** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Health & Human Services 

TIME & DATE:   8:30 AM, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Lois Kolkhorst 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 25          Kolkhorst | et al.      
Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.

SB 26          Kolkhorst | et al.      
Relating to local mental health authority and local behavioral health authority audits and mental and behavioral health reporting, services, and programs.

SB 52          Zaffirini               
Relating to the right of state hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.

SB 177         Middleton | et al.      
Relating to informed consent before the provision of certain medical treatments involving COVID-19 vaccination.

SB 265         Perry | et al.          
Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related injuries and adverse events.

SB 299         Hall                     
Relating to health care services provided at a hospital by a physician who is not a member of the hospital's medical staff and the hospital's liability for health care services provided by such a physician.

SB 301         Hall                     
Relating to prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise providing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine sulfate.

SB 403         Springer                 
Relating to a study on the side effects, adverse reactions, including death, and the effectiveness of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) or its variants.

SB 426         Paxton                   
Relating to patient access to prescription drugs for off-label use for COVID-19 treatment.

SB 1024        Kolkhorst               
Relating to preventative health care and public health; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 1583        Hall                     
Relating to prohibiting institutions of higher education or entities receiving public funds from conducting gain of function research on potentially pandemic pathogens in this state; creating a civil penalty.

Individuals wishing to provide public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.

If submitting written testimony, please provide 12 copies with your name on each copy.

Bills added after last posting:

SB 1583

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

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