** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Health & Human Services
TIME & DATE:
9:00 AM, Tuesday, April 21, 2009
PLACE:
Senate Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Jane Nelson
Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes.
If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies with your name on
each.
 
SB 97
 
Van de Putte
Relating to the authority of a dental hygienist to provide services in certain facilities.
 
SB 455
 
Shapiro | et al.
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental assistants, including the delegation of certain dental acts.
 
SB 553
 
Lucio | et al.
Relating to the disclosure of certain economic benefits provided by manufacturers or repackagers of prescription drugs; providing penalties.
 
SB 1050
 
Uresti
Relating to the release of certain information relating to child fatalities resulting from abuse or neglect.
 
SB 1098
 
Carona
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
 
SB 1229
 
Van de Putte
Relating to creating an advisory committee on child protective services in the region that includes Bexar County for the Department of Family and Protective Services.
 
SB 1326
 
Nelson
Relating to the functions of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council; providing civil penalties.
 
SB 1476
 
Ellis
Relating to the authority of a community health center to contract with or employ an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.
 
SB 1484
 
Watson
Relating to delivery of certain services through consumer direction to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
 
SB 1521
 
Shapleigh
Relating to the regulation of certain boarding houses and assisted living facilities; providing penalties.
 
SB 1713
 
Hegar
Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians.
 
SB 1730
 
West
Relating to minimum training standards for employees of certain child-care facilities.
 

SB 1766
 
Watson
Relating to informal caregiver support services.
 
SB 1932
 
Carona
Relating to the licensing requirements of hospitals providing outpatient dialysis services to a person relocated because of a disaster.
 
SB 1983
 
Uresti
Relating to the regulation of employer-based day-care facilities.
 
SB 2273
 
Seliger
Relating to certain reporting duties of the attorney general.
 
SB 2339
 
Shapiro
Relating to the regulation of discount health care programs by the Texas Department of Insurance; providing penalties.
 
SB 2389
 
Nichols
Relating to physician staffing requirements for hospitals.
 
SB 2419
 
Deuell
Relating to preventative treatment for state employees exposed to HIV while performing duties of employment.
 
SB 2420
 
Deuell
Relating to the location at which a certification examination for interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing may be conducted.
 
SB 2423
 
Deuell
Relating to the definitions of a discount health care program and a discount care health care program operator.
 
SB 2424
 
Deuell
Relating to the authorization of certain nonemergency ambulance services under the Medicaid program.
 
SB 2476
 
Deuell
Relating to the creation of the North Texas Trauma and Burn Authority in Trauma Service Area E.
 
 
The committee may take up pending business.
Bills added after last posting:
SB 2476
** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **