SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, April 16, 1997

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini

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* The committee will reconvene at 2 p.m. in the Senate Chamber.

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


SB 118            Zaffirini
Relating to placement of certain children in certain long-term care
institutions.

SB 940            Nelson
Relating to the state's mental health and mental retardation
services system; providing penalties.

SB 975            Madla
Relating to the disclosure of health care information by certain
health care providers.

SB 1148            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to financial assistance for victims of domestic violence.

SB 1246            Madla
Relating to the establishment of the statewide rural community
health system to allow for the delivery of certain health care
services pursuant to the Texas Insurance Code.

SB 1297            Cain
Relating to disciplinary procedures and peer review for certain
medical practitioners; providing administrative penalties.

SB 1347            Madla
Relating to certain permitted duties of dental assistants.

SB 1403            Moncrief
Relating to the establishment and funding of a blindness education,
screening, and treatment program.

SB 1539            West, Royce
Relating to the regulation of certain facilities, homes, and
agencies that provide child care services and of child care
administrators; providing penalties.

SB 1566            Cain
Relating to licensing regulations for physician assistants and
acupuncturists; providing an administrative penalty.

SB 1607            Moncrief
Relating to the retention of certain medical records.

SB 1623            Duncan
Relating to the power of the Lubbock County Hospital District to
provide facilities and hospital-related equipment, supplies, and
services to Lubbock County for the use of the medical examiner's
office.

SB 1699            Cain
Relating to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and the
licensure of physicians; providing penalties.

      The committee intends to vote on the following pending business:


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

SB 1163            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to information and training about Medicaid managed care.

SB 1164            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to Medicaid managed care contract compliance.

SB 1165            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to managed care under the state Medicaid program for
children with special health care needs.

SB 1245            Madla
Relating to laws regulating the distribution and dispensation of
controlled substances and to the enforcement of those laws.

  V.  Recess

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