SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Health & Human Services 

TIME & DATE:   1:00 PM or upon adjournment
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Lois Kolkhorst 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 95          Hall                   
Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children and civil liability for failure to obtain the consent.

SB 268         Perry                  
Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners.

SB 493         Kolkhorst              
Relating to certain protected disclosures by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding amounts charged for prescription drugs.

SB 619         Sparks                 
Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.

SB 660         West                   
Relating to the installation of bollards or another safety barrier adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms.

SB 922         Hancock                
Relating to the disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means.

SB 984         Bettencourt            
Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.

SB 1098        Blanco                 
Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product.

SB 1188        Kolkhorst              
Relating to electronic health record requirements.

SB 1307        Cook | et al.           
Relating to a biennial health coverage reference guide developed by the Texas Department of Insurance.

SB 1332        Hancock                
Relating to a group health benefit plan policy or contract holder's obligation to pay premiums on behalf of an individual after the individual's eligibility for group coverage terminates.

SB 1822        Johnson                
Relating to the use of artificial intelligence-based algorithms in utilization review conducted for certain health benefit plans.

Public testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Committee clerk during the hearing.

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