** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, March 12, 1997

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini

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  I.  Call to Order
 II.  Roll Call
III.  Approval of Minutes
 IV.  To consider the following:

SB 55            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to the regulation of the sale or distribution of tobacco
products; providing penalties.

SB 64            Moncrief
Relating to minimum standards for smoking in certain public places
or at certain public meetings; creating an offense and providing
penalties.

SB 213            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the establishment of child care training centers for
certain recipients of public assistance.

SB 276            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the delivery and funding of certain mental health,
chemical dependency, and mental retardation services through
networks established by community centers; establishing
requirements for capitation and other at-risk contracts for members
of the state's priority population; and declaring an emergency.

SB 600            Harris
Relating to the collection and use of certain information by cancer
registries.

SB 617            Moncrief
Relating to the licensure and regulation of nurses, including the
development of certain pilot programs by the Board of Nurse
Examiners.

SB 618            Moncrief
Relating to the regulation of certain residential facilities;
providing civil penalties.

SB 788            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the filing of annual reports of community benefits
plans by nonprofit hospitals.

SCR 19            Truan
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to
allow legal aliens access to food stamp benefits.

SCR 20            Truan
Requesting the United States Congress to waive the work requirement for
food stamp recipients living in labor surplus areas.

SCR 21            Truan
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to
allow legal aliens access to Medicaid benefits.

SCR 22            Truan
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to
allow legal aliens access to Supplemental Security Income.

      Pending Business:

SB 190            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to the regulation of nursing homes and similar facilities;
providing penalties.

  V.  Recess

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 276
SB 600
SB 617
SB 618
SB 788