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Lt. Gov. Patrick Releases Senate Interim Charges

January 20, 2018 by County Progress

The presiding officers of both the House and the Senate have now released their full list of interim charges. The Texas Legislature meets in regular session in odd-numbered years beginning the second Tuesday in January and runs for 140 days. At the conclusion of each session, the presiding officers of the House and the Senate […]

Filed Under: County Focus, Feature Story Tagged With: 84th Legislative Session, Department of State Health Services, funding, H.B. 505, H.B. 555, jail, minimum jail standards, property tax, S.B. 24, Texas Department of Insurance, Texas Health Care Information Collection

Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness Part 3

May 9, 2016 by County Progress

Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization   Editor’s Note: The following is Part 3 in a series, “Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness,” a report released in June 2015. The full report is available at http://rightoncrime.com/2015/06/overincarceration-of-people-with-mental-illness/. Parts […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Jails Tagged With: Crisis Intervention Teams, Department of State Health Services, jail, mental illness, Mobile Crisis Units, Texas Commission on Jail Standards

County Indigent Health Care Q&A

March 16, 2015 by County Progress

In 1985, Rita Kelley was serving as the regional planner of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services for the seven-county Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) region. In June of that year, Walt Reedy, CTCOG executive director, walked into Kelley’s office and asked if she wanted to be a health planner. “I asked him what I […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Indigent Health Care Tagged With: 1115 Waiver, Affordable Care Act, Bell County, County Indigent Health Care Program, Department of State Health Services, indigent health care, jail, Maternal and Infant Health Improvement Act

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