SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Health Services

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM upon adjourn. of Tech & Bu
             Thursday, May 13, 1999

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Jane Nelson

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HB 27            Goolsby                  SP: Jackson
Relating to the medical records of the patient of a physician.

HB 143            Thompson                 SP: West, Royce
Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid
recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 580            Janek                    SP: Nelson
Relating to automated external defibrillator devices.

HB 714            Naishtat                 SP: Moncrief
Relating to the establishment of a newborn hearing screening,
tracking, and intervention program.

HB 747            Gallego                  SP: Shapleigh
Relating to certain evaluations made by the governing body of a
hospital district, hospital authority, or public hospital.

HB 1387            Van de Putte             SP: Madla
Relating to investigating certain deaths and performing autopsies
on certain bodies.

HB 1444            Delisi                   SP: Moncrief
Relating to local public health services.

HB 1860            Gutierrez                SP: Madla
Relating to establishing an acanthosis nigricans screening pilot
program in public and private schools in certain counties.

HB 2050            Thompson                 SP: Madla
Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture.

HB 2236            Gray                     SP: Lindsay
Relating to contracts for Medicaid managed care.

HB 2667            Capelo                   SP: Shapiro
Relating to the regulation of industrial hygienists; providing a
civil penalty.

HB 2892            Hartnett                 SP: Nelson
Relating to the procedures for returning an absent patient to a
facility for court-ordered treatment or care.

HB 2896            Coleman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the administration and operation of the state Medicaid
program.

HB 2909            Naishtat                 SP: Moncrief
Relating to the nursing and convalescent home trust fund.

HB 2914            Pitts                    SP: Nelson
Relating to notice of the drug testing policy followed by a
convalescent or nursing home or a home and community support
services agency.

HB 3285            Van de Putte             SP: Armbrister
Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians.

HB 3469            Olivo                    SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to certain county and public health district fees
regarding certain food establishments.

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