** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Human Services

TIME & DATE: upon final adjourn./recess
             Monday, February 28, 2005

PLACE: JHR 120

CHAIR: Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp

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NOTE THAT THE HEARIING WILL BE IN ROOM 120 OF THE REAGAN BUILDING,
RATHER THAN IN ROOM 110 AS ORIGINALLY POSTED


The Committee will meet to hear INVITED TESTIMONY ONLY relating to child
protective services.

The Committee will not lay out individual bills and take testimony specific
to such bills.  Rather, the Committee will hear invited testimony on the
following subject areas relating to child protective services:

Kinship Care Issues and Medical Issues

Invited testimony is anticipated from representatives of the
following agencies/organizations:

Health and Human Services Commission
Department of Family and Protective Services
225th District Court, Bexar County
American Association of Retired Persons
Casey Family Programs
Texas Medical Association
Federation of Texas Psychiatry
Advocacy, Inc
Citizen's Commission on Human Rights

The order of presentation may change depending upon the availability of
witnesses.

Should the Chair determine necessary, testimony may be invited from
agencies/organizations other than those listed above.



IMPORTANT NOTE:  ALTHOUGH THIS HEARING DATE IS RESERVED FOR INVITED
TESTIMONY, A SUBSEQUENT HEARING DATE WILL BE RESERVED FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY
ON PROTECTIVE SERVICES.





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