HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Health 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Stephanie Klick 

HB 316         Buckley
Relating to the advertising and labeling of certain meat food products.

HB 723         Patterson | et al.                                     
Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on a death certificate.

HB 928         Sherman, Sr.                                          
Relating to the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments; providing administrative and civil penalties.

HB 1011        Turner, John                                          
Relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes in certain counties.

HB 1164        Oliverson | et al.                                     
Relating to the designation of centers of excellence for the management and treatment of placenta accreta spectrum disorder.

HB 1363        Minjarez                                              
Relating to treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.

HB 1386        Harris | et al.                                        
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.

HB 1490        Dean                                                  
Relating to notice of the cash price of certain health care services by certain hospitals.

HB 1565        Paddie                                                
Relating to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of willed body programs to the Texas Funeral Service Commission and to the creation of the State Anatomical Advisory Committee; authorizing a fee.

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