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HHSC: Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to discuss the Legislative appropriations requests for the 87th Texas Legislature (2021); discuss IDD SRAC subcommittees recommendations for Texas Government Code Chapter 534, Subchapter C, as amended by House Bill 4533, 86th Legislature, Regular Session (2019), concerning the STAR+PLUS pilot program; hear an update on House Bill 4533, 86th Legislature, Regular Session (2019), concerning the STAR+PLUS pilot program; and more. Read the report.
HHSC: Texas HIV Medication Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to hear the Commissioners Update, a budget update, and a THMP update; discuss COVID-19 public health responses; hear a presentation from Dynavax Technologies on HEPLISAV B; hear a presentation from Viiv Healthcare on Fostemsavir; hear the Formulary Subcommittee report; vote on the addition of HEPLISAV B and Fostemsavir to the THMP formulary; and more. Read the report.
HHSC: Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services. The Committee gathered to conduct the introduction of Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Forensic Director; hear an update on the Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services (JCAFS) proposed rules; discuss JCAFS vacancies and schedule for election of JCAFS officers; discuss the Timeline for HHSC and JCAFS deliverables; hear a presentation on the Texas Forensic Implementation Team (TFIT); discuss JCAFS coordination with Behavioral Health Advisory Committee Housing Subcommittee; hear Subcommittee reports; and more. Read the report.
HHSC: Texas Autism Council. The Council gathered to discuss implementation of the Medicaid Autism Services benefit; discuss recommendations for the FY 2022-2023 Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) legislative appropriations requests; and more. Read the report.
August 5, 2020
- This meeting will be webcast: Aging Texas Well Advisory Committee (ATWAC) Agenda
August 6, 2020
- This meeting will be webcast: Hospital Payment Advisory Committee HPAC Agenda
August 7, 2020
- This meeting will be webcast: Behavioral Health Advisory Committee (BHAC) Agenda
Texas
- Thousands of discrepancies found in federal and State COVID-19 nursing home
- Why Texas’ coronavirus data comes with caveats
- Texas medical board takes warning shot at Dr. Stella Immanuel, others touting COVID ‘cure’
- Watch Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discuss the state’s PPE supply in San Antonio
- Bipartisan balanced billing law puts a dent in consumer, provider complaints
- Gov. Greg Abbott will skip Republican National Convention to deal with coronavirus
- A realistic view of what a legislative session could look like during a pandemic
U.S.
- Special Report: Local governments ‘overwhelmed’ in race to trace U.S. COVID contacts
- Nursing Home Residents Moved Out To Make Way For COVID-19 Patients
- Democrats twice as likely as Republicans to be wary of in-person voting: poll
- State attorneys general urge U.S. government to increase supply, lower price of remdesivir
- Hurricane, Fire, Covid-19: Disasters Expose the Hard Reality of Climate Change
- COVID-19 outbreaks in agricultural communities raise harvest fears
- ‘They Know What A Pandemic Is’: HIV Survivors See Similarities To AIDS Epidemic
- Fauci warns of ‘really bad situation’ if daily coronavirus cases don’t drop to 10K by September
- Congressional Democrats, White House cite progress in talks on coronavirus bill
- Distilleries Raced to Make Hand Sanitizer for the Pandemic. No Longer.
- Trump signs order expanding use of virtual doctors
- A Vast Racial Gap in Death Penalty Cases, New Study Finds
- Despite Mask Wars, Americans Support Aggressive Measures to Stop COVID-19, Poll Finds
- Dementia on the Retreat in the U.S. and Europe