HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Human Services

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, April 6, 1999

PLACE: E2.028

CHAIR: Rep. Elliott Naishtat

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HB 689            Wohlgemuth
Relating to the regulation of unlicensed personal care facilities.

HB 691            Wohlgemuth
Relating to the regulation of facilities that provide assisted
living services.

HB 2017            Christian
Relating to the designation of certain state employees as liaisons
to faith-based organizations for the purpose of promoting community
services for the needy.

HB 2914            Pitts
Relating to notifying consumers of a nursing home's or a home and
community support services agency's policy regarding drug testing
of employees.

HB 3341            Naishtat
Relating to housing, rehabilitation, and support needs of
individuals with mental illnesses who reside in certain personal
care facilities.

HB 3386            Hilderbran
Relating to creating a registry for acts of misconduct for and
criminal  background checks on certain employees of certain health
care facilities that are licensed or certified by or that contract
with the state.

HB 3638            Naishtat
Relating to judicial review of certain decisions about medical
assistance.

HB 3639            Naishtat / et al.
Relating to eligibility for and the provision of services and
programs for needy people and to the duty of parents to support
their children to prevent reliance on programs for needy people;
providing penalties.

HB 3524            Noriega
Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance and
services to certain grandparents.

HB 3729            Keel / et al.
Relating to the reporting of costs related to eligibility
determination functions of the Texas Department of Human Services.

HB 3740            Greenberg
Relating to the location of administrative hearings conducted by
the State Office of Administrative Hearings on behalf of the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

HB 3741            Greenberg
Relating to regulation by the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services of certain child-care facilities, family homes,
and child-placing agencies.

HB 3778            Luna, Vilma
Relating to the investigation of a report of child abuse or
neglect.

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