HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Wednesday, April 21, 1999

PLACE: E2.030

CHAIR: Rep. Patricia Gray

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


HB 876            Maxey / et al.
Relating to certain nonprofit entities that provide health or
long-term care or health benefit plans.

HB 1371            Burnam / et al.
Relating to the penalty for disclosing a person's HIV status.

HB 1646            Ehrhardt / et al.
Relating to the standards for occupational exposure of public
employees to bloodborne pathogens.

HB 1971            Zbranek / et al.
Relating to the release of information associated with food borne
illness, regulation of the distribution of molluscan shellfish,
collection and use of the Oyster Sales Fee, regulation of the
harvesting of molluscan shellfish, promotion and advertisement of
the Texas Oyster Industry, and research regarding oyster diseases
and organisms associated with oysters which may cause human
illness.

HB 2278            Coleman
Relating to the substitution of certain drugs by a pharmacist.

HB 2393            Maxey / et al.
Relating to authorizing harm reduction programs to reduce the risk
of HIV infection, AIDS, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.

HB 2524            Capelo
Relating to the temporary suspension of a license to practice
medicine.

HB 2621            Palmer
Relating to the installation of asbestos in public buildings;
providing a civil penalty.

HB 2636            Gray
Relating to the assessment of certain fees on persons who perform
radiologic procedures.

HB 2703            Reyna, Arthur
Relating to certain written directives for medical treatment.

HB 2792            Gutierrez
Relating to the licensure of physicians.

HB 2801            Longoria
Relating to medical treatment requested by or on behalf of certain
patients.

HB 2805            Garcia
Relating to the regulation of ice cream push cart vendors;
providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2824            Gray
Relating to the subpoena authority of certain licensing agencies.

HB 2953            Gray
Relating to establishing a visiting physician program to provide
temporary relief to physicians practicing in rural areas.

HB 3216            McCall
Relating to the standardization of credentialing of physicians:

HB 3217            McCall
Relating to the regulation of the practice of medicine.

HB 3254            Maxey
Relating to the privacy of public health information.

HB 3285            Van de Putte
Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians.

HB 3334            McClendon
Relating to an interim committee on binational exchange of health
information.

HB 3381            Hilderbran
Relating to the regulation of drinking water at certain youth
camps.

HB 3454            Hinojosa
Relating to the regulation of the practice of medicine.

HB 3523            Noriega
Relating to the licensure of physicians.

HB 3527            Coleman
Relating to certain advance directives for medical treatment;
providing administrative penalties.

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