HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII 

TIME & DATE: 7:00 AM, Thursday, February 14, 2013 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Drew Darby 

The Subcommittee anticipates hearing testimony regarding House budget recommendations on the following:

· Workforce Commission

· Reimbursements to the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Account

· Board of Chiropractic Examiners

· Board of Dental Examiners

· Board of Professional Geoscientists

· Health Professions Council

· Board of Professional Land Surveying

· Medical Board

· Board of Nursing

· Optometry Board

· Pharmacy Board

· Executive Council of Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists

· Board of Plumbing Examiners

· Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

· Securities Board

· Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

· Unfinished Business from Previous Hearings

Public testimony will be taken.

Agenda items not considered during this meeting may be carried over to a future schedule.

For more detailed information, please see agenda posted outside the Appropriations Committee hearing room, E1.030.

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