** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services TIME & DATE: 9:00 AM, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 PLACE: Senate Chamber CHAIR: Senator Jane Nelson Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies with your name on each. SB 97 Van de Putte Relating to the authority of a dental hygienist to provide services in certain facilities. SB 455 Shapiro | et al. Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental assistants, including the delegation of certain dental acts. SB 553 Lucio | et al. Relating to the disclosure of certain economic benefits provided by manufacturers or repackagers of prescription drugs; providing penalties. SB 1050 Uresti Relating to the release of certain information relating to child fatalities resulting from abuse or neglect. SB 1098 Carona Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund. SB 1229 Van de Putte Relating to creating an advisory committee on child protective services in the region that includes Bexar County for the Department of Family and Protective Services. SB 1326 Nelson Relating to the functions of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council; providing civil penalties. SB 1476 Ellis Relating to the authority of a community health center to contract with or employ an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist. SB 1484 Watson Relating to delivery of certain services through consumer direction to elderly persons and persons with disabilities. SB 1521 Shapleigh Relating to the regulation of certain boarding houses and assisted living facilities; providing penalties. SB 1713 Hegar Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians. SB 1730 West Relating to minimum training standards for employees of certain child-care facilities.

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SB 1766 Watson Relating to informal caregiver support services. SB 1932 Carona Relating to the licensing requirements of hospitals providing outpatient dialysis services to a person relocated because of a disaster. SB 1983 Uresti Relating to the regulation of employer-based day-care facilities. SB 2273 Seliger Relating to certain reporting duties of the attorney general. SB 2339 Shapiro Relating to the regulation of discount health care programs by the Texas Department of Insurance; providing penalties. SB 2389 Nichols Relating to physician staffing requirements for hospitals. SB 2419 Deuell Relating to preventative treatment for state employees exposed to HIV while performing duties of employment. SB 2420 Deuell Relating to the location at which a certification examination for interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing may be conducted. SB 2423 Deuell Relating to the definitions of a discount health care program and a discount care health care program operator. SB 2424 Deuell Relating to the authorization of certain nonemergency ambulance services under the Medicaid program. SB 2476 Deuell Relating to the creation of the North Texas Trauma and Burn Authority in Trauma Service Area E. The committee may take up pending business. Bills added after last posting: SB 2476 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **