating institutions under the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provide loan debt information to students.

Higher Education

Relating to the sale of lottery tickets by certain wine and beer retailers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to collecting and reporting certain information by the Department of Family and Protective Services relating to certain alcohol and controlled substance use.

Health & Human Services

Relating to Medicaid beds in nursing facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a prohibition on converting state highway lanes to tolled or other types of managed lanes.

Transportation

Relating to protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers.

State Affairs

Relating to the protection of religious beliefs and moral convictions regarding marriage.

State Affairs

Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's strategy for managing audit resources, including procedures for auditing and collecting payments from Medicaid managed care organizations.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the transparency of certain information related to prescription drug coverage provided by certain health benefit plans.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the status of powdered alcohol as an alcoholic beverage for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.

Business & Commerce

Relating to an election of the board of directors of the Ochiltree County Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the ownership and local regulation of trees and timber.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

Relating to the punishment for certain offenses involving family violence; changing the eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision for those offenses.

State Affairs

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of unmanned aircraft over correctional facility or critical infrastructure facility.

Criminal Justice

Relating to a prohibition on the adoption of certain library standards by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of criminal mischief involving property used for flood control purposes or a dam.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the creation of the Cresson Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Hood County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Cresson Crossroads Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the movement of portable building units over a state highway; authorizing a fee.

Transportation

Relating to the definition of the least restrictive environment for the placement of children in foster care.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the operation of medical supply transport vehicles during a declared state of disaster.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for students enrolled in accelerated, affordable baccalaureate programs at public institutions of higher education.

Higher Education

Relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a marriage license.

State Affairs

Relating to certain powers of an associate judge under the Family Code.

State Affairs

Relating to the limitation on the amount of supplemental payments that a person may agree to provide to a school district or any other entity on behalf of a school district under the Texas Economic Development Act.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the creation of the Kendall County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to captive insurance companies.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the creation of the offense of improper contact with an adult victim.

Criminal Justice

Relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness training and reporting by cosmetology license holders.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant to sign a death certificate or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order.

Health & Human Services

Relating to access to a residence or former residence to retrieve personal property, including access based on danger of family violence.

State Affairs

Relating to a late fee for failing to pay rent under a residential lease.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions.

Business & Commerce

Relating to informal dispute resolutions for violations of health and safety standards at certain long-term care facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the facilitation of voting by persons confined in certain jails.

State Affairs

Relating to the creation of the blue alert system to aid in the apprehension of an individual suspected of killing or causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer.

Criminal Justice