HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Public Health
TIME & DATE:
8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 14, 2009
PLACE:
E2.012
CHAIR:
Rep. Lois Kolkhorst
IMPORTANT NOTES:
 
The Committee is expecting a large number of attendees at this hearing.
If the capacity of the hearing room is exceeded, attendees will be
directed to an overflow room.
 
The testimony of EACH WITNESS will be limited to THREE MINUTES.  Please
keep this limitation in mind when preparing your remarks.
 
The Committee will stand in recess while the House is in session, and will
reconvene at a time to be specified by the Chair.
 
Bills will not necessarily be heard in the order specified below,
depending upon the availability of bill authors.
 
HB 808
 
Gallego
Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at certain athletic clubs; providing a civil penalty.
 
HB 2098
 
Eissler | et al.
Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine.
 
HB 696
 
Orr | et al.
Relating to a physician's authority to delegate prescribing acts to advanced practice nurses or physician assistants.
 
HB 3623
 
Elkins
Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians.
 
HB 3816
 
Brown, Fred | et al.
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.
 
HB 1107
 
Christian | et al.
Relating to licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and the authority of those nurses to prescribe and order prescription drugs.
 
HB 4029
 
Marquez
Relating to written authorization for the release of certain health care information.
 
HB 3967
 
Kleinschmidt | et al.
Relating to the limited practice of medicine by a physician under a license issued by the Texas Medical Board.
 

HB 1523
 
Alvarado | et al.
Relating to a prohibition of foods containing trans fat; providing an administrative penalty.
 
SB 532
 
Patrick, Dan
Relating to a physician's delegation of prescriptive authority to physician assistants or advanced practice nurses.
 
HB 800
 
Orr | et al.
Relating to a physician's delegation of prescriptive authority to physician assistants or advanced practice nurses.
 
HB 2271
 
Truitt | et al.
Relating to the regulation of certain chiropractic clinics; providing administrative and criminal penalties.
 
HB 3336
 
Hopson
Relating to the requirement that an orthotist or a prosthetist be licensed as a device manufacturer if fabricating or assembling without an order from certain health care professionals.
 
HB 3717
 
King, Susan
Relating to exemptions from the requirement to hold a license to practice physical therapy.
 
HB 4281
 
King, Susan
Relating to continuing education requirements for physical therapists.