HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM, Wednesday, February 17, 1999

PLACE: E2.030

CHAIR: Rep. Patricia Gray

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The House Committee on Public Health will have its organizational meeting
to discuss committee procedures and members' schedules for the 76th
Legislative Session.  Additionally, the Committee will hear invited
testimony on issues relating to Sunset, the development and implementation
of the Children's Health Insurance Program, as well as legislative packages
for the Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation and the Texas Commission for Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

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