HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Human Services 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 22, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.030 
CHAIR:        Rep. Lacey Hull 

     The Chair may limit testimony to two (2) minutes per witness.

HB 2646        Dutton                                    
Relating to the establishment of the private child care task force.

HB 3941        Hunter                                    
Relating to services provided to foster youth transitioning to independent living, including transitional living services and Medicaid eligibility.

HB 5153        Rose                                      
Relating to amending Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, by adding certain local health entities as provider types for reimbursement under the Children's Health Insurance Program.

HB 5155        Rose                                      
Relating to the continuation of a pilot program designed to improve the quality and accessibility of care for certain Medicaid recipients.

HB 5394        Rose                                      
Relating to prohibiting child-placing agencies from imposing certain requirements on relative and designated caregivers.

HB 1106        Shaheen | et al.                          
Relating to the definition of abuse or neglect of a child.

HB 426         Bernal                                    
Relating to Medicaid and child health plan program coverage and reimbursement for childhood cranial remolding orthosis.

HB 4529        Hefner                                    
Relating to provisional child care licensing.

HB 3984        Oliverson                                 
Relating to the identification of underpayments and overpayments under the Medicaid managed care program.

HB 4273        Oliverson                                 
Relating to unlawful acts involving certain health care programs.

HB 1097        Toth | et al.                             
Relating to the duty of certain professionals to report child abuse or neglect.

HB 3940        Johnson                                   
Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.

HB 1941        Campos                                    
Relating to peer support specialists for certain individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and peer services for those individuals under Medicaid.

HB 4377        Villalobos                                
Relating to prohibiting the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 3153        Kerwin                                    
Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c310

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

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