** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Health & Human Services 

TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Wednesday, May 7, 2025 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Lois Kolkhorst 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

HB 18          VanDeaver | et al.       SP: Perry
Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.

HB 37          Plesa | et al.           SP: Huffman
Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.

HB 116         Dutton | et al.          SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.

HB 388         Harris Davila            SP: Hughes
Relating to a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans.

HB 879         Frank                   SP: Hagenbuch
Relating to the licensing of certain military veterans as health care providers.

HB 913         Frank                   SP: Hagenbuch
Relating to certain state hospital names and the management of state hospitals.

HB 1151        Hull | et al.            SP: West
Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

SB 1887        Sparks | et al.
Relating to the prohibition of immunization with a product containing mRNA material.

HB 2216        Hull | et al.            SP: Sparks
Relating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.

HB 2358        Noble                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to training required or offered by the Health and Human Services Commission for long-term care facility surveyors, personnel, and providers and ICF-IID program providers.

HB 2809        Rose | et al.            SP: Johnson
Relating to required reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who attempt suicide.

SB 2744        Paxton
Relating to the modernization of cardiovascular screening and prevention under the Texas Heart Attack Prevention Bill.

SB 577         West                   
Relating to the establishment of the foster child trust account program.

SB 1590        Hancock                
Relating to duties of the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services in relation to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including in regard to the electronic transmission of certain information.

SB 1782        Miles                  
Relating to the maintenance of criminal history record information for group home applicants and employees; creating a criminal offense.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies to the Committee Clerk with your name on each.

Bills added after last posting:

SB 1887

SB 2744

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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