** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Finance
TIME & DATE:
9:30 AM, Tuesday, October 10, 2006
PLACE:
E1.036
CHAIR:
Senator Steve Ogden
The Senate Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at
9:30 a.m. in room E1.036 to hear  testimony on Interim Charge #9:
Determine the number of commercial and consumer transactions, including
wire transfers, that occur in Texas.  Determine the amount of monies that
are sent internationally from Texas.  Study the feasibility of creating a
pilot program in Harris County that captures a percentage of revenues from
such transactions, and request an Opinion from the Attorney General's
Office to pursue these revenues as a potential source for health care
funding.
 
The Committee will also conduct a follow-up hearing on Interim Charge #4:
Review health care funding, focusing on the Medicaid program, Medicare
Part D, hospital reimbursements, and trauma and indigent care.
 
 
 
** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **