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May 29, 2012

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SENATE

COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services

TIME & DATE: 9:00 AM, Tuesday, July 24, 2012

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Jane

The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will take up the following

charges:

Charge #3 - Review the state's current investment in health care innovation,

including translational research and the Cancer Prevention Research Institute,

which focuses on rapid transfer of new technology experimentation directly into

the clinical environment. Make recommendations to improve the health of Texans

and encourage continued medical research in the most cost-effective manner

possible.

Charge #5 - Review the Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waivers to

identify strategies to lower costs, improve quality, and increase access to

services. Areas of the review should include, but are not limited to:

Functional eligibility determinations to ensure services are only being

delivered to individuals that qualify; Financial eligibility determinations to

ensure parental income and resources are considered when the client is a minor;

Coordination of acute and long-term care services;

Development and use of lower-cost community care waiver options; Coordination

with the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) for waiver

services for children in conservatorships; Reinvesting savings into

accessibility of community care for individuals waiting for services.

Charge #9 (bullet four) - Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed

by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and make recommendations

for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation,

including but not limited to: the implementation of the DOJ Settlement

agreement to address State Supported Living Center concerns.

Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes.

If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies with your name on

each.

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