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• The Committee on Human Services will We'll come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• Our services are free to families and our advisors provide personal guidance based on personal care needs
• and in that case, we're also paying the contractor for those services, so that might be an instance
• OK, and The high quality service, I mean, it, it states that facilities we contract with will provide
• methods to ensure minimal service interruptions for children, families, and caregivers in the SSCC's

Bills: HB 1531, HB 2667, HB 2809, HB 2865, HB 3589, HB 3151, HB 3748, HB 3750, HB 4419, HB 4643, HB 3597, HB 4129, HB 4130, HB 4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• Our services are free to find. ...and our advisors provide personal guidance based on individual care
• for delivering quality services as they agreed to do for our kids and families.
• Okay and The high quality of service, I mean, it states that facilities we contract with will provide
• methods to ensure minimal service interruptions for children, families, and caregivers in the SSCC's
• House Bill 4130 mitigates and eliminates some of those effects to ensure. continuity of services for

Bills: HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• agencies across the state to arrest and prosecute those who seek to defraud state health and human services
• Our record shows you as Steve Johnson, Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services, and
• and Human Services Commission, not the Department of Family and Protective Services, that oversees these
• The record shows, again, Rachel Ashworth-Mazerolle with the Health and Human Services Commission, and
• For Child Care Regulation within the Health and Human Services Commission, so I'm here to answer any

Bills: HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• Okay, so we will take up House Bill 1012, the budget of the Department of Human Services.
• And then the other one is 2399, and that's related to PRTFs and how they're billing and how that's reimbursed
• And then I think another change was to change human service centers to behavioral health clinics.
• And the changes are on lines 16 and 17, where the department is able to review medical assistance services
• And District 14, too, in this case, and District 33.

Bills: HB1012

Keywords: health and human services, DHHS, appropriations, biennial budget, behavioral health, substance use disorder, opioid settlement, medical assistance expansion, Medicaid, basic care, long-term care, child care assistance, early childhood care, child care provider payments, guardianship, conservatorship, housing loan fund, disability services, extraordinary medical needs, community health trust fund

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Human Services Division met to consider House Bill 1012, the Department of Human Services budget, and reviewed three previously made amendments: correcting a reference to $30 million underfunding, changing “human service centers” to “behavioral health clinics,” and revising section 31 language so the department would review medical assistance services and report findings and recommendations rather than directly implement adjustments. The committee also discussed whether to include funding related to two other bills with fiscal impacts, House Bill 1485 (personal needs allowance) and House Bill 2399 (PRTF reimbursement), noting those measures may go to conference committee and that appropriations could be added there instead of in HB 1012. The committee agreed to proceed with HB 1012 and members noted provider inflation questions would be raised later in full committee. The division then approved a due pass recommendation on the amendments to HB 1012 and, after a roll call vote, approved HB 1012 as amended on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Mathern voting no. Senator Davison was named as carrier. Members also discussed House Bill 1577, involving wastewater project financing and possible amendments related to a line of credit from the Bank of North Dakota for specific projects, and House Bill 1619, for which additional amendments were expected before full committee action. The meeting ended with general thanks and adjournment.

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• The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
• service to fire and EMS across the state.
• the Health and Human Services Commission issues a license to a residential treatment facility or other
• outpatient behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults.
• : the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Division of...

Bills: HB35, HB138, HB754, HB1314, HB1612, HB2254, HB2510, HB2789, HB3560, HB3597, HB4224, HB4273, HB4643, HB4783, HB138

Keywords: peer support, first responders, mental health, confidentiality, emergency services, health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, human trafficking, trafficking prevention, medical assistant training, health care facilities, hospital compliance, clinic compliance, anti-retaliation, whistleblower protection, employee reporting

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• I call this meeting of the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee to order.
• And I'm getting very sick and tired of the Department of Human Services' excuses.
• Good morning, Chair Schumacher and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee.
• Thank you, Chair Schumacher and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, for letting me speak to
• <00:25:35.160> Finance<00:25:35.640> and House and Human Services Finance and House

Bills: HF4491, HF4338, HF4288, HF4566

Keywords: Medical Assistance, Medicaid, prepayment review, claims review, fee-for-service, provider integrity, high-risk provider, high-risk service, fraud prevention, program integrity, Department of Human Services, CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, health care billing, medical claims, provider enrollment, Indian Health Service, Minnesota Statutes chapter 256B, human services, medical assistance

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• Committee on Human Services will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chair hole.
• SNAP and TANFF for such as SNAP and TANFF.
• And also, and I'm just, I'm, I'm going to ask this question and I'll be quiet.
• School Health and Related Services, better known as SHARRS, is a federally funded program that provides
• It mandated that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission worked to ensure compliance with federal

Bills: SB 596, SB 961, SB 1398, SB 1183, SB 1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

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• the innovative and unique programs and services that they provide to the families that they serve.
• of Family and Protective Services.
• , family resource centers, navigation services, and we also do foster care adoption and residential services
• Our services for prevention and our reunification services have really made an impact.
• how do we build services to meet and respond to those needs.

Bills: SB596, SB961, SB1398, SB1183, SB1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

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• The Committee on Human Services will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chair Hull. Here.
• Thank you, and let the record reflect Representatives Swanson, Rose, and Manuel.
• And also, and I'm just going to ask this question, and I'll be quiet.
• Members, School Health and Related Services, better known as SHARS, is a federally funded... program
• Texas Health and Human Services Commission work to ensure compliance with federal guidelines.

Bills: SB596, SB961, SB1398, SB1183, SB1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

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• The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
• I am for SB1266, and I'm... ...with Women's and Men's Health Services of the Coastal Bend. Great.
• The audit mandated that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission work to ensure compliance going
• As nursing facilities in Texas are subject to a regular inspection by the Health and Human Services Commission
• Now, I think you've testified in Senate Health and Human Services. It's been a pleasure.

Bills: SB623, SB1266, SB1310, SB1373, SB1580, SB1952, SB2032, SB2269, SB2544, SB2653, SB2796

Keywords: pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges

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• I call the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee to order.
• and human services committee, where I believe it's going to be heard formally this afternoon and the
• As members who've been here for a while will realize, the human services bills and the children and families
• Services, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Department of Health produce a report
• Last year the Health and Human Services bill directed the agencies to produce a grant report that simply

Bills: HF4210, HF4212, HF4549, HF4464, HF4546, HF4447

Keywords: senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly

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• And if you'll come up to the table to a microphone and state your name and who you're.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, so Would this help our mental health and financial burdens that we're having
• So, we put it under the Department of Health, and they have the same criteria as in a physician's office
• This psychological autopsy would be housed in the Department of Health, and we do a look back for an
• A mental health. And I really don't want to add anything over there right now.

Bills: HB3287, HB2947, HB3784, HB3901, HB4275

Keywords: public health, domestic violence, human trafficking, healthcare facilities, hospital protocols, behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, micropigmentation, medical procedure, physician oversight, nursing certification, state regulations, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department, investigation

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• preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in our state's health and human services programs.
• I am Raymond Winner, the Inspector General for Health and Human Services, and I'm here to testify on
• Of any state's expenditures in Health and Human Services annually are lost due to fraud, waste, and abuse
• So in Texas, the annual spend on Health and Human Services is about $50 billion.
• instruction services as and in lieu of service, just as certain mental health and substance abuse services

Bills: HB 26, HB 140, HB 141, HB 142, HB 215

Keywords: Medicaid, nutrition support, maternal health, chronic conditions, pilot program, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, child abuse investigations, child neglect, child exploitation, advisory committee, Family and Protective Services Council, council abolition, foster care, due process, investigative procedures, child welfare, parental rights, family preservation services

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• The House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee will come to order.
• Human services is really complex.
• all of the group health and all of the unemployment and all of the work comp and everything out of that
• We can disagree and still see the humanity in each of us.
• I signed up for the Health and Human Service Finance Committee.

Bills: HF4338

Keywords: human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review, postpayment review, surety bond, compliance training, case management, targeted case management

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• Michelle Dion Valhale, and you were with Health and Human Services Health and Human Services Associate
• Is there a breakdown of communication between DFPS and Health and Human Services regarding reoccurring
• , which is part of Health and Human Services long-term care regulation.
• Currently language Access Service employees are housed in Health and Human Services, System Support Service
• Health and Human Services Commission and only reimbursed on a request for reimbursement basis.

Bills: HB 2510, HB 3589, HB 4611, HB 4655, HB 4665, HB 4666, HB 4670, HB 4700, HB 4730, HB 4798, HB 4838, HB 5136, HB 5243, HB 5302, HB 5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• That is an order that is executed by Health and Human Services.
• The Health and Human Services Commission, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Would that be Health and Human Services? Yes.
• Michelle Dionne-Vaholic, Associate Commissioner, Long-Term Care Regulation, Health and Human Services
• That is an order that is... ... executed by Health and Human Services.

Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• breakdown of communication between DFPS and Health and Human Services regarding recurring issues in group
• Currently, language access service employees are housed in Health and Human Services, System Support
• We review them at CAC Texas, and then they are reviewed by the Health and Human Services Commission and
• Additionally, we receive high marks from the Health and Human Services Commission and the Office of the
• And Ashland Spencer. Batiste, Health and Human Services Commission is neutral on the bill.

Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• The Committee on Human Services will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chair Hall here.
• Current law requires that the Department of Family and Protective Services to consider several factors
• OK, um, Erica Benuelos, Department of Family and Protective Services neutral on the bill, is that correct
• Thank you so much for being here and, and, uh, we've had some questions and, and I wanted to make sure
• and safety.

Bills: SB 2041, SB 1777, SB 1681, SB 2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• And we just heard in testimony that that. That creates academic gaps and other gaps as well.
• Association of Family Defense Attorneys and yourself, and you are neutral on the bill.
• Erica Banuelos, Department of Family and Protective Services, neutral on the bill. Correct?
• and Okay, so how does that work now with age or health of a kinship placement?
• Neglect, abuse, or exploitation increasing risk to health and safety.

Bills: SB2041, SB1777, SB1681, SB2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
• Senate Bill 1524 seeks to address those concerns by preventing the Justice, Health, and Human Services
• Senate Bill 1524 prohibits Health and Human Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services
• In this process, early voting clerks must alert the Health and Human Services Commission when a mail-in
• At this time, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will reconvene.

Bills: SB397, SB481, SB596, SB760, SB855, SB1195, SB1196, SB1233, SB1257, SB1318, SB1368, SB1388, SB1398, SB1524, SB1558, SB1589, SB1677, SB1792, SB2034

Keywords: SB 397, telemedicine, telehealth, teledentistry, remote care, virtual care, consent documentation, patient consent, data collection, data sharing, audio-only telehealth, in-person examination, irreversible medical procedure, health professional regulation, Occupations Code, Texas Health and Human Services, medical records, provider compliance, data privacy, consumer rights