HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Wednesday, March 17, 1999

PLACE: E2.030

CHAIR: Rep. Patricia Gray

___________________________________________________________________________

The House Committee on Public Health will meet to consider the following:


HB 91            Giddings
Relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation; imposing a
penalty.

HB 134            McClendon
Relating to the  applicability of the Hazard Communication Act to
certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 629            Gallego / et al.
Relating to medical information provided by emergency medical
services operators.

HB 747            Gallego
Relating to certain evaluations made by the governing body of a
hospital district, hospital authority, or public hospital.

HB 765            Maxey
Relating to the processing of certain fees by the Texas Department
of Health.

HB 875            Maxey
Relating to increasing collections for cases of fraud in the
Medicaid, financial assistance, and food stamp programs.

HB 897            Haggerty
Relating to medical assistance payments for ambulance services.

HB 1151            McCall / et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Office for the
Prevention of Developmental Disabilities.

HB 1197            Gutierrez
Relating to health certificates required for certain licenses and
certificates issued by the Texas Cosmetology Commission.

HB 1420            Alvarado
Relating to complaints filed with the Texas State Board of
Podiatric Medical Examiners.

HB 1444            Delisi
Relating to local public health services.

HB 1491            Hochberg
Relating to the employment of certain physicians by a private
medical school.

HB 1514            Maxey
Relating to implementation of certain procedures to ensure accuracy
of medical assistance eligibility lists.

HB 1572            Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the authority of physicians and podiatrists to form
certain jointly owned entities.

HB 1652            Maxey / et al.
Relating to an education and prevention program for hepatitis C.

HB 1860            Gutierrez
Relating to acanthosis nigricans screening in public and private
schools.

HB 1894            Maxey
Relating to Medicaid third-party recoveries; providing a penalty.

___________________________________________________________________________