Representative Delisi with Speaker Tom Craddick receiving the gavel to Chair the House Committee on Public Health.
Representative Delisi receives the Nathan Davis Award from James Rohack, M.D., Chair of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees. The Nathan Davis Award was presented to Representative Delisi for outstanding public service in the category of State Representative, in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2005.
Representative Delisi works for legislation to recruit, retain and reward the best teachers in America.

Public Health, Chair

The House Committee on Public Health has nine members. The Committee has jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
  1. the protection of public health, including supervision and control of the practice of medicine and dentistry and other allied health services;
  2. mental health and the development of programs incident thereto;
  3. the prevention and treatment of mental illness;
  4. oversight of the Health and Human Services Commission as it relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of this committee; and
  5. the following state agencies: the Department of State Health Services, the Anatomical Board of the State of Texas, the Texas Funeral Service Commission, the State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments, the Texas Optometry Board, the Radiation Advisory Board, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Nurse Examiners, the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, the Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers, the Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee, the State Board of Barber Examiners, the Texas Cosmetology Commission, the Texas Cancer Council, the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners, the Health Professions Council, the Office of Patient Protection, the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Perfusionists, and the Texas Health Care Information Council.

Public Education

The House Committee on Public Education has nine members. The Committee has jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
  1. the public schools and the public school system of Texas and the financing thereof;
  2. the state programming of elementary and secondary education for the public school system of Texas;
  3. proposals to create, change, or otherwise alter school districts of the state; and
  4. the following state agencies: the State Board of Education, the Texas Education Agency, the Office of Compact for Education Commissioner for Texas, the Office of Southern Regional Education Compact Commissioner for Texas, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the State Board for Educator Certification, and the Texas School for the Deaf.
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