HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Insurance

TIME & DATE: 10:30AM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Monday, April 23, 2001

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. John T. Smithee

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HB 955            Burnam
Relating to requiring certain parts for the repair of a motor
vehicle under an insurance policy.

HB 956            Burnam
Relating to requiring certain facilities for the repair of a motor
vehicle under an insurance policy.

HB 1865            Averitt
Relating to participation requirements for small employer health
benefit plans and certain definitions relating to health benefit
plans.

HB 2019            Dunnam
Relating to notice to personal automobile insurance policy holders
of the consumer bill of rights published by the Texas Department of
Insurance.

HB 2785            Farabee
Relating to allowing community mental health and mental retardation
authorities to participate in the small employer market for health
insurance.

HB 2830            Smithee
Relating to unauthorized insurance.

HB 3010            Hawley / et al.
Relating to the operation of a statewide rural health care system.

HB 3013            Smithee
Relating to the composition and operation of the board of directors
of certain insurance guaranty associations.

HB 3177            Solis, Jim
Relating to certain investments and rate reductions by insurance
companies and related organizations; providing an administrative
penalty.

HB 3328            Averitt
Relating to privacy rules for health information for insurance
companies and licensees of the Texas Department of Insurance.

HB 3630            Thompson
Relating to the Health Insurance Risk Pool.

SB 327            Jackson
Relating to the servicing of a portable fire extinguisher.

SB 544            Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to requiring health maintenance organizations to provide
periodic health evaluations.

SB 601            Carona
Relating to certain investments and rate reductions by insurance
companies and related organizations; providing an administrative
penalty.

SB 605            Sibley
Relating to approval by the Texas Department of Insurance for
certain holding company affiliations.

SB 693            Lucio / et al.
Relating to short-term motor vehicle liability insurance policies
for non-Texas resident motorists visiting this state.

SB 804            Madla
Relating to continuation of benefits for prescription drugs under
certain group health benefit plans.

SB 990            Sibley
Relating to the applicability of the Health Insurance Portability
and Availability Act.

SB 992            Sibley
Relating to coverage and assessments under the Texas Health
Insurance Risk Pool.

SB 994            Sibley
Relating to loss control programs for insurance companies.

SB 1143            Carona
Relating to the selection and retention of affiliated physicians
and providers by health maintenance organizations.

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