HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Corrections TIME & DATE: 2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess Tuesday, March 20, 2001 PLACE: E2.026 CHAIR: Rep. Pat Haggerty ___________________________________________________________________________ HB 1616 Allen Relating to the eligibility for state benefits of a person imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. HB 1617 Allen Relating to funding for the expansion of the private sector prison industries program. HB 1835 Shields Relating to responses to medical grievances filed by inmates confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. HB 1962 Kolkhorst / et al. Relating to showing the cause of death on the death certificate of an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who is lawfully executed. HB 2015 Garcia Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to build or contract for the construction of a secure correctional facility. HB 2114 Allen Relating to interment of a victim and an individual convicted of the murder of the victim in the same cemetery; providing a civil penalty. HB 2247 Ellis, Dan Relating to establishing an exit interview process for employees of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. HB 2494 Haggerty Relating to the ratification of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Pending Business: HB 588 Garcia / et al. Relating to the creation of a DNA record for certain persons convicted of a felony or adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct constituting a felony offense. In addition, the Committee will hear invited testimony from the following: Ms. Bonita White, Director, TDCJ Community Justice Assistance Division Dr. Tony Fabelo, Director, Criminal Justice Policy Council ___________________________________________________________________________