Texas House of Representatives: General Investigating & Ethics Committee

The Committee met on February 15 to consider the following interim charges: Interim Charge 6: Examine employment policies and practices at state agencies relating to the hiring of individuals who were terminated from employment with another state agency for misconduct; Interim Charge 8: Examine laws and policies regulating travel by state agency officials to ensure that travel expenditures are in the best interest of the state; Interim Charge 9: Investigate the use of state agency resources to participate in trade associations and groups funded by industries regulated by the agency; Interim Charge 10: Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature. (Review results of State Auditor's Office report on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's management of Medicaid managed care contracts). Only Invited testimony was heard. This report addresses only the HHSC portion (