HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, March 31, 1999

PLACE: E2.030

CHAIR: Rep. Patricia Gray

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The House Committee on Public Health will meet to consider the following:


HB 990            Dutton
Relating to administrative procedures and criminal convictions for
welfare  fraud.

HB 1398            Coleman / et al.
Relating to indigent health care.

HB 1487            Averitt
Relating to a state child health plan for certain low-income
children.

HB 1668            Maxey
Relating to fraudulent claims for medical or health care benefits
submitted under certain state programs.

HB 1696            Coleman
Relating to a child health plan for certain low-income children.

HB 1710            Maxey
Relating to fraud control procedures for the Medicaid managed care
program.

HB 2072            Maxey
Relating to the detection of fraud, waste, and abuse in the state
Medicaid  program.

HB 2236            Gray
Relating to contracts for Medicaid managed care.

HB 2304            Coleman / et al.
Relating to certain providers of family counseling services under
the medical assistance program.

HB 2315            Maxey
Relating to the investigation and prosecution of fraud in certain
benefit programs operated by the state; providing administrative
penalties.

HB 2558            Maxey
Relating to a program providing services to certain children with
special health care needs.

HB 2565            Christian / et al.
Relating to payment for health care services provided to certain
persons by public hospitals and  hospital districts.

HB 2573            Wolens
Relating to tertiary medical care.

HB 2708            Coleman / et al.
Relating to health benefits plan coverage for certain children.

HB 2866            Kuempel
Relating to assistance funds for mandatory health care services
provided in certain counties.

HB 2873            Maxey
Relating to the operation of certain Medicaid waiver programs for
children with disabilities or special health care needs.

HB 2896            Coleman
Relating to the administration and operation of the Medicaid
program.

HB 3681            Isett
Relating to the use of competitive bidding for certain functions
and components of the Medicaid vendor drug program.

HCR 96            Coleman
Directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to maximize
federal funding for outreach activities related to children's health
insurance.

SB 445            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to a child health plan for certain low-income children.

SB 11            Zaffirini
Relating to the mental state applicable to certain violations under
the state Medicaid program.

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