** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Business & Industry
SUBCOMMITTEE: Healthcare Technology

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Wednesday, May 31, 2000

PLACE: Baylor Healthcare Center

CHAIR: Rep. Kenn George

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The Subcommittee on Healthcare Technology is charged with studying the
emergence of the Healthcare Technology Industry in Texas, as well as
identifing factors promoting and inhibiting development of the industry
and consider state or private actions potentially effecting its growth.

This hearing will focus on the issues of commercialization in the
Healthcare Technology Industry, including issues on venture capital,
tax incentives and state and community support structures such as
incubators.

The hearing will be held in the Beasley Auditorium on the first floor
of the Truitt Hospital at Baylor Healthcare Center located at 3500
Gaston Avenue in Dallas.

Parking will be available for the public at the Baylor Healthcare
Center at Lot 9 on the corner of Gaston Avenue and Hall Street.  Access
to the lot can be made from either street.  There is a charge for
parking in this lot, maximum $3.50.

To get to the Beasley Auditorium from Lot 9:

* Cross Gaston Avenue

* Take the sidewalk that curves to the right, which will lead you to
  the front door of the Truitt Hospital

* Turn right down the hallway, the Beasley Auditorium will be on your
  left.


*THIS POSTING HAS BEEN REVISED IN REGARDS TO THE FOCUS OF THE HEARING*







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