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House Committee on Public Health

The Chair stated that her intent is to hold bills at least a week before passing to the full house. The Committee on Public Health met to consider the following:…
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House Committee on Public Health

Committee Make-Up: here. Committee Meeting Handouts: here. Rep. Klick, Chair, stated that her intent is to hold bills at least a week before passing to the full house. The Committee…
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House Committee on Human Services

Committee Make-Up: here. Committee Handouts: here. The Committee on Human Services met to consider the following: HB 135 – Minjarez Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or…
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86th Texas Legislature Health and Human Services: End of Session Report

INTRODUCTION. This report is provided to address many of the key issues identified during the 86th Legislative Session. Section 1 of the report summarizes appropriation issues at a very high level. Only items addressed in HB1 are included. Items requested, but not funded are not included. The summary is organized by topic area. Additionally, there is a specific section where appropriation issues identified by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health Services are summarized. Section 2 of the report addresses both rider summaries and summaries of substantive legislation by subject area. Riders that appear in one area are not repeated in another area. Similarly, substantive legislation is only referenced and summarized once, although they may address several substantive areas.
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Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met to consider the following bills: HB 284 Perez | et al. | SP: Powell – Relating to disclosure requirements of certain facilities that…
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House Committee on Human Services

The Committee on Human Services met to consider the following bills. SB 470 Kolkhorst, relating to certain duties of county child welfare boards and of the Department of Family and Protective…
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