HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, April 16, 2003

PLACE: E2.036

CHAIR: Rep. Jaime Capelo

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                The Committee will consider the following:


HB 856            West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the regulation of the practice of funeral directing.

HB 2428            Brown, Fred
Relating to education requirements for vocational nurses.

HB 2536            Uresti
Relating to admission of certain nonresident patients to state
chest hospitals.

HB 1353            Uresti
Relating to a fee for preserving vital statistics records.

HB 3193            Uresti
Relating to the delegation of certain acts by dentists.

HB 2539            Uresti
Relating to the requirements for transporting patients in certain
vehicles.

HB 1801            Farabee / et al.
Relating to local area service planning by local mental health or
mental retardation authorities.

HB 1981            Puente
Relating to indigent health care, including tertiary care.

HB 3264            Hunter
Relating to the prevention of childhood lead poisoning.

HB 3057            Hunter
Relating to the voluntary regulation of persons providing certain
ophthalmic goods and services.

HB 2521            Rodriguez
Relating to the execution of an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate
order on behalf of a minor.

HB 446            Smith, Wayne
Relating to standing water as a nuisance.

HB 1094            Capelo
Relating to grants for federally qualified health centers.

HB 2991            Capelo
Relating to the purchase of equipment and hiring of employees by
the Texas Department of Health for newborn screening.

HCR 101            Capelo
Requesting that Congress enact a Medicare prescription drug
benefit.

HB 3121            Capelo
Relating to making ephedrine and plant materials containing
ephedrine alkaloids Schedule V controlled substances.

HB 3138            Wilson
Relating to the classification of ephedra as a dangerous drug.

HB 1629            Keffer, Jim
Relating to the regulation of certain chemical precursors under the
 Texas Controlled Substances Act.

HB 2992            Capelo
Relating to the repeal of certain reporting requirements of drug
manufacturers and wholesalers.

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