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Chair .Bill Ratliff
Vice-Chair .Carlos F. Truan
Members: .Gonzalo Barrientos
.Mike Moncrief
State Investments: June 14, 2000
Tobacco Settlement: May 17, 2000
State Investments: May 10, 2000
ERS and TRS Benefits: May 4, 2000
Graduate Med. Edu.: April 20, 2000
Tobacco Settlement: April 20, 2000
State investments: March 22, 2000
ERS and TRS Benefits: March 22, 2000
Graduate Med. Educ.: March 16, 2000
Tobacco Settlement: February 17, 2000
ERS/TRS Employee Benefits: February 17, 2000
Graduate Med. Educ.: February 11, 2000
State Investments: January 14, 2000
Graduate Med. Educ. & Tobacco Settlement: January 13, 2000
May 4, 1999 (part 1) May 4, 1999 (part 2)
April 27, 1999 (part 1)
April 27, 1999 (part 2)
April 22, 1999 (part 1)
April 22, 1999 (part 2)
April 15, 1999 (part 1)
April 15, 1999 (part 2)
April 13, 1999 (part 2)
April 9, 1999 (part 1)
April 9, 1999 (part 2)
April 9, 1999 (part 3)
April 8, 1999 (part 1)
April 8, 1999 (part 2)
April 8, 1999 (part 3)
April 8, 1999 (part 4)
April 6, 1999 (part 1)
April 6, 1999 (part 2)
March 31, 1999 (part 1)
March 31, 1999 (part 2)
March 30, 1999 (part 1)
March 30, 1999 (part 2)
March 25, 1999 (part 1)
March 25, 1999 (part 2)
March 24, 1999 (part 1)
March 24, 1999 (part 2)
March 23, 1999 (part 1)
March 23, 1999 (part 2)
The Committee shall: 1. Examine the policies and practices used to invest major state funds including cash balances, and evaluate state investment goals and the funds' performance in reaching those goals. This examination shall include, but is not limited to, review of legal authority, ethical standards, and investment policies and safeguards, management structure, portfolio composition and identification of short-term and long-term goals. The Committee shall make recommendations identifying opportunities for improvements or innovations. The Committee shall coordinate study of this issue with the Committee on State Affairs. The final preparation of the report will be the responsibility of the Finance Committee. Subcommittee: Duncan - Chairman, Truan, Barrientos, Fraser, Ogden
Overview: Comptroller, Pension Review Board
SFC Staff: Eric Wright
LBB: Wayne Pulver, Cindy Gonzalez - Higher Ed.
2. Review employee benefit issues facing the Employees Retirement System (ERS) and Teacher Retirement System (TRS). The review shall include, but is not limited to, funding contingencies, projected funding needs of TRS-Care, HMO competition and the cost of providing health plans, and the issues surrounding provision of Optional Retirement System or other alternatives for state employees. The Committee shall coordinate study of this issue with the Committee on State Affairs. The final preparation of the report will be the responsibility of the Finance Committee. Subcommittee: Ogden - Chairman, Barrientos, Gallegos, Carona, Lindsay
Overview: Charles Dunlap, Sheila Beckett
SFC Staff: Harold Stone, Nancy Frank
LBB: Stephanie Coates, Wade McDonald
3. Review the expenditure by agencies and institutions that received appropriations from tobacco settlement proceeds to ensure the efficient and effective use of those funds, and identify priorities for the use of future tobacco settlement proceeds.
Subcommittee: West - Chairman, Moncrief, Fraser, Ogden, Duncan
Overview: Comptroller, TDH
SFC Staff: Laura Smith, Nancy Frank
LBB: John O'Brien, Kim Carson - Higher Ed., Regina Martin - HHS
4. Evaluate the financial viability and educational effectiveness of graduate medical education in light of changes in Medicaid, managed care, and other cost factors, including the impact of uncompensated care. This evaluation shall include a review of the role of the state's teaching hospitals in the provision of indigent health care, and the role of graduate medical education in addressing health care needs of under-served regions of the state. Subcommittee: Moncrief - Chairman, Truan, West, Carona, Lindsay
Overview: UTMB Chair, UT System
SFC Staff: Nancy Frank, Laura Smith
LBB: Kim Carson, Trey Berndt - Fed. Funds, Regina Martin - HHS
5. Consult and coordinate with the Committee on State Affairs in their charge related to the study of the effects of federal devolution on state agencies. Subcommittee: Gallegos
SFC Staff: Laura Smith
LBB: Kathy Eckstein
6. Monitor the implementation of SB 1547, enacted during the 76th Legislature, Regular Session relating to motor fuel tax collection improvements, especially the impact of the bill on state motor fuel tax revenue. Subcommittee: Lindsay Overview: Comptroller
SFC Staff: Harold Stone
LBB: Curtis Toews
7. Review the Texas Disproportionate Share Hospital Program, with an emphasis on the formula and criteria used to distribute funding to hospitals. The committee's report should include a comprehensive assessment of all sources of funding (federal, state, and local) available to hospitals which serve Medicaid clients and the indigent poor, as well as the costs incurred by hospitals which serve Medicaid clients and the indigent poor, as well as the costs incurred by hospitals serving these groups. The committee will report any findings or recommendations by May 1. Subcommittee: Moncrief - Chairman, Truan, West, Carona, Lindsay