HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Human Services 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. James B. Frank 

The committee will hear invited testimony only from Texas Health and Human Services Commission on:

- backlog of complaint and incident intake

- Medicaid redetermination

The committee will also consider the following bills:

HB 54          Thompson, Senfronia                                    
Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 63          Swanson                                               
Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports.

HB 113         Ortega                                                
Relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed care.

HB 140         González, Mary                                         
Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.

HB 463         Hull                                                  
Relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 465         Thierry                                               
Relating to a pilot program to provide Medicaid coverage of doula services.

HB 475         Hull                                                  
Relating to certain policies and procedures for health care specialty consultations in certain child abuse or neglect investigations and assessments.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c310

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.