** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Public Health
TIME & DATE:
8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
PLACE:
E2.012
CHAIR:
Rep. Lois Kolkhorst
 
HB 1876
 
Chisum | et al.
Relating to creating the health care access fund to recruit health care providers in health professional shortage areas and to support federally-qualified health centers and to using for those purposes revenue from a tax imposed on certain tobacco products.
 
HB 4324
 
Chisum
Relating to repayment assistance for certain physician education loans.
 
HB 2154
 
Edwards
Relating to the physician education loan repayment program.
 
HB 1169
 
Martinez, "Mando"
Relating to grants for federally qualified health centers.
 
HB 1948
 
Rios Ybarra | et al.
Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.
 
HB 2686
 
Shelton | et al.
Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.
 
HB 168
 
Crownover | et al.
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.
 
HB 456
 
Villarreal | et al.
Relating to the authority of a dental hygienist to provide services in certain facilities.
 
HB 3670
 
Hopson | et al.
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental assistants, including the delegation of certain dental acts.
 
HB 2027
 
Zerwas
Relating to adoption of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; providing criminal penalties.
 
HB 4355
 
Howard, Donna
Relating to the conducting of a research study on alternate ways to assure clinical competency of graduates of nursing educational programs.
 
HB 2885
 
Martinez, "Mando"
Relating to determination of the examination pass rate for nursing educational programs.
 
HB 3230
 
Pitts
Relating to the approval of out-of-state nursing education programs by the Texas Board of Nursing.
 

HB 1128
 
McReynolds
Relating to certain corrective actions by the Texas Board of Nursing including a pilot program on deferred disciplinary action; providing corrective actions.
 
HB 3961
 
McReynolds
Relating to the regulation of nursing.
 
HB 4471
 
Kolkhorst | et al.
Relating to the professional nursing shortage reduction program.
 
HB 490
 
Jackson, Jim
Relating to indigent health care.
 
HB 2205
 
Gonzales
Relating to a county's eligibility to receive state assistance  for health care expenditures that exceed eight percent of the county's general revenue levy for the year.
 
HB 3408
 
Gonzales
Relating to a county's liability for the costs of basic health care services.
 
HB 3450
 
Legler
Relating to a temporary faculty license for chiropractic faculty.
 
HB 1357
 
Isett | et al.
Relating to the regulation of freestanding emergency medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty; creating an offense.
 
HB 2183
 
Zerwas
Relating to the regulation of independent freestanding emergency medical care facilities and urgent care clinics; providing penalties; creating an offense.
 
HB 2712
 
Coleman
Relating to ambulatory surgical centers and to the provision of services at those centers by certain designated physician groups.
 
 
In order to hear from as many witnesses as possible, we intend to limit
testimony to four minutes.  Please keep this limitation in mind when
preparing your remarks.
 
The committee will stand in recess before 10 a.m. and resume at a time to
be specified by the Chair.
 
Bills will not necessarily be heard in the order specified above,
depending upon the availability of bill authors.
 
 
Bills deleted after last posting:
HB 1738
HB 4046