HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Health 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Stephanie Klick 

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The chair may limit testimony time and the number of testifying witnesses to ensure consideration of posted and pending business, especially if testimony would cause the public hearing to extend into the next calendar day.

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HB 4           Price | et al.                                         
Relating to telemedicine, telehealth, and technology-related health care services.

HB 464         Cortez | et al.                                        
Relating to food allergen awareness in food service establishments.

HB 548         Frank                                                 
Relating to the licensing of certain military veterans as health care providers to practice in underserved areas.

HB 1097        Lozano                                                
Relating to the processing and sale of kratom and kratom products; providing civil penalties.

HB 1616        Bonnen                                                
Relating to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

HB 1633        Guillen                                               
Relating to the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact; authorizing fees.

HB 1742        Guerra                                                
Relating to the practice of dentistry and the provision of teledentistry dental services.

HB 1903        Walle | et al.                                         
Relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

HB 2056        Klick                                                 
Relating to the practice of dentistry and the provision of teledentistry dental services.

HB 2093        Cortez | et al.                                        
Relating to including licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals.

HB 2333        Howard | et al.                                        
Relating to the establishment of the home nursing visitation for newborn caregivers competitive grant program.

HB 2340        Klick | et al.                                         
Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry; requiring an occupational certificate to perform certain surgical procedures.

HB 2348        Klick                                                 
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.

HB 2473        Johnson, Ann                                          
Relating to the licensing and regulation of music therapists; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

HB 2490        Howard | et al.                                        
Relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home Visiting Program services.

HB 2612        Raney | et al.                                         
Relating to the provision of Medicaid and child health plan program services using telecommunications or information technology and to reimbursement for those services.

HB 2792        Darby | et al.                                         
Relating to a pilot project to provide emergency telemedicine medical services in rural areas.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

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Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c410

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.