MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
10:00 AM
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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Senator Joan Huffman, Chair |
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Senator Kelly Hancock |
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Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair |
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Senator Bryan Hughes |
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Senator Paul Bettencourt |
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Senator Dawn Buckingham |
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Senator Donna Campbell |
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Senator Brandon Creighton |
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Senator Lois Kolkhorst |
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Senator Jane Nelson |
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Senator Robert Nichols |
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Senator Charles Perry |
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Senator Charles Schwertner |
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Senator Royce West |
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Senator John Whitmire |
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM. The following business was transacted:
Senator Huffman made opening remarks.
The Committee heard invited and public testimony on the following interim charge:
Mental Health Delivery – Examine the state mental health service delivery system. Study the state's Comprehensive Plan for State-Funded Inpatient Mental Health Services and the Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan and evaluate the existing state investments in mental health services and state hospital capacity. Review current forensic and civil mental health service waitlists, and recommend ways to improve coordination and outcomes to reduce waitlists. Explore and report on options for additional mental health service capacity, including building state hospitals in the Panhandle and Rio Grande Valley areas.
Witnesses testifying and registering are shown on the attached list.
The Chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 5:38 PM Senator Huffman moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Joan Huffman, Chair
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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk