HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Human Services

TIME & DATE:  2:30PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Monday, March 24, 2003

PLACE: E2.014

CHAIR: Rep. Carlos Uresti

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The Committee will consider the following bills:

HB 429            Chisum
Relating to excluding certain nursing institutions from the
requirement to maintain liability insurance coverage for health
care liability claims.

HB 546            Wohlgemuth
Relating to liability insurance coverage for certain nursing
institutions.

HB 867            Jones, Jesse
Relating to air conditioning systems in certain facilities.

HB 1320            Naishtat
Relating to the transfer of money appropriated to provide care for
certain persons in nursing facilities to provide community-based
services to those persons.

HB 1736            Turner
Relating to the review of the reimbursement methodology for and
resource needs of nursing facilities.

HB 1786            Naishtat
Relating to a pilot program for transferring money appropriated to
provide institutional care for certain persons to provide
community-based services to those persons.

HB 1787            Naishtat
Relating to the transfer of money appropriated to provide care for
certain persons in nursing facilities to provide community-based
services to those persons.

HB 1793            Wohlgemuth
Relating to the option to satisfy the inspection requirement for
renewal of a nursing home license with an annual accreditation
review performed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health
Organizations.

HB 2142            Naishtat
Relating to medical assistance in certain alternative
community-based care settings.

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