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January 2003

General Government Consolidate or Eliminate Agencies or Programs GG 1 Combine the Railroad Commission and the Public Utility Commission into the Texas Energy and Communications Commission GG 2 Improve Youth Offender Services GG 3 Consolidate Health and Human Service Agencies to Reduce Cost and Improve Service Delivery GG 4 Abolish the Texas Department of Economic Development GG 5 Eliminate the State Aircraft Pooling Board GG 6 Centralize Customer Services for Licensing Agencies GG 7 Eliminate the Texas Building and Procurement Commission’s Environmental Hazards Section GG 8 Combine Uniform Election Days Reduce Work Force Costs GG 9 Reduce the Costs of State Employee Health Insurance GG 10 Reduce Management Costs in State Government GG 11 Reduce Human Resource Management Costs GG 12 Use Call Centers to Determine Eligibility for Children’s Medicaid; Consider an Internet-based, Combined Application for Human Services Programs GG 13 Provide Retirement Incentives for State Employees to Reduce Costs Improve Asset Management GG 14 Use Innovative Asset Management Techniques for State Real Property GG 15 Improve the Operation and Efficiency of Texas State Parks GG 16 Ensure Adequate Financial Reserves GG 17 Create Budget Incentives for State Agencies Improve Use of Information Technology GG 18 Hold the Texas Department of Information Resources Accountable for the Success of Major Information Technology Initiatives GG 19 Ensure Returns on Investments in Information Technology GG 20 Protect Personal Information in Public Records GG 21 Increase Usage of Online Government Services GG 22 Increase the Availability of Broadband Internet Services in Rural Areas Improve Transportation Efficiency GG 23 Use Innovative Financing Techniques to Build Texas Roads GG 24 Use a Database to Reduce the State’s Number of Uninsured Motorists GG 25 Save Lives on Texas Roads Increase Revenues GG 26 Increase Lottery Revenues GG 27 Improve Tax Compliance and Delinquent Revenue Collections with Additional Enforcement Coverage GG 28 Establish an Amnesty Program for All Taxes Administered by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts GG 29 Increase Tax Compliance and State Revenue Through Additional Audit Coverage GG 30 Improve the Efficiency of the State Tax System GG 31 Improve State and Local Sales Tax Collections GG 32 Improve the Integrity of the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund GG 33 Create an “Affinity Credit Card” to Support Public Schools GG 34 Market an Annual Limited-Edition Print by the State Artist of the Year

Foreword Introduction Fiscal Impact Table Acknowledgements Contributors Education Raise the Bar on Student Performance ED 1 Improve Opportunities for Students in Failing Schools ED 2 Improve Accountability for Dropouts and At-Risk Students ED 3 Prepare Texas Students to Succeed in College ED 4 Alleviate the Texas Teacher Shortage ED 5 Adopt Policies for the Use of School Counselors’ Time ED 6 Increase Incentives for Students and Schools to Participate in the Early Graduation Scholarship Program ED 7 Allow Four-year Colleges and Universities to Waive Tuition and Fees for Concurrently Enrolled Students ED 8 Improve College Graduation Incentives Improve Educational Efficiency ED 9 Increase the Efficiency of the Permanent School Fund; Increase Distributions to the Available School Fund ED 10 Eliminate the State Textbook Depository ED 11 Allow School Districts to Post Requests for Proposals on the World Wide Web ED 12 Allow Community Colleges and School Districts to Use State Travel Services ED 13 Prohibit School Board Members from Doing Business Directly or Indirectly with their Districts ED 14 Encourage School Districts to Form Financial Management Services Cooperatives ED 15 Give Public Universities Increased Budget and Funding Flexibility ED 16 Increase Accountability for Higher Education Funds ED 17 Eliminate Institutional Enhancement Funding; Provide Greater Accountability for Special Item Funding Health and Human Services Enhance Quality of Health Care and Human Services HHS 1 Contract for Quality Nursing Home Care HHS 2 Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors HHS 3 Use Transportation Brokers to Improve the State’s Medical Transportation Program HHS 4 Implement a Disease Management Program for Medicaid Patients HHS 5 Improve Texas’ Child Immunization Rate HHS 6 Improve the Adoption Process for Children in Foster Care Reduce Health Care Costs HHS 7 Maintain the Current Period of Medicaid Eligibility for Children; Postpone the Implementation of Expanded Eligibility Until Fiscal 2006 HHS 8 Improve Purchasing of Prescription Drugs HHS 9 Reduce Small Employers’ Cost of Buying Health Insurance Recover More State Health Care Costs HHS 10 Enhance Medicaid Payments to Certain Providers HHS 11 Increase Medicaid Patient Responsibility for Health Care Use HHS 12 Increase Third-Party Liability Reimbursements for Medicaid HHS 13 Strengthen Efforts to Reduce Medicaid Fraud and Overpayment "Government is going to be seen as bigger, dumber and slower than ever before if we don't become smaller, smarter and faster right now."     -- Carole Keeton Strayhorn         Texas Comptroller

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