HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Insurance

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Wednesday, February 19, 1997

PLACE: Ext. Auditorium E1.004

CHAIR: Rep. John T. Smithee

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To meet to consider the following:


HB 609            Janek
Relating to the freedom of an insured individual to choose a
doctor.

HB 612            Janek
Relating to certain disclosures to be made by a health benefit plan
business.

HB 710            Averitt
Relating to the implementation of federal reforms and the Texas
Health Insurance Risk Pool.

HB 812            Janek / et al.
Relating to certain contracts between health maintenance
organizations and  physicians or other providers.

HB 893            Smithee
Relating to providing fairness and choice to patients and providers
under managed care health benefit plans.

HB 894            Smithee
Relating to the regulation of health maintenance organizations.

HB 900            Mowery
Relating to requiring health maintenance organizations to provide
written explanations of reasons for termination of contracts with
or employment of certain physicians and health care providers.

HB 1099            Smithee
Relating to the creation of a rating system and consumer report
cards for the comparison of health care plans.

HB 1100            Smithee
Relating to utilization review under health benefit plans and
health insurance policies.

HB 1101            Smithee
Relating to the regulation of preferred provider benefit plans.

HB 1102            Smithee
Relating to health care liability claims.

HB 1103            Smithee
Relating to the regulation of health maintenance organizations.

HB 1212            Averitt
Relating to health insurance portability and availability and the
implementation of certain federal reforms relating to health
insurance portability and availability.




PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING

ALL WITNESS TESTIMONY WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES UNTIL ALL HAVE
TESTIFIED.  THEN DISCUSSIONS WILL BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS




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