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Health And Human Services Commission

Summaries

GA-0033
Greg Abbott

Community health center revolving loan fund, authority to administer in light of later enacted bill abolishing fund as trust fund outside the state treasury|Delegation of legislative authority to private entity, whether statute authorizing state agency to award money to development corporation to make loans to community health center violates article III, section 1 of the Texas Constitution|Trust fund abolished by later enacted bill, authority of state agency to expend monies received by fund|Delegation of legislative authority to private entity, whether statute authorizing state agency to award money to development corporation to make loans to community health center violates article III, section 1|Community health center loans, whether statute providing for grant of money to development corporation to make such loans serves a public purpose and imposes adequate controls

GA-0447
Greg Abbott

Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities is not subject to the fiscal control and oversight of the Health and Human Services Commission|Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities may not spend public and private grants and donations without specific legislative appropriation pursuant to article XVI, section 6(b) of the Texas Constitution|Fiscal control and oversight of the Health and Human Services Commission, the Office is not subject to|Solicit funds such as private grants, the Office is authorized to|Grants and donations, article XVI, section 6(b) of the Texas Constitution does not authorize the Office to spend public and private grants and donations without specific legislative appropriation

GA-0777
Greg Abbott

Comptroller must determine whether transfer of funds to Health & Human Services Commission and Texas Workforce Commission in 2008-2009 biennium, and absence of that transfer in 2010-2011 biennium, results in a gain in overall funding to Texas Department of Transportation|Directive in rider to transfer funds from Department of Transportation to Department of Motor Vehicles is not an "item of appropriation"|Gain in overall funding to Texas Department of Transportation, whether transfer of funds to Health & Human Services Commission and Texas Workforce Commission in 2008-2009 biennium and absence of that transfer in 2010-2011 biennium results in a

GA-0844
Greg Abbott

Federal law does not preempt Human Resources Code section 32.0248(h), which, provides that the Health and Human Services Commission may not contract with entities that are affiliates of entities that perform or promote elective abortions|Medicaid women’s health care demonstration project, constitutionality of ban on Health and Human Services Commission contracting with an entity that has an affiliate that promotes or performs abortions|Medicaid women’s health care demonstration project, constitutionality of ban on Commission contracting with an entity that has an affiliate that promotes or performs abortions

GA-0845
Greg Abbott

An administrative agency can adopt only such rules as are authorized by and consistent with its statutory authority|In deciding whether an agency has exceeded its rule-making powers, the determinative factor is whether the rule’s provisions are in harmony with the general objectives of the act involved|Beyond the authority of the Commission, as we construe subsection 32.0248(h) of the Human Resources Code, the term \\"affiliate\\" connotes an element of control between entities and, to the extent the Commission’s proposed rule defining the term does not include any element of control between entities, a court would likely consider it to be inconsistent with subsection 32.0248(h) and thus|Affiliate

GA-0983
Greg Abbott

Medicaid, Health and Human Services Commission rule for payment of Medicare deductibles and coinsurance for services provided to persons eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid

GA-1004
Greg Abbott

Employee service credit, requirement of interest when establishing service credit for a reinstated employee

GA-1089
Greg Abbott

Funding and provision of health care services covered by Medicaid; 2 models, the traditional model and the managed care model|The Health and Human Services Commission is responsible for administering the state\\'s Medicaid Program, which is a federal-state program providing health-care services for low-income individuals|Reimbursement for behavioral health services under Texas Medicaid Reimbursement Methodology|The Texas Health and Human Services Commission does not operate under the Insurance Code. It is the state agency that administers the state\\'s Medicaid program for individuals who cannot afford insurance.