The House Committee on Business & Industry 
         79th Legislature 
         June 29, 2005 
         11:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E2.026 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on June 24, 2005, the House  
         Committee on Business & Industry met in a Public Hearing and was  
         called to order by the Chair, Representative Giddings, at 11:12  
         a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:   Representatives Giddings; Bailey; Bohac; Elkins and  
                    Zedler (5). 
          
         Absent:    Representatives Martinez; Solomons; Taylor and Vo  
                    (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The Public Hearing was scheduled for the purpose of receiving  
         testimony as to: 
          
         TOPIC No. 1--the progress of the transition from the Texas  
         Workers Compensation Commission to the Texas Department of  
         Insurance those functions that relate to the system of workers  
         compensation in Texas; 
          
         TOPIC No. 2--the status of return-to-work outcomes for those  
         persons in Texas who sustain an on-the-job injury; and 
          
         TOPIC No. 3--the procedures used to add a doctor's name to the  
         Approved Doctor List, to retain a doctor's name on that list,  
         and to delete a doctor's name from that list. 
          
         (Representatives Martinez and Taylor now present.) 
          
         Testimony was taken on TOPIC No. 1.  (See attached witness  
         list.) 
          
         Testimony was taken on TOPIC No. 2.  (See attached witness  
         list.) 
          
         Testimony was taken on TOPIC No. 3.  (See attached witness  
         list.) 
          
         (Representative Elkins in Chair.) 
          
         At 2:07 p.m., on motion of the Chair and without objection, the  
         meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the Chair. 
  
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         Rep. HELEN GIDDINGS, Chair 
          
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         GREGORY D. WATSON, Chief Clerk 
          
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