Committee Hearings
The
following section includes a sample of the hearings that we are monitoring next week. During these hearings, legislative committees will consider the important disability-related bills highlighted below. You can find live and archived broadcasts of committee hearings on the House and Senate websites. For a
complete list of the bills we are following visit our website.
Monday, March 20
House Appropriations | Public Hearing Notice
10:00 AM | E1.030
- SB 30 | Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. (Sen. Huffman)
House Higher Education | Public Hearing Notice
10:00 AM | E2.010
- HB 8 | Relating to the administration, coordination, and support of public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program and an Advanced Career and Education (ACE). (Rep. VanDeaver)
- HB
15 | Relating to the creation of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas. (Rep. Senfronia Thompson)
- HJR 135 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Mental Health and
Brain Research Institute of Texas and establishing the Mental Health and Brain Institute Research Fund. (Rep. Senfronia Thompson)
House Select on Youth Health & Safety | Public Hearing Notice
2:30 PM or upon adjournment |
E2.026
- HB 98 | Relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for
certain services provided to eligible students. (Rep. Moody)
- HB 459 | Relating to prohibiting the physical restraint of or use of chemical irritants on certain public school students by peace officers and school security personnel under certain circumstances.
(Rep. Hull)
- HB 516 | Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students. (Rep. Wu)
- HB 655 | Relating to the placement by a school district of a student who engages in habitually violent behavior. (Rep. Allison)
- HB 1626 | Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular classroom and the admission of certain students with a criminal or disciplinary history. (Rep.
Allen)
- HB 1898 | Relating to a grant program to fund the
provision by children's hospitals of mental and behavioral health services to children in this state. (Rep. Jetton)
Tuesday, March 21
House International Relations and Economic Development | Public Hearing Notice
8:00 AM | E1.026
- HB 1615 | Relating to strategies to increase the availability of child-care and prekindergarten programs. (Rep. Button)
- HB 1755 | Relating to
the creation of the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund. (Rep. Button)
House Human Services | Public Hearing Notice
8:00 AM | E2.030
- HB 1290 | Relating to the confiscation or misappropriation by a nursing facility of certain federal payments to a Medicaid recipient. (Rep. Campos)
- HB 2641 | Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for the provision of rapid whole genome sequencing to certain infants with acute or complex illnesses. (Rep. Ann Johnson)
House Public Education | Public Hearing Notice
8:00 AM | E2.036
- HB 166 | Relating to the appointment of an educational representative for certain students with disabilities. (Rep. Mary Gonzalez)
- HB 1605 | Relating to instructional material and technology, the adoption and revision of essential knowledge and skills of the public school foundation curriculum, and creating allotments for procurement of instructional
materials.(Rep. Buckley)
House Corrections | Public Hearing Notice
10:30 AM or upon adjournment | JHR 140
- HB 479 | Relating to the period for transporting a criminal defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial to a facility for competency restoration services. (Rep. Hinojosa)
House Select on Community
Safety | Public Hearing Notice
2:00 PM or upon adjournment | E2.012
- HB 2780 | Relating to the reporting of mental
health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check. (Rep. Leach)
House Urban Affairs | Public Hearing Notice
2:00
PM or upon adjournment | E2.028
- HB 1704 | Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing capital investment fund program to
fund the development of workforce housing in this state. (Rep. Walle)
- HB 2071 | Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing. (Rep. Jetton)
Wednesday, March 22
Senate Education | Public Hearing Notice
9:00
AM | E1.028
- SB 8 | Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional
materials and the establishment of an education savings account program. (Sen. Creighton)
- SB 9 | Relating to the rights, certification, and compensation of public school educators and assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
(Sen. Creighton)
- SJR 29 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education. (Sen. Paxton)
- SB 2354 | Relating to the establishment of the Education Savings Account Program to allow certain disadvantaged children and their siblings to use public money to pursue educational alternatives to public schools. (Sen.
Bettencourt)
