** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Public Health 

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Lois Kolkhorst 

HB 245        Menéndez | et al.
Relating to the authority of emergency room physicians and certain certified emergency medical services professionals to hold a person believed to have a mental illness; establishing mental health crisis intervention certification for certain emergency medical services personnel.

HB 1750       Ashby                  
Relating to the development and distribution of information regarding certain breast surgeries for patients.

HB 1893       Gonzales, Larry        
Relating to the Texas Funeral Service Commission and the regulation of funeral directing and embalming.

HB 2186       Workman                
Relating to authority of certain facilities to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.

HB 2426       Martinez, "Mando"      
Relating to certification and recertification requirements for emergency services personnel.

HB 2938       Laubenberg             
Relating to the administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist.

HB 3473       Paddie                 
Relating to contracts with managed care organizations under the Medicaid managed care delivery model.

HB 3731       Coleman                
Relating to the date of a hearing on an application for an order to authorize psychoactive medication for a person receiving inpatient mental health services.

SB 62         Nelson                 
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.

SB 63         Nelson                 
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children.

SB 64         Nelson | et al.        
Relating to a policy on vaccine-preventable diseases for licensed child-care facilities.

SB 406        Nelson | et al.        
Relating to the delegation of prescriptive authority by physicians to and the supervision by physicians of certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.

SB 492        Lucio                  
Relating to the licensing and regulation of prescribed pediatric extended care centers; providing penalties; imposing fees.

Notice of this meeting was announced from the house floor.

Bills added after last posting:

HB 245

HB 1750

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