HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Public Health TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 PLACE: E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Lois Kolkhorst IMPORTANT NOTES: The Committee is expecting a large number of attendees at this hearing. If the capacity of the hearing room is exceeded, attendees will be directed to an overflow room. The testimony of EACH WITNESS will be limited to THREE MINUTES.  Please keep this limitation in mind when preparing your remarks. The Committee will stand in recess while the House is in session, and will reconvene at a time to be specified by the Chair. Bills will not necessarily be heard in the order specified below, depending upon the availability of bill authors. HB 808 Gallego Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at certain athletic clubs; providing a civil penalty. HB 2098 Eissler | et al. Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine. HB 696 Orr | et al. Relating to a physician's authority to delegate prescribing acts to advanced practice nurses or physician assistants. HB 3623 Elkins Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians. HB 3816 Brown, Fred | et al. Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board. HB 1107 Christian | et al. Relating to licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and the authority of those nurses to prescribe and order prescription drugs. HB 4029 Marquez Relating to written authorization for the release of certain health care information. HB 3967 Kleinschmidt | et al. Relating to the limited practice of medicine by a physician under a license issued by the Texas Medical Board.

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HB 1523 Alvarado | et al. Relating to a prohibition of foods containing trans fat; providing an administrative penalty. SB 532 Patrick, Dan Relating to a physician's delegation of prescriptive authority to physician assistants or advanced practice nurses. HB 800 Orr | et al. Relating to a physician's delegation of prescriptive authority to physician assistants or advanced practice nurses. HB 2271 Truitt | et al. Relating to the regulation of certain chiropractic clinics; providing administrative and criminal penalties. HB 3336 Hopson Relating to the requirement that an orthotist or a prosthetist be licensed as a device manufacturer if fabricating or assembling without an order from certain health care professionals. HB 3717 King, Susan Relating to exemptions from the requirement to hold a license to practice physical therapy. HB 4281 King, Susan Relating to continuing education requirements for physical therapists.