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Welcome tothe

Texas Legislative Black Caucus

Joint Town Hall Meeting

83rd Legislative Session Overview&

Current Topics

hosted by

The North Texas/Dallas-Ft. Worth DelegationWednesday - July 24, 2013

University of North Texas at Dallas

7300 University Hills Blvd.

Dallas, TX


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Presented by --

The HonorableState Senator Royce West

District 23

The HonorableState Rep. Nicole Collier -District 95, State Rep. Yvonne Davis -District 111,

State Rep. Helen Giddings - District 109, State Rep. Eric Johnson -District 100,

State Rep. Toni Rose -District 110


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State BudgetFY2012-13 - FY2014-15

General Govt.$2.9 billion

HHS

$28.4 billion

Public

Education

$34.7 billion

Higher

Education

$15.1 billion

The Judiciary$459 million

Pub. Safety &Crim. Just.$8.4 billion

NaturalResources

$1.8 billion

Business & EcoDev.

$961 millionRegulatory

$638 million

Gen. Provisions$0


HHS$30.8 billion

Public Education$37.5 billion

Higher Education$15.7 billion

Pub. Safety &Crim. Just.$8.8 billion

Judiciary$543 million

Natural Resources$1.8 billion

Business & Eco Dev.$1.1 billion

Regulatory$740 million

General Provisions$639 million

Legislature$358 million

FY 2012-13 - $93,792.2 billion FY 2014-15 - $101,419.9 billion


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State BudgetFY 2014 15 ALL FUNDS

General Govt.

$3.2 billion

HHS$30.7 billion

Agencies of

Education$53.2 billion


Pub. Safety &

Crim. Justice

$8.8 billion NaturalResources

$1.8 billionBus. & Eco.

$1.1 billionRegulatory

$740 million

General

Provisions

$639 million

Legislature

$358 million

* ALL FUNDS includes $68,706,800,000 in federal funding


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HHS$73.9 billion

General

Provisions

$952 million

Agencies ofEducation

$74 billion


Public Safety /

CriminalJustice

$11.5 billion

Business &

Eco Dev.$25 billion

Regulatory

$784 million

Legislature

$358 million

Natural Resources$4.7 billion

State BudgetFY2014-15 GR/GR-Dedicated


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Public Education

Public School AccountabilityHB5 - Aycock

HB5 - reduces the number of state mandated End of Course exams from

15 to 5. The bill also eliminates the requirement that the test counts as15% of the final grade.

Additionally, the bill makes changes to the high school curriculum in a

way that maintains rigor, while providing students with the flexibility to

pursue college or career interests.

Roughly $4 billion in education funding was restored

HB 5 was Signed by the Governor on June 10, 2013


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State Water Plan

Addressing Texas Water NeedsSince 1961, the Legislature has charged the Texas Water

Development Board (TWDB) with creating plans to address future

water needs. The 2012 State Water Plan outlines a strategy for

meeting Texas' water demand up to year 2060.

Challenge:

Explosive population growth Projected to increase 82% by 2060

Shrinking water supply

Projected to decrease 10% by 2060


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State Water Plan

Funding the State Water Plan

Two bills passed this session, HB 4 and SJR 1, are the solution to

the state's water challenge. Together, they create two funds to help

finance the State Water Plan:

-State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT)

-State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas (SWIRFT)

These bills will also fund the State Water Plan with $2 billion from the Rainy Day

Fund - pending voter approval.


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State Water Plan

The ball is in your cour t!

SJR 1 - constitutional amendment to create and finance thetwo water funds (SWIFT and SWIRFT) envisioned by the

Legislature.

November 5 - This proposed constitutional amendment will be

put to a vote of the people of Texas.

Show up to the polls and vote for water!


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Criminal Justice / Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Sentencing

SB2 - Huffman (83rd 2nd Special Session)

Senate Bill 2 - Establishes the option of life in prison

with the possibility of parole after 40 years for 17 year

olds.


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SB1292 - Ellis

Senate Bill 1292 - Institutes a process of pre-trial DNA

testing of evidence in death penalty cases.


DNA Testing


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SB743 - Nelson

Senate Bill 743 - Creates a criminal offense for repeated

violations of a court order(s) or bond conditions in

family violence cases.


Family Violence


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SB394 - West

SB394 - makes confidential all records, files and

information of justice and municipal courts relating

to a child who receives a dismissal for a fine-only

misdemeanor, other than a traffic offense.


Ticketing Juveniles


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SB1114 - Whitmire

SB1114 - prohibits law enforcement officers fromissuing citations or filing complaints for conduct by

children younger than 12 years-old that occur on

school property without submitting an offense report

and working on alternative and graduated

punishments.


Ticketing Juveniles


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Health & Human ServicesMedicaid Delivery

SB7 - Nelson

SB7- will redesign the way in which Medicaid services are

provided for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities (IDD) who are in need of both acute-care and long

term services. The bill would expand Medicaid's STAR PLUS

managed care program and implement additional reforms to the

Medicaid system.

Additional provisions ofSB7:

Creates a process to transition Medicaid eligible, IDD

diagnosed adults and children into a managed care

system.


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Health & Human ServicesMedicaid Delivery

SB7Nelson (continued)

Prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from implementing provider

rate reductions unless they are approved by the Health and Human Services

Commission (HHSC) or are based on changes to the Medicaid fee schedule.

Improves quality-based performance measures and incentive payments for

acute and long- term care providers and authorizes wellness programs for

Medicaid recipients.

More than 11,000 intellectually and developmentally disabled adults currently

on waiting list will receive services with the passage of SB 7.


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Health & Human Services

Unemployment BenefitsSB21 - will require individuals seeking unemployment benefits to

undergo mandatory drug screening. The Texas Workforce Commission

(TWC) will adopt a questionnaire for the applicant to complete.

Answers considered suspicious or questionable will lead to drug tests

and anyone who fails the test would become ineligible to receive

unemployment benefits unless TWC determines that the individual is

participating in a drug abuse treatment program or that the individualfailed the test based on the use of physician prescribed medications.

SB21 becomes effective September 1, 2013.


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Health & Human ServicesWomens Health

HB2 - Laubenberg

HB2 - relates to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers,and facilities; providing penalties. The bill prohibits abortion at or

after 20 weeks post-fertilization and adds a violation to the list ofprohibited practices by medical personnel.

Exceptions are allowed if the mother's life or physicalimpairment of a major bodily function is at risk, or if the

unborn child has a severe fetal abnormality.

Under HB2, the Texas Medical Board is authorized to

assess penalties for medical professionals that distribute or

prescribe abortion-inducing drugs in certain situations.


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Health & Human ServicesWomens Health

HB2 Laubenberg (continued)

The bill requires doctors performing an abortion to have

admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles. Requires aprescription for medical abortion, and would increase strict

minimum standards for abortion facilities .

Bill also requires the minimum standards for an abortion facility

to be equal to the standards for Ambulatory Surgical Centers(ASC).

HB2 was signed into law by the Governor on July 18, 2013

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