** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, April 9, 1997

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini

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* The committee will reconvene at 2 p.m. in the Senate Chamber.

  I.  Call to Order
 II.  Roll Call
III.  Approval of Minutes
 IV.  To consider the following:

SB 29            Zaffirini
Relating to the implementation of the child support enforcement
provisions of Title III of the federal Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; providing penalties.

SB 877            Sibley
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry.

SB 938            Ellis / et al.
Relating to expanded hours of operation under the Supplemental Food
Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

SB 1067            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to assistance for certain legal immigrants.

SB 1163            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to information and training about Medicaid managed care.

SB 1164            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to Medicaid managed care contract compliance.

SB 1165            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to managed care under the state Medicaid program for
children with special health care needs.

SB 1245            Madla
Relating to laws regulating the distribution and dispensation of
controlled substances and to the enforcement of those laws.

SB 1262            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the creation and operation of a pilot program to
provide employment and training for certain persons on public
assistance.

SB 1263            Ellis / et al.
Relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission, local
workforce development boards and centers, and certain employers to
provide tax assistance to certain working individuals and families.

SB 1400            Moncrief
Relating to the prevention and detection of fraud in certain
programs administered by the Texas Department of Human Services.

SB 1475            Shapiro
Relating to inspection of child-care facilities.

SB 1490            Ellis / et al.
Relating to training for local workforce development boards.

SB 1494            Ellis
Relating to work supplementation programs for certain welfare
recipients.

SB 1574            Madla
Relating to the health care provider network of the state Medicaid
program health care delivery system.

SB 1764            Moncrief
Relating to access to nursing facilities in rural counties.

SB 1765            Moncrief
Relating to certification of certain persons who practice
acupuncture.

SB 1824            Shapleigh
Relating to the formation of an integrated health care system by a
hospital district and a public medical school.

      Pending Business:


SB 55            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to the regulation of the sale or distribution of tobacco
products; providing penalties.

SB 84            Moncrief
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Board of Nursing Facility
Administrators and the transfer of the regulation of nursing
facility administrators to the Texas Department of Human Services;
providing penalties.

SB 361            Madla
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Acupuncture Examiners.

SB 786            Madla
Relating to the authority of pharmacists to administer
immunizations.

SB 1313            Carona
Relating to the designation of licensed dietitians as service
providers under the chronically ill and disabled children's
services program.

SB 1234            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to licensure of certain publicly funded providers of home
and community support services.

SB 1763            Moncrief
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Services
to contract for Medicaid-certified beds in nursing facilities.

SCR 19            Truan
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to
allow legal aliens access to food stamp benefits.

SCR 20            Truan
Requesting the United States Congress to waive the work requirement for
food stamp recipients living in labor surplus areas.

SCR 21            Truan
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to
allow legal aliens access to Medicaid benefits.

SCR 22            Truan
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to
allow legal aliens access to Supplemental Security Income.

 V.  Recess

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 877