SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Health Services TIME & DATE: 1:30PM or upon adjournment Tuesday, May 11, 1999 PLACE: E1.016 CHAIR: Senator Jane Nelson ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 390 Madla Relating to the regulation of the practice of therapeutic optometry. SB 847 Nixon, Drew Relating to the practice of integrative or complementary health care by licensed health care practitioners. SB 1084 Harris Relating to the assignment of benefits for dental care services. SB 1400 Nixon, Drew Relating to the regulation of the practice of optometry. SB 1906 Sibley Relating to the creation of a privilege for dental records and communications with a dentist and to the availability of dental records. HB 110 Maxey SP: Moncrief Relating to public access to certain information regarding medical practitioners. HB 765 Maxey SP: Moncrief Relating to the processing of certain fees by the Texas Department of Health. HB 811 Jones, Jesse SP: Nelson Relating to the services included in home health care services. HB 923 Coleman SP: Moncrief Relating to regulation of licensed professional counselors. HB 1051 Brimer SP: Madla Relating to the regulation of the practice of therapeutic optometry. HB 1285 Janek SP: Nelson Relating to requiring attendance of a child's parent, guardian, or other authorized adult at well-child examinations under the state Medicaid program. HB 1420 Alvarado SP: Truan Relating to complaints filed with the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners. HB 1504 Goolsby SP: Harris Relating to the establishment of a consortium of Alzheimer's disease centers. HB 1513 Maxey SP: Moncrief Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Health Care Information Council; providing a criminal penalty. HB 1652 Maxey SP: Nelson Relating to an education and prevention program for hepatitis C. HB 2013 Hilderbran SP: Madla Relating to the regulation of bottled or vended water. HB 2037 Gray SP: Carona Relating to late fees for the renewal of the licenses of home and community support services agencies. HB 2070 Gray SP: Jackson Relating to the administration and responsibilities of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. HB 2171 Luna, Vilma SP: Truan Relating to the establishment and operation of a medical committee or medical peer review committee by certain public and private entities. HB 2175 Uher SP: Armbrister Relating to the regulation of the practice of chiropractic. HB 2382 Coleman SP: Lindsay Relating to the evaluation and approval of continuing education for physical therapists. HB 2453 Edwards SP: Lindsay Relating to the authority of physicians and optometrists or therapeutic optometrists to form certain jointly owned entities. HB 2573 Wolens SP: Nelson Relating to tertiary medical care. HB 3083 Telford SP: Duncan Relating to medical services ordered by physicians in certain other states for residents of this state. HB 3216 McCall SP: Cain Relating to the standardization of credentialing of physicians. HB 3423 Morrison SP: Nelson Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children. HB 3504 Solis, Jim SP: Lucio Relating to the long-range plan for the South Texas Hospital and the provision of tuberculosis and other health care services in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. ___________________________________________________________________________