Texas Political Lobbyist 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 8 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/fiscalnotes/html/HB00008F.htm This bill aims to redefine “trafficking of persons” in the present Code of Criminal Procedure as any offense that has a result of a person, or persons, working against their will that may be prosecuted under specified areas of the Penal Code. Soliciting or receiving […]

Texas Political Lobbyist Update on the 83rd Legislative Session http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/SB00008H.htm Senate Bill No. 8 is hoping to help lessen loopholes and abuse of the state’s Medicaid program. Currently, there are some serious problems with fraud and waste within the system. The tricky and complicated part of this is figuring out where the problems are and […]

Texas Political Lobbyist 83rd Session Update: SB 484 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/SB00484H.htm Senate Bill 484 would amend the present Health and Safety Code to require a court, if a defendant successfully completes a prostitution prevention program further defined in the bill, to enter an order of nondisclosure. The bill requires the preventative program to ensure that the defendant […]

Texas 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 286 C.S.H.B 286 is seeking to amend the Texas Medical Board’s complaint filing process. The bill was filed in December of 2012, and is currently being passed around and considered in public meetings and committees. Under the current procedures, if a complaint is filed against a physician the Texas […]

Texas 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 548 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/HB00548H.htm House Bill No. 548 would amend the state’s Tax Code to provide the surviving spouse of a U.S. military member killed in action an exemption from property taxation, under heavily detailed circumstances. The bill contends that there is no way to make up for these great losses, […]