** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Health & Human Services 

TIME & DATE:   8:30 AM, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Lois Kolkhorst 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 587         Hughes                 
Relating to a limitation on commercial kitchen requirements for food fundraisers held by a religious institution or nonprofit organization.

SB 664         Perry | et al.          
Relating to the labeling of analogue and cell-cultured products.

SB 773         Parker                 
Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases.

SB 812         Zaffirini | et al.      
Relating to food allergen awareness in food service establishments, food manager certifications, and food service programs.

SB 829         Kolkhorst              
Relating to cottage food production operations.

SB 867         West                   
Relating to the recipients of opioid antagonists under the opioid antagonist program.

SB 956         LaMantia               
Relating to repealing the coordinated strategic plan  for health and human services in this state, including related conforming amendments.

SB 989         Huffman | et al.        
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing.

SB 1003        Johnson                
Relating to disclosure requirements for health care provider directories maintained by certain health benefit plan issuers.

SB 1040        Kolkhorst | et al.      
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of a transplant of an organ that originated from or is transplanted in a country known to have participated in organ harvesting.

SB 1140        Schwertner             
Relating to the adequacy and effectiveness of managed care plan networks.

SB 1249        Hancock                
Relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education program.

SB 1286        Schwertner             
Relating to prompt payment deadlines for health benefit plan  claims affected by a catastrophic event.

SB 1429        Hinojosa               
Relating to the use of standardized examinations by a school of nursing or educational program.

SB 1469        Bettencourt
Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility.

SB 1581        Bettencourt            
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Health Insurance Mandate Advisory Committee; authorizing a fee.

SB 1588        Blanco                 
Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services.

SB 1849        Kolkhorst              
Relating to the establishment of an interagency child protection database.

SB 1966        Alvarado               
Relating to a grant program for school-based health care initiatives established to serve certain underserved students.

Individuals wishing to provide public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.

If submitting written testimony, please provide 12 copies with your name on each copy.

Bills added after last posting:

SB 1469

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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