HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, March 12, 1997

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. Hugo Berlanga

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To consider the following:


HB 164            Maxey
Relating to tests for human immunodeficiency virus infection on
delivery of a child.

HB 417            Maxey
Relating to the filing of annual reports of community benefits
plans by nonprofit hospitals.

HB 723            Dukes / et al.
Relating to informed consent before the performance of a
hysterectomy.

HB 880            Reyna, Arthur
Relating to the witnessing provisions of the Natural Death Act.

HB 1149            Turner, Sylvester
Relating to formation of certain professional associations.

HB 1162            Driver
Relating to the licensure of a hospital with multiple premises
under a single license and the provision of certain services by
licensed hospitals.

HB 1362            Giddings
Relating to exemptions from regulation as a food manufacturer or
wholesaler.

HB 1647            Delisi
Relating to opportunities for family practice resident medical
students to work in a public health setting.

HB 1724            Delisi
Relating to the administration and enforcement of the peer
assistance program under the Texas Pharmacy Act.

HB 1798            Wise
Relating to hospital licensure requirements relating to missing
infants.

SB 305            Zaffirini
Relating to the Interagency Council on Early Childhood
Intervention.

SB 434            Harris
Relating to the provision of mental health services, including the
review of agency rulemaking by the Health and Human Services
Commission and the creation of an advisory committee on inpatient
mental health services.

SB 444            Zaffirini
Relating to administration of vital statistics records.

SB 476            Madla
Relating to certain criminal background information obtained by the
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

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