** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: State Affairs
TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Thursday, May 22, 2003
PLACE: Senate Chamber
CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff
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The State Affairs Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m., or upon adjournment
of the Local and Uncontested Calendar to consider the following bills:
HB 145 Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to workers' compensation dispute resolution.
HB 402 Madden SP: Shapiro
Relating to a pilot program involving the use of an electronic
registration system.
HB 403 Madden SP: Madla
Relating to the penalty for premature disclosure of voting results.
HB 508 Woolley SP: Williams
Relating to notice of an increase in certain rates or charges for
certain group policies or contracts.
HB 705 Solomons SP: Nelson
Relating to liability of in-home service companies and residential
delivery companies for negligent hiring.
HB 736 Denny SP: Shapiro
Relating to use of the internal mail system of a governmental
agency to deliver political advertising; providing a criminal
penalty.
HB 833 Hochberg SP: Janek
Relating to certain pharmaceutical services for an injured employee
receiving workers' compensation medical benefits.
HB 999 Madden SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to electronic reporting of political contributions and
expenditures.
HB 1053 Rodriguez SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the confidentiality of social security numbers in
certain circumstances.
HB 1163 Thompson SP: Harris
Relating to contracts between certain health care providers and
health benefit plans.
HB 1268 Seaman SP: Carona
Relating to outpatient drug benefit coverage in certain health
insurance policies and discount drug programs.
HB 1297 Allen SP: Armbrister
Relating to limits on indemnification of state employees and
officials.
HB 1487 Driver SP: Armbrister
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain electricians;
providing penalties.
HB 1597 Madden SP: Staples
Relating to the use of federal write-in absentee ballots by
military and overseas personnel.
HB 1602 Madden SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the availability on the Internet of electronic reports
of political contributions and expenditures.
HB 1697 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to recounts of elections in which direct recording
electronic voting machines were used.
HB 1791 Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to permits for the commercial composting of certain solid
wastes.
HB 1797 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to group and blanket accident and health insurance.
HB 1798 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
HB 1799 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to group life insurance.
HB 1800 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
HB 1863 Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the disclosure of certain voter registration
information.
HB 2053 Smith, Wayne SP: Janek
Relating to group health and related benefits provided by counties.
HB 2064 Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the procedure for returning an application for an early
voting ballot.
HB 2085 Campbell SP: Duncan
Relating to the availability of bilingual clerks for an election.
HB 2095 Cook, Robby SP: Staples
Relating to provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage
through a certified self-insurance group; providing penalties.
HB 2198 Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to the certification of maximum medical improvement and
the impairment rating assigned to an employee in a claim for
workers' compensation benefits.
HB 2199 Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to the right of an insurance carrier to contest the
compensability of an injury in a workers' compensation case;
providing an administrative violation.
HB 2261 West, George "Buddy" SP: Bivins
Relating to the composition of the Eighth and Eleventh courts of
appeals districts.
HB 2397 Corte SP: Williams
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
HB 2562 Rose SP: Barrientos
Relating to persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery.
HB 2636 Madden SP: Staples
Relating to notifying an applicant of the omission of certain
information from a federal postcard application to vote in an
election.
HB 2912 Homer SP: Ratliff
Relating to industrial development corporations; providing a civil
penalty.
HB 2947 Casteel SP: Armbrister
Relating to cost control and accountability in the decentralization
of state programs and services.
HB 3022 Taylor SP: Williams
Relating to the availability of preferred providers.
HB 3023 Taylor SP: Williams
Relating to reimbursement and use of particular health care
practitioners.
HB 3096 Madden SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the penalty for the failure to timely file a report of
political contributions and expenditures with the Texas Ethics
Commission.
HB 3168 Giddings SP: Carona
Relating to determination of workers' compensation benefits and to
dispute resolution regarding those benefits.
HB 3237 Smith, Todd SP: Harris
Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as substitute
teachers and in other public school positions in the same month.
HB 3439 Rose SP: Carona
Relating to the liability of certain health care practitioners for
examinations and medical screenings of students.
HCR 90 Eissler SP: Staples
Memorializing congress to expand the medical savings account
program to allow states to design such programs for their
employees.
Pending Business:
HB 3109 Keffer, Bill SP: Carona
Relating to physician and health care provider panels of
independent review organizations.
HJR 54 King SP: Brimer
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that benefits in
certain public retirement systems may not be reduced or impaired.
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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:
HB 145
HB 999
HB 1602
HB 1797
HB 1798
HB 1799
HB 1800
HB 2095
HB 2198
HB 2562
HB 3096
HCR 90