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HB 3379 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require Health and Human Services to assist in developing a method for identifying low income customers to retail electric providers and telecommunications utilities so that they can offer customer service, discounts, bill payment assistance, or other forms of assistance. The bill does not require the companies to offer any customer services or any service for which the provider is not reimbursed. Read More
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HB 2577 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, fees are imposed upon application for various permits and licenses related to bingo games operation. HB 2577 would require the state offer refunds or partial refunds if an application is withdrawn before a permit is issued or the application is denied. This bill would also require the creation of a bingo advisory committee that represents various interests to assist the Texas Lottery Commission. Lastly, HB 2577 repeals...Read More
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SB 788 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The current health insurance plan for retired teachers and eligible dependents, surviving spouses, and surviving dependent children is severely underfunded and faces collapse unless reforms are made to shore up the system. Known as TRS-Care, the system currently offers a range of plans which are (like most government benefit programs) overgenerous and underfunded. It is projected that in the next biennium the shortfall will exceed $1 Billion...Read More
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HB 855 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under
current law the Comptroller’s office is authorized to invest a percentage of
the economic stabilization fund that exceeds the amount of sufficient balance
of the fund. The investment is not subject to limitations as long as the meet
the sufficient cash flow requirements of the fund.
House
Bill 855 would add a section to the Tax Code relating to the management and
investment of the Economic Stabilization fund...Read More
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HB 4237 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Department of State Health Services to make grants to local mental health authorities to the extent funds are appropriated to provide first aid training to university employees at no cost to the employees. Read More
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HB 3537 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3537 would require
that money credited to the deferred maintenance dedicated fund which is appropriated from the game, fish, and water
safety account, the lifetime license endowment account, or another fund or account in the state treasury be used for the explicit
intended purposes the funds were initially collected. The bill would require
that the funds be used only for the function required to manage this state’s
fish or...Read More
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HB 2468 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2468 would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to conduct a study on the effectiveness of assessments used in determining whether to release an inmate on parole to reduce the risk of recidivism.Read More
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HB 1566 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The problem this legislation seeks to address is that of balance billing. Balance billing occurs when a physician (or other medical professional such as an anesthesiologist) bills a patient for medical expenses that the patient’s insurance plan does not cover. This issue is especially prevalent during emergency room visits. Moreover, it is very difficult for a patient to find out how much a service would cost for an out-of-network provider....Read More
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HB 550 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 550 would amend the Parks and Wildlife Code to require vessels have a flotation device for each person aboard, lights required by the Coast Guard, and now a sound-producing device required by the Coast Guard.Read More
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HB 23 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 23 would establish a grant program that would make grants available for school districts that employ innovative, evidence based techniques in educating students with autism.Read More
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HB 3788 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current process allows for DFPS, by rule, to do a comprehensive review of child to caregiver ratios every six years and change those ratios. This bill would require the Department of Family and Protective Services to collect and report data regarding the child-to-caregiver ratios in licensed day-care centers as well as the number of confirmed serious injuries and fatalities of children 4 years old and younger that occurred between September...Read More
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HB 874 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would authorize a charitable raffle ticket to be a bingo prize.Read More
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SB 21 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would establish a procedure by which the Legislature would appoint delegates for Texas in a constitutional convention of the states as well as limitations on delegates and procedures by which the legislature could recall delegates who violate those limitations. Read More
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HB 913 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would add improvised explosive devices to the list of weapons that are banned and carry a criminal offense if someone knowingly owns them.Read More
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HB 579 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 579 would amend the Government Code to require notice to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, legislature, Legislative Budget Board, and state auditor's office when a state agency contract to purchase services from a vendor for which the actual cost of the service exceeds the amount contracted for by $1 million or more.Read More
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HB 3323 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Texas Workforce Commission to assess the estimated price charge by child care providers for the subsidized child care program in each workforce development area and the number of places reserved for participants in the child care subsidy program out of the total number of children enrolled with a provider on a full-time basis categorized by age of the child in each local workforce development area. The bill would...Read More
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HB 2205 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2205 would make it clear that schools and school districts must report any instances of child abuse to local law enforcement and the Department of Family and Protective Services.Read More
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HB 1980 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 1980 would have transfer students who transfer from another state after their 11th grade year, and that do not have the credits necessary after their 12th, evaluated by individual graduation committees using national assessments to see if they can obtain a diploma.Read More
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HB 486 |
85(R) - 2017 |
H.B. 486 amends the Tax Code to establish that, for purposes of an election to ratify school
taxes, the rollback tax rate of a public school district whose maintenance and operations (M&O)
tax rate for the 2005 tax year was $1.50 or less per $100 of taxable value and whose adopted tax
rate was ratified at an election in the 2006 tax year or any subsequent tax year is the higher of the
amount provided by state law or the sum of the...Read More
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HB 3987 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3987 would create the State Participation Account II as a subaccount in the State Participation Account. Funds would be used to provide financial assistance for the development of desalination or aquifer storage and recovery facilities to meet future water needs. In order for the Texas Water Development Board to acquire a facility, it would have to be established that the state would recover its investment and that the project would serve...Read More
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