HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Health

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, May 4, 2005

PLACE: E2.036

CHAIR: Rep. Dianne White Delisi

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HB 3454            Naishtat
Relating to requiring hospitals to report the percentage of
emergency room patients who are uninsured to the Department of
State Health Services.

HB 3316            Brown, Betty
Relating to physician referrals to certain facilities providing
speciality services.

HB 3317            Brown, Betty
Relating to financial arrangements between referring health care
providers and providers of designated health services in rural
areas; providing penalties.

HB 3102            McReynolds
Relating to the employment recruitment and retention of physicians
by rural hospitals.

HB 2912            Davis, John / et al.
Relating to the performance of certain professional activities of
dietitians acting under medical orders.

HB 2540            Davis, John
Relating to the term of a food manager certificate.

HB 1216            Farrar
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition
against interference with or restriction of the right to
breast-feed.

HB 3178            Truitt / et al.
Relating to the regulation of laser hair removal facilities;
providing penalties.

HB 2919            Kuempel
Relating to Texas Cancer Registry data use fees and cost recovery
procedures and penalties for failure to furnish required data to
the Registry.

HB 2968            Martinez
Relating to reimbursement for medications administered to Medicaid
recipients receiving emergency medical services.

HB 2643            Hunter
Relating to a program of testing for childhood lead poisoning and
blood lead levels of concern.

HB 1199            Guillen
Relating to the presence of lead in confectionery.

HB 1341            Strama / et al.
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to establish
qualifications for certain health care translators and
interpreters.

HB 3027            Rodriguez
Relating to the authority of a dental hygienist to provide services
in certain facilities and schools.

HB 1980            Coleman
Relating to the assignment of school nurses at public school
campuses.

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