MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Demand
Thursday, May 9, 2002
9 a.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was
held on Thursday, May 9, 2002, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Chris Harris
Senator Eddie Lucio Senator John Whitmire
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Senator Judith Zaffirini, chair, called the meeting to order at
9 a.m. The following business was transacted:
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Don Gilbert, commissioner, Health and Human Service
Commission, 4900 North Lamar, 4th Floor, Austin, Texas
78751.
Mike Leo, analysts, Legislative Budget Board, 1501 Congress
Avenue, 5th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701.
Melitta Bustamante, analysts, Legislative Budget Board,
1501 Congress Avenue, 5th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701.
Jim Hine, commissioner, Department of Human Services, 701
West 51st Street, Austin, Texas 78751.
Karen Hale, commissioner, Mental Health and Mental
Retardation, 909 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas 78751.
Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, commissioner, Texas Department of
Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78701.
The chair called the following persons who registered as public
witnesses to provide testimony:
Charles Ferguson, associate, Texans Supporting State
Schools, 7243 Lane Park, Dallas, Texas 75225.
Brenda Darlene Wissinger, parent, Texans Supporting State
Schools, 3477 Bradley Lane, Brenham, Texas 77833.
Cindy Ferguson, parent, Texans Supporting State Schools,
7243 Lane Park, Dallas, Texas 75225.
Jim Miller, Texans Supporting State Schools, 1430 North
Trail Drive, Carrollton, Texas 75006.
Colleen Horton, children's policy specialist, Center for
Disability Studies, 2425 Trail of Madrones, Austin, Texas
78746.
Amy Mizcles, governmental affairs, The Arc of Texas, 1600
West 38th Street, Austin, Texas 78731.
Gladys I. Conner, self, 2009 Shady Lane, Richmond, Texas
77469.
Ben F. Conner, self, 2009 Shady Lane, Richmond, Texas
77469.
Shirley Glandon, self, 1926 Green Ridge Court, Abilene,
Texas 79602.
Mike Stephens, president, Parent Association for the
Retarded of Texas, 2011 Mistywood, Denton, Texas 79209
Evelyn S. Higgins, presdent-parent, Austin State School
Parent's Association, 115 Sandra Drive, San Antonio, Texas
78223.
Nancy Ward, governmental affairs, Parent Association for
the Retarded of Texas, 4441 Cartagena Drive, Fort Worth,
Texas 76133.
Ruth Snyder, self, 8301 Franwood Lane, Austin, Texas 78757.
Luisa Kluger, parent, Texans Supporting State Schools, 4722
Post Oak Timber, Houston, Texas, 77056.
Evelyn Cherry, self, 2038 Millcreek, Garland, Texas, 75044.
Celia Hagert, senior policy analyst, Center for Public
Policy Priorities, 900 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas 78702.
Kim Suiter, public policy director, National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, 1601 Rio Grande, Austin, Texas 78701.
Susan Murphree, program specialist, 7800 Shoal Creek,
Austin, Texas 78757.
Ron Cranston, advocate, ADAPT, 1339 Lamar Square Drive,
Austin, Texas 78704.
Debra Wanser, associate commissioner for family health,
1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756.
With no other business to come before the subcommittee, the
chair recessed the subcommittee by unanimous consent at 12:50
p.m., subject to the call of the chair.
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Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair
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Amber Martin, Clerk