** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Health & Human Services 

TIME & DATE:   2:00 PM or 30 minutes upon adjournment/recess
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Lois Kolkhorst 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 500         Sparks | et al.
Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.

SB 719         Eckhardt
Relating to a study regarding available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment.

SB 912         Blanco
Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.

SB 1232        Hancock
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.

SB 1467        Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain hospitals.

SB 1777        Miles
Relating to a prohibition on payments for certain group home referrals; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1864        Johnson
Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs.

SB 2023        Blanco
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies.

SB 2119        Sparks
Relating to an exemption from certain immunization requirements for medical and veterinary students.

SB 2458        Hughes
Relating to the audit of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies to the Committee Clerk with your name on each.

Bills added after last posting:

SB 2119

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

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