MINUTES
JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH SERVICES
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
1 p.m.
Senate Chamber
Austin, Texas
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Joint Interim Committee on Health
Services was held on Wednesday, May 15, 2002, in the Senate
Chamber at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Judith Zaffirini, Senate Chair Senator Robert Duncan
Representative Patricia Gray, House Chair Senator Jane Nelson
Representative Kyle Janek Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Representative Garnet
Coleman
Representative Craig
Eiland
Representative Arlene
Wohlgemuth
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The Senate members were called to order by Chair Zaffirini, and
the House members were called to order by Chair Gray. The
hearing convened at 1 p.m. The following business was
transacted:
Chair Zaffirini and Chair Gray made opening remarks and welcomed
members, staff and invited testimony to the hearing.
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Don Gilbert, commissioner, Health and Human Services
Commission, 4900 North Lamar, 4th Floor, Austin, Texas
78711-3247.
Joe Walton, program administrator, Texas Department of
Health, 1100 West 9th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-7111.
Susan Tennyson, bureau chief for food and drug safety,
Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 9th Street, Austin,
Texas 78756-7111.
Robert Nash, director of pharmacy, Texas Department of
Health, 1100 West 9th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-7111.
Josie Williams, M.D., Texas Medical Association, 401 West
15th Street, Austin, Texas 78701. Ken Ardoin, director of
governmental relations, Pfizer Inc,7 Village Circle, Suite
500, Westlake, Texas 76262.
Gaspar Laca, governmental affairs manager, Glaxo Smith &
Kline, 11838 North 137th Way, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259.
The chair called the following persons who registered as public
witnesses to provide testimony:
Jeff Enzinna, director, Texana Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Center, 1710 Pitts Road, Richmond, Texas 77469.
Christie Enzinna, board certified behavior analyst,
Behavior Treatment and Training Center, 1818 Collins Road,
Richmond, Texas 77469.
Joyce Mauk, president/ceo, Child Study Center and Texas
Pediatric Society, 1300 West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth,
Texas 76102.
Sigrid Glenn, professor, University of North Texas, 1108
Guadalupe Street, Denton, Texas 76205.
Robin Rumph, president, Texas Association for Behavior
Analysis, 1700 Sheffield, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.
Cynthia Singleton, board member, Families for Early Autism
Treatment, 9009-D Carousel Lane, Houston, Texas 77080.
Gary McWilliams, medical director, University Health
System/Carelink, 4502 Medical Drive, San Antonio, Texas
78229.
Allen Castro, network operations administrator, Center for
Health Care Services, 3031 IH 10 West, San Antonio, Texas
78212.
Chair Zaffirini and Chair Gray thanked all who were present and
testified.
With no further business to come before the committee, the
chairs recessed the committee by unanimous consent at 4:00 p.m.,
subject to the call of the chairs.
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Senator Judith Zaffirini, Senate Chair
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Representative Patricia Gray, House Chair
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Amber Martin, Senate Clerk
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Jeanette Rodriguez, House Clerk