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Academic Year 2000-2001


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Academic Year 2001-2002


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2001 Conference

Proceedings & Background Papers:

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Section I, Conference Proceedings: Contains introductory information, table of contents, and chapters 1-4.
Chapter 1: Opening Discussions
  Chapter 2: Panel on Private Sector Options
  Chapter 3: Panel on Public Sector Options
  Chapter 4: Summary of Breakout Sessions and Closing Discussions

Section II, Background Papers: Contains chapters 5-12, appendices, and bibliography.
Chapter 5: Background on Medicaid and SCHIP in Texas
  Chapter 6: The Simplification of Children's Medicaid in Texas
  Chapter 7: Reaching the Uninsured through Outreach
  Chapter 8: Options to Expand Medicaid and SCHIP in Texas
  Chapter 9: Insuring Small Groups in Texas: Obstacles and Potential Solutions
  Chapter 10: Mandated Benefit Review and Texas' Basic and Catastrophic Health Plans: Containing Healthcare Costs in Texas
  Chapter 11: The Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool
  Chapter 12: Hispanics and Health Insurance in Texas
  Appendix A: Fiscal Note for HB 825
  Appendix B: Fiscal Note for HB 826
  Appendix C: Fiscal Note for HB 827
  Appendix D: Fiscal Note for HB 828
  Appendix E: Children's Health Insurance Program Budgeted and Expended Funds as of February 1, 2001
  Appendix F: Expansion using Section 1931 in California
  Appendix G: Expansion through an 1115 Waiver in Wisconsin
  Appendix H: Examples of Individual State Premium Assistance Programs
  Appendix I: General Small Group Rating Process
  Appendix J: Medical Savings Accounts as of November 2000
  Appendix K: Examples of States' Risk Pool Programs
  Appendix L: Eligibility and Preexisting Conditions for Texas Health Pool Coverage
  Appendix M: Premium Rate Tables
  Appendix N: Other States' Financing Methods
  Bibliography