SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Thursday, February 15, 2001

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Mike Moncrief

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To consider the following:

SB 15            Nelson
Relating to excepting certain information relating to family
violence shelter centers and sexual assault programs from
disclosure under the public information law.

SB 31            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to providing information about bacterial meningitis to
students of institutions of higher education.

SB 35            Zaffirini
Relating to authorizing the Health and Human Services Commission to
make grants to community-based organizations to provide support for
long-term care services.

SB 45            Zaffirini
Relating to the specification of the types of hardships that
warrant excepting a recipient of temporary assistance for needy
families from the imposition of time limits on the receipt of those
benefits.

SB 115            Madla
Relating to creating a foundation to finance health programs in the
rural areas of the state.

SB 159            Zaffirini
Relating to establishing a competitive grant program for projects
that are designed to improve the quality of life for residents of a
convalescent or nursing home and that could serve as a model of
best practices for the convalescent and nursing home industry.

SB 168            Zaffirini
Relating to inspection by the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services of child-care facilities, child-placing
agencies, and family homes.

SB 279            Nelson
Relating to sanctions imposed against certain facilities regulated
by the Texas Department of Health.

SB 285            Nelson
Relating to cancer incidence reporting.

SB 532            Nelson
Relating to medical assistance for certain persons in need of
treatment for breast or cervical cancer.


Pending Business:

SB 52            Zaffirini
Relating to a requirement that child-care facilities post certain
signs.

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