11th TSHL resolutions and issues, Passed by 80th Texas Legislature

Signed by Governor

B Bill #

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TSHL Priority Resolutions

HB 52

/ ·  Personal Needs Allowance

HB 5

SJR 13

/ ·  Senior and disabled Homeowners included in property tax reduction
·  Constitutional amendment to enable HB5

HB 438

HJR 40 / ·  Limitation on maximum average annual % increase in appraised value of a residence Homestead for ad valorem taxes.
·  Enabling legislation for HB 438

No bill

/ ·  TSHL opposes School vouchers

SB 1846

/ ·  Amendment of State contribution to Teacher Retirement System of Texas, including a one-time Supplemental annuity payment

SB 199

/ ·  Certain convictions barring employment at certain facilities serving elderly or disabled persons

SB 1315

/ ·  Silver alert for missing Senior citizens

B Bill #

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TSHL Resolutions & Interests
SB 10 / ·  Medicaid Reform Act
SB 22 / ·  Long-term care insurance and partnership for long-term care program and to the eligibility for certain home and community-based Services.
SB 24 / ·  Telemedicine/TeleHealth Expansion
SB 27 / ·  Pilot program to educate residents and families of residents of nursing Homes and ICFMR about advance care planning.
SB 131 / ·  Nursing Home Family Councils
SB 288 / ·  Require Health care facilities to
report infection rates.
SB 291 / ·  Guardianship certification board to obtain criminal History information
SB 505 / ·  Access to Criminal History record by Guardianship Certification Board

SB 507

HB 1485 / ·  Reimbursement of expenses for Guardianship Certification Board
SB 760 / ·  Reimbursement of telemedicine
SB 792 / ·  Establishes a moratorium on some toll roads for two years, exempting certain projects, and creates a committee to study the policy implications of this funding mechanism.
SB1318 / ·  Regulation of certain long-term care facilities, regarding late fees and penalties, and relating to the Office of Long-term Care Ombudsman
SB 1391 / ·  Requirements in certain health benefit plans that certain health care services are obtained in a foreign country.
HB 1 / ·  Appropriates $150,000 for Senior Corp Programs
HB 12 / ·  Allocation and use of sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund State and local parks
HB 15 / ·  Restores utility Safety Benefit Fund for low-income discount program
HB 41
SB. FA1 / ·  Provides immunity to area agencies on aging for conducting elections for nonprofit agencies (TSHL)

HB 75

/ ·  Allow State court judicial review of administrative decisions concerning Medicaid Services
HB 84 / ·  Renewal of driver's license for elderly persons

HB 407

/ ·  Promote formation of State-County-private partnerships to provide home meal delivery to Seniors
HB 948 / ·  Requirements for labeling certain drugs to be in plain language in an easily readable font size for the consumer
HB 1168 / ·  Licensing & regulation of certain facilities providing personal care to elderly or disabled persons (3 or more)
HB 1230 / ·  Services for youth with disabilities transitioning to post-schooling activities, (Interest to grandparents)

HB 1295

/ ·  Creates supplemental guardianship fee to be collected by the court clerk and used to fund local guardianship programs.
HB 1355 / ·  Dog attacks – Making owners of dangerous dogs more accountable for attacks that result in serious injury or death.

HB 2691

/ ·  Expand the Money Management Program as an Alternative to Guardianship

HB 1

HB 3778

/ ·  Appropriates $100 million from State General Revenue that generates $150 million in federal funds to qualify Texas for additional federal Medicaid funding by meeting the requirement for State matching funds, paying the matching funds out of general revenue rather than from the "granny tax."
HJR 19 / ·  Requiring record votes by Texas Lawmakers
HJR 90 / ·  Constitutional amendment creating Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (Nov 2007 ballot)

80th Legislation Honoring TSHL Members

SR 7 / ·  Recognizing Oscar Garcia, Speaker Pro-tem, for being named the 2006 Fort Worth Man of the Year by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
HR 57 / ·  Congratulating Estella Trevino of Edinburg, charter member of TSHL, on her receipt of the Hall of Fame award from the Texas chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
HCR 68 / ·  Honoring Chris Kyker of Abilene, former Speaker TSHL, for her service in behalf of the citizens of Texas

For information on each bill, go to www.capitol.state.tx.us and enter Bill #

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