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- The Committee on Human Services will We'll come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
- And I have you as Carmen Tilton, Texas Assisted Living Association and neutral on the bill.
- There are 3 areas in which Oklahoma's language, however, misses the mark and where I think Texas can
- In Texas, the Patient Solicitation Act or anti-kickback statute is good and is meant to protect these
- All three bills complement each other and all three are needed by DFPS and the state of Texas.
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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- However, there are three areas in which Oklahoma's language misses the mark, and where I think Texas
- In Texas, the patient solicitation act and anti-kickback statute are good and meant to protect these
- Our services are free to find. ...and our advisors provide personal guidance based on individual care
- Right now, Texas law prohibits common and effective compensation models that are already used in every
- for delivering quality services as they agreed to do for our kids and families.
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
TX
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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
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 15th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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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.
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
TX
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- Michelle Dion Valhale, and you were with Health and Human Services Health and Human Services Associate
- , which is part of Health and Human Services long-term care regulation.
- Since this bill establishes an internal report, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be
- 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
TX
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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
TX
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- Since this bill establishes an internal report, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be
- 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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- 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
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
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Mar 5th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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- Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order and the clerk will please call the roll.
- In talking to Health and Human Services recently, there's a lot going on. with our EBT cards and how
- to defraud state. health and human service programs.
- The Health and Human Services Committee will stand in recess until 9.50.
- Committee on Health and Human Services. My name is Emiliano Romero.
Keywords:
SB 502, Texas peace officers, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC Office of Inspector General, OIG investigators, law enforcement classification, Schedule C, state employee benefits, injury benefits, peace officer status, commissioned officers, state auditor classification, Government Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, human services, health and human services, law enforcement compensation, public employee benefits, Texas state law enforcement, child welfare
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Mar 5th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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- The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will reconvene.
- This bill promotes child welfare services in rural Texas, ensuring that vulnerable children and families
- It also requires total transparency in EMS billing rates, and it allows the Department of Health Services
- Providers from across the state and the Texas Association of Health Plans came together to support that
- Texas for Affordable Health Care is a nonprofit grassroots organization that represents families and
Keywords:
SB 502, Texas peace officers, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC Office of Inspector General, OIG investigators, law enforcement classification, Schedule C, state employee benefits, injury benefits, peace officer status, commissioned officers, state auditor classification, Government Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, human services, health and human services, law enforcement compensation, public employee benefits, Texas state law enforcement, child welfare
TX
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- The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will reconvene, come to order, and members don't need
- The bill promotes child welfare services in rural Texas, ensuring the vulnerable children and families
- It also requires total transparency in EMS billing rates, and it allows the Department of Health Services
- Uh, the Texas Association of Health, uh, Plans came together to support that effort two years ago, and
- care mandate, we're going to say no until and unless we can control the health care crisis in Texas.
Keywords:
SB 502, Texas peace officers, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC Office of Inspector General, OIG investigators, law enforcement classification, Schedule C, state employee benefits, injury benefits, peace officer status, commissioned officers, state auditor classification, Government Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, human services, health and human services, law enforcement compensation, public employee benefits, Texas state law enforcement, child welfare
TX
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- Committee on Human Services will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chair hole.
- Texas is a nationally recognized leader in fraud prevention, identification, and prosecution, and I know
- So it's a and that's just in Texas. Um, the national number is much, much larger.
- 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
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
TX
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- of Family and Protective Services.
- , family resource centers, navigation services, and we also do foster care adoption and residential services
- A nonprofit founded in 1965 that provides foster care services in Texas and for other states.
- Thank you, Rachel Walters, Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services. Is that correct?
- I'm the Senior Director of Public Affairs at the Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services.
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
TX
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- The Committee on Human Services will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chair Hull. Here.
- Texas is a nationally recognized leader in fraud prevention, identification, and prosecution, and I know
- It goes from Southeast Texas all the way up to Austin, even affects North Texas and Dallas.
- 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.
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
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 13th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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- The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
- the Health and Human Services Commission issues a license to a residential treatment facility or other
- and outpatient behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults.
- : the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Division of...
- Emergency Management, UT Health San Antonio, and UT in Texas.
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
TX
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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
- Uh, Julia Hatcher, Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys, and yourself, and you are neutral on
- I've been practicing almost 28 years and I'm president of the Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys
- OK, um, Erica Benuelos, Department of Family and Protective Services neutral on the bill, is that correct
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
TX
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- Association of Family Defense Attorneys and yourself, and you are neutral on the bill.
- I've been practicing for almost 28 years, and I'm President of the Texas Association of Family Defense
- 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.
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
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Mar 26th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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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
- Health and Human Services, the number one cause of death is perinatal conditions at 35%, and then it
- 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
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Mar 26th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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- The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order. Thank you. I got it. Okay.
- and Human Services Commission.
- Chair Kolkhorst and members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, my name is Natalie Frey
- Reminders, an approved serving entity by the Texas State Department of Health and Human Services, provides
- That's why we moved it back over to Health and Human Services.
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
TX
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- Would amend language in the Texas Family Code allowing the Department of Family and Protective Services
- Health and Human Services Commission.
- I want to thank AARP and the Texas Assisted Living Association for supporting this bill and of course
- and human services programs and 211 services.
- And their, their services and costs go exponentially exponentially high.
Bills:
HB 660, HB 4845, HB 3902, HB 5396, HB 4615, HB 1825, HB 1403, HB 4336, HB 4585, HB 4371, HB 863, SB 1589, HB 5223, HB 3195, HB 2734
Keywords:
child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation