SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Health & Human Services 

TIME & DATE:   1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Lois Kolkhorst 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 379         Middleton | et al.      
Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

SB 457         Kolkhorst              
Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation requirements.

SB 541         Kolkhorst              
Relating to cottage food production operations.

SB 599         West                   
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed child-care facility or registered family home.

SB 896         Blanco                 
Relating to the enrollment period for newborns under certain employer health benefit plans.

SB 921         Sparks                 
Relating to a prohibition on conducting an ex parte renewal of a recipient's Medicaid eligibility.

SB 1038        Sparks                 
Relating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penalties.

SB 1084        Campbell | et al.       
Relating to certain mammography reports providing required breast density information.

SB 1461        Perry                  
Relating to the administration, authority, and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general.

Public testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Committee Clerk during the hearing.

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