Texas Insight’s Recent Reports
- Department of Family and Protective Services Council Meeting: The Texas Family and Protective Services Council was created during the 85th Texas Legislative Session in 2017 as part of House Bill 5, the legislation that established the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) as an agency separate from the Health and Human Services Commission. The meeting was convened by the Chair, who stated that this was the first quarterly meeting of the Council.
- HHSC: Executive Council Meeting: The Council gathered to hear discussion and updates on hurricane season preparedness, Arbovirus transmission prevention, the HHSC Legislative Appropriations Request, proposed rules, and information rules.
- HHSC: Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council: The Council met with the primary purpose of finalizing recommendations for their legislative report. The staff reports were postponed due to timing issues, but the handout materials are included in this report for information. The requested change in the by-laws from the previous meeting was approved by HHSC legal and addresses the differences in supportive palliative care and hospice care. Additionally, an update was provided on HR 1676, The Public Health Services Act…
Looking Ahead
- August 29, 2018: Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- Montgomery County doctor is 1 of 7 in state registered to prescribe medical marijuana oil
- Doctors Continue Program at North TexasSchools to Research and treat mental illness…
- Abbott selects Dr. Courtney Phillips as Executive Commissioner Of HHSC
- Baylor health system to anchor national push to improve Medicaid patient care
- To address mental health, reduce Texas’ uninsured rate
- Around 20 Texas agencies collaborate to improve mental health response
- Most pregnancy-related deaths preventable, state report finds
- Austin slapped with spot on new list of worst U.S. cities for mosquitoes
- After Harvey, questions remain about whether registry helped people with disabilities
- New Houston rapid-recovery center touted as answer in opioid epidemic
- Opponents turn up political heat on Austin’s paid sick leave mandate
U.S.
- How to Tame Healthcare Spending? Here’s a One-Percent Solution
- Manchin uses new GOP ObamaCare bill to hit opponent on pre-existing conditions
- Snaring Doctors and Drug Dealers, Justice Dept. Intensifies Opioid Fight
- Washington Post ‘Wonkblog Analysis’: What would Sen. Bernie Sanders’s ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan mean for doctor pay?
- Dem senators question Giuliani’s relationship with OxyContin maker
- Foreign-Born Doctors Have A Big Impact On U.S. Health Care
- GOP senators introduce bill to preserve ObamaCare’s pre-existing conditions protections
- Senate passes measure to require disclosure of drug prices in TV ads