** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services
TIME & DATE: 7:00AM, Wednesday, May 14, 1997
PLACE: Senate Chamber
CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini
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* The committee will reconvene thirty minutes upon the adjournment of the
Texas Senate.
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Minutes
IV. To Consider the Following:
HB 196 Maxey / et al. SP: West, Royce
Relating to the issuance of a contact lens prescription and a
patient's right of access to that prescription; providing
penalties.
HB 561 Hochberg SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the exchange of information between certain health care
regulatory agencies.
HB 587 Hunter SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the definition of certain community centers.
HB 607 Maxey SP: Madla
Relating to the creation of a durable medical equipment and
assistive technology listing.
HB 889 Craddick SP: Bivins
Relating to disclosure of certain health care information by a
hospital employee to a patient's clergyperson.
HB 1439 Hilderbran SP: Duncan
Relating to use of financial assistance granted to persons with
dependent children.
HB 1516 Thompson SP: Harris
Relating to the creation of a record keeping system for assisting
law enforcement in the location of missing children.
HB 1534 Hamric SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the certification of mammography systems.
HB 1637 Alvarado SP: Carona
Relating to increased penalties for fraudulent or other unlawful
acts committed under the state Medicaid program that result in
injury to a child.
HB 1716 Maxey SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the membership and duties of the statewide health
coordinating council.
HB 1734 Delisi SP: Moncrief
Relating to the monitoring of community mental health and mental
retardation centers and local mental health and mental retardation
authorities.
HB 2017 Maxey SP: Shapleigh
Relating to telemedicine services provided under the Medicaid and
Medicare programs.
HB 2088 Cuellar SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the regulation of certain midwives; providing
administrative penalties.
HB 2094 Uher SP: Armbrister
Relating to authorizing the Sweeny Hospital District to operate or
provide for certain medical care and medical services to or for
needy residents of the district.
HB 2192 Rangel SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the establishment of a physician recruitment program
for medically underserved areas.
HB 2255 Berlanga SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the licensing of certain dentists and dental
hygienists.
HB 2389 Maxey SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the sale of laboratory services to certain persons by
the Texas Department of Health.
HB 2397 Finnell SP: Fraser
Relating to certain agreements to provide health care services
under the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act.
HB 2451 Hirschi SP: Nixon, Drew
Relating to the authority of the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services to obtain certain criminal history record
information from the Department of Public Safety.
HB 2482 Smithee SP: Sibley
Relating to the establishment of an accreditation program for
child-care facilities and child-placing agencies as an alternative
to state licensure; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 2525 Naishtat SP: Moncrief
Relating to the rights and responsibilities of persons with
disabilities.
HB 2573 Berlanga SP: Armbrister
Relating to fees assessed for the regulation of athletic trainers
and the audit of certain financial transactions regarding that
regulation.
HB 2596 King SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the Texas Information and Referral Network providing
information on health and human services.
HB 2673 Janek SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the disclosure of health care information by certain
providers of health care.
HB 2685 Van de Putte SP: Nelson
Relating to certain prohibited activities in the food stamp
program.
HB 2777 Junell SP: Ratliff
Relating to eligibility determination and service delivery of
health and human services.
HB 2846 Berlanga SP: Madla
Relating to the provision of health care services by advanced
practice nurses and physician assistants in collaborative practice
with physicians.
HB 2866 Chavez SP: Harris
Relating to the completion, filing, and registration of certain
death records.
HB 3106 Craddick SP: Brown
Relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy;
providing administrative penalties.
HB 3116 Greenberg SP: Ellis
Relating to work supplementation programs for certain welfare
recipients.
HB 3233 Allen SP: West, Royce
Relating to the regulation and training of code enforcement
officers.
HCR 44 Delisi SP: Moncrief
Directing the Texas Department of Health, the Lyndon Baines Johnson School
of Public Affairs, the Blackland Research Center and the School of Rural
Public Health, to study the role of local governments in providing public
health services.
HCR 145 Davila SP: Sibley
Directing the Texas Department of Health to conduct a study of
fluoridated public water supplies.
HCR 189 Berlanga SP: Zaffirini
Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to improve access to
healthcare for children.
V. Recess
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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:
HB 196
BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:
HB 446