HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   General Investigating & Ethics 

TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM, Thursday, February 15, 2018 

PLACE:       E1.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Sarah Davis 

The Committee will meet to consider the following interim charges:

Interim Charge 6: Examine employment policies and practices at state agencies relating to the hiring of individuals who were terminated from employment with another state agency for misconduct.

Interim Charge 8: Examine laws and policies regulating travel by state agency officials to ensure that travel expenditures are in the best interest of the state.

Interim Charge 9: Investigate the use of state agency resources to participate in trade associations and groups funded by industries regulated by the agency.

Interim Charge 10: Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature.

· Review results of State Auditor's Office report on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's management of Medicaid managed care contracts.

The Committee will hear invited testimony only.

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