HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Wednesday, April 14, 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 71            Chavez
Relating to the requirement of a criminal background check of all
persons applying for employment as a home health care provider.

HB 811            Jones, Jesse
Relating to the services included in home health care services.

HB 1019            Madden / et al.
Relating to consent for substance abuse treatment of a minor.

HB 1155            Lewis, Ron
Relating to the regulation of tanning facilities.

HB 1452            Delisi
Relating to the operation and management of local mental health and
mental retardation authorities and community centers.

HB 1486            Gray / et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

HB 1589            Delisi
Relating to the management of a community mental health center
under certain circumstances.

HB 1797            Tillery
Relating to the transportation of certain individuals who may have
a mental illness and are admitted to a county mental health
facility for emergency detention.

HB 2013            Hilderbran
Relating to the regulation of bottled or vended water.

HB 2037            Gray
Relating to late fees for the renewal of the licenses of home and
community support services agencies.

HB 2527            Van de Putte
Relating to the maintenance of dangerous drugs and controlled
substances at a convalescent or nursing home or at an intermediate
care facility for the mentally retarded.

HB 2651            Smith
Relating to the detention, involuntary commitment, and treatment of
certain pregnant women who abuse alcohol or a controlled substance.

HB 2811            Olivo
Relating to the provision of services at state schools to persons
with mental retardation.

HB 2892            Hartnett
Relating to the release of information regarding a person absent
without permission from a state mental health or mental retardation
facility.

HB 2911            Naishtat
Relating to venue in certain actions regarding intermediate care
facilities for the mentally retarded.

HB 3083            Telford
Relating to the regulation of physicians.

HB 3126            Chisum
Relating to the establishment and application of uniform criteria
for evaluating state-funded drug abuse prevention programs.

HB 3145            Smith
Relating to the voluntary admission and consent of minors for the
treatment and rehabilitation of chemical dependency.

HB 3223            Capelo
Relating to the regulation of health services provided by and the
scope of practice of advanced practice nurses and  physician
assistants.

HB 3565            Uher
Relating to parental rights to admit a minor to private
rehabilitation and behavior modification facilities.

HB 3606            Salinas
Relating to licensing of Alternative Education Programs within
Texas Public School Districts for the purposes of drug treatment
services.

SB 93            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to the regulation of assisted living facilities and
requiring disclosures by certain other facilities serving persons
who are elderly or disabled.

SB 94            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to home health services; providing administrative
penalties.

SB 95            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to studies and strategic plans concerning the delivery of
long-term care, community services, and certain health services.

SB 96            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to the transfer of licensing, certification, and
regulation of home health and community support services agencies.

SB 153            Harris
Relating to the payment of costs in a proceeding for court-ordered
mental health services.

SB 196            Madla
Relating to administrative penalties for intermediate care
facilities for the mentally retarded.

SB 261            Moncrief
Relating to facilities and functions of facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation.

SB 310            Cain
Relating to the regulation of occupational therapists; providing
for administrative penalties.

SB 354            Madla
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Center for Rural
Health Initiatives.

SB 556            Nelson
Relating to referrals to occupational therapists.

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