SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Finance 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Wednesday, February 25, 2015 

PLACE:        E1.036 (Finance Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Jane Nelson 

Any unfinished business will be moved to a later date, to be determined.

Invited Testimony:

Any supporting written materials for the hearing must be provided to the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) 2 full business days before your scheduled hearing day. Please submit 50 copies to the SFC, and 6 copies to the LBB. Agencies should consult the postings regularly and maintain contact with their budget analyst at the Committee.

Public Testimony:

Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 3 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please submit 40 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Committee during the hearing.

The afternoon hearing will reconvene 30 minutes after adjournment of the Senate.

LBB presentation documents can be found at: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/BudgetDocs.aspx?Table=Budget&Session=84

To consider the following:

SB 2          Nelson                 
General Appropriations Bill.

Article VIII - Regulatory

· Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners

· Board of Chiropractic Examiners

· Board of Dental Examiners

· Board of Pharmacy

· Texas Board of Nursing

· Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

· Optometry Board

· Board of Examiners of Psychologists

· Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

· Health Professions Council

· Securities Board

· Funeral Service Commission

· Racing Commission

· Board of Plumbing Examiners

· Board of Professional Land Surveying

· Department of Licensing and Regulation

· Department of Insurance

· Office of Public Insurance Counsel

· Office of Injured Employee Counsel

· State Office of Administrative Hearings

· Board of Professional Geoscientists

· Public Utility Commission

· Office of Public Utility Counsel

· Texas Medical Board

· Special Provisions Relating to All Regulatory Agencies