SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Health & Human Services

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Thursday, March 8, 2001

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Mike Moncrief

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To consider the following:


SB 34            Zaffirini
Relating to providing dental services to certain recipients of
medical assistance.

SB 47            Zaffirini
Relating to residential and nonresidential services for victims of
family violence.

SB 51            Zaffirini
Relating to the provision of Medicaid to certain persons making the
transition from foster care to independent living.

SB 161            Zaffirini
Relating to authorizing transitional support services to former
recipients of TANF benefits.

SB 184            Zaffirini
Relating to services and programs provided under and eligibility
for temporary assistance for needy families and for food stamps.

SB 297            West, Royce
Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain
grandparents.

SB 373            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to simplifying the application and eligibility
determination process for medical assistance provided to children.

SB 374            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to continuous eligibility of children for medical
assistance.

SB 376            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of
determining eligibility of children for Medicaid.

SB 432            Carona
Relating to the detention and transportation of a person admitted
to a county mental health facility for mental health services.

SB 616            Van de Putte
Relating to the establishment of a medical assistance pilot program
for the management of children's asthma.

SB 691            Moncrief
Relating to the creation of an assisted living facility trust fund.

SB 751            Shapleigh
Relating to providing the services of promotoras to certain
recipients of medical assistance.

SB 812            Carona
Relating to expanding access to women's health care services.

SB 831            Moncrief
Relating to the establishment of a medical assistance buy-in pilot
program for certain persons with disabilities.

SB 1008            Zaffirini
Relating to resource requirements under the temporary assistance
for needy families program and the food stamp program.

Pending Business:


SB 35            Zaffirini
Relating to authorizing the Health and Human Services Commission to
make grants to community-based organizations to provide support for
long-term care services.

SB 46            Zaffirini
Relating to minimum training regarding family violence for certain
state employees and other persons administering the financial
assistance program and to identification of and services for
certain victims of family violence.

SB 49            Zaffirini
Relating to applying penalties to recipients of financial and
nutritional assistance  for certain drug- and alcohol-related
convictions.

SB 532            Nelson / et al.
Relating to medical assistance for certain persons in need of
treatment for breast or cervical cancer.

SB 572            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to the reduction of the shortage of registered nurses by
establishing a program to increase enrollments in nursing education
programs, increasing nursing faculty, and creating a nursing
workforce data center.

SB 595            Harris
Relating to access to certain complaints filed with the Texas State
Board of Medical Examiners.

SB 834            Moncrief
Relating to electronic access to health and human services
information.













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