** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Health 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Monday, April 14, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Gary VanDeaver 

The length of public testimony and the number of witnesses may be limited at the discretion of the chair.

HB 35          Thompson                                              
Relating to a peer support network for first responders.

HB 4490        Smithee                                               
Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons.

HB 4454        Vo                                                    
Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices and the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 2188        Howard                                                
Relating to the transition of the nurse aide certification program from the Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Board of Nursing and the creation of a workgroup on nursing career pathways.

HB 3794        Darby | et al.                    Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the licensing and regulation of advanced practice registered nurses and the payment of independent advanced practice registered nurses in certain government employee health plans.

HB 3078        Darby                                                 
Relating to manufacturer fees for operation of a real-time electronic logging system to track over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine; imposing a fee; authorizing an administrative penalty.

HB 4743        Bonnen                                                
Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.

HB 2556        Frank                                                 
Relating to certain health care transaction fees and payment claims and inclusion of a national provider identifier on a payment claim; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 46          King | et al.                                         
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program.

HB 5342        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including the operation of crisis centers and mobile crisis outreach teams; authorizing a fee.

HB 4783        VanDeaver                                             
Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.

HB 3785        Gervin-Hawkins                                         
Relating to labeling requirements for compounded drug products.

HB 1639        Patterson | et al.                                     
Relating to a study on the increased incidence of cancer in female firefighters in this state.

HB 2581        Hull                                                  
Relating to the information required for payment of services provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program.

HB 4224        Hull                                                  
Relating to information regarding consumer access to health care records.

HB 4070        Johnson                                               
Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices.

HB 4099        Harris Davila                                         
Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.

HB 4882        Shofner                                               
Relating to newborn or infant testing for congenital cytomegalovirus.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c410

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Bills deleted after last posting:

HB 5278

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