HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Human Services 

TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Richard Peña Raymond 

HB 486        Dukes
Relating to outsourcing a service performed by a health and human services agency to a private commercial contractor.

HB 1058       Turner, Sylvester
Relating to complaints about medication or medical care provided to foster children.

HB 1143       Strama
Relating to certain mental health and medical services for children in foster care and the conservatorship of the state, including the administration of psychotropic drugs.

HB 1209       Parker
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 1452       Gonzalez, Naomi
Relating to an exemption for certain facilities that provide shelter and care to child victims of human trafficking from child-care licensing requirements.

HB 1633       Dukes
Relating to creating an advisory committee to study child abuse and neglect fatalities.

HB 1740       Naishtat
Relating to the electronic monitoring of residents at state supported living centers; providing criminal penalties.

HB 2070       Cortez
Relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical assistance program for certain persons.

HB 2111       Strama
Relating to the inclusion of food and nutrition instruction in the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care.

HB 2218       Wu
Relating to the office of independent ombudsman for the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 2303       Rodriguez, Eddie
Relating to a request for a customer record of a financial institution for guardianship purposes.

HB 2323       Gonzalez, Naomi
Relating to the extension of an emergency order for protective services for certain persons who are elderly or have disabilities.

HB 2437       Farias
Relating to community homes for persons with disabilities.

HB 3845       Rodriguez, Eddie
Relating to the financial stability of recipients of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

HB 3399       Raymond
Relating to the stability of placements for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

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