HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Human Services 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 

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

The order in which bills are heard is at the discretion of the chair. *Public testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes.*

HB 1141        Cortez                                    
Relating to establishment of an employee grievance procedure by the Health and Human Services Commission and Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1167        Romero, Jr.                               
Relating to the licensing of marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapist associates, professional counselors, professional counselor associates, and social workers, including certain out-of-state applicants.

HB 1287        Guillen | et al.                          
Relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

HB 1290        Campos                                    
Relating to the confiscation or misappropriation by a nursing facility of certain federal payments to a Medicaid recipient; increasing an administrative penalty.

HB 1517        Frank                                     
Relating to licensing and oversight of certain facilities and homes providing substitute care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1990        Wu                                        
Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to notify certain individuals of changes to child abuse and neglect investigation reports.

HB 2229        Goodwin | et al.                          
Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence.

HB 2243        Campos                                    
Relating to the provision of assistance to elderly persons in obtaining certain protective orders.

HB 2307        Hull                                      
Relating to the retention by a managed care organization of certain money recovered as a result of a fraud or abuse investigation under Medicaid or the child health plan program.

HB 2359        Walle                                     
Relating to employee caseload limit goals for child and adult protective services and child-care licensing services and call processing goals for certain of those services.

HB 2572        Lujan                                     
Relating to the central registry of names of individuals found to have abused or neglected a child.

HB 2641        Johnson, Ann                              
Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for the provision of rapid whole genome sequencing to certain infants with acute or complex illnesses.

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

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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

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