House Committee on Appropriations 75th Legislature October 28, 1997 1:00 pm Capitol Extension, E1.030 Pursuant to a notice posted on October 21, 1997, the House Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was called to order by the Chair, Representative Robert Junell at 1:05 pm. The roll was answered as follows: Present: Representatives Junell; Delisi; Coleman; Cuellar; Eiland; Gallego; Glaze; Greenberg; Haggerty; Heflin; Hernandez; Hochberg; Moreno; Mowery; Price; Swinford; Tillery; Walker; West, George "Buddy" (19). Absent: Representatives Averitt; Davis; Finnell; Hinojosa; Kubiak; Pitts; Raymond; Turner, Sylvester (8). A quorum was present. The Committees met to hear testimony on the following interim charge to the House Committee on Public Health: Monitor the implementation of H.B. 3 (Texas Healthy Kids Corporation), and study the provisions of the federal Balanced Budget Act that relate to children's health. The following persons testified on the interim charge: Maureen McCormack, representing the Legislative Budget Board Trey Berndt, representing the Legislative Budget Board Brian Guthrie, representing the Legislative Budget Board Cathy Eckstein, representing the Legislative Budget Board Martha King, representing the National Conference of State Legislators Reyn Archer, M.D., representing Texas Department of Health Tyrette Hamilton, representing Texas Healthy Kids Corporation Jason Cooke, representing the Health and Human Services Commission Marina Henderson, representing the Health and Human Services Commission Jeffrey W. Turner, representing the Public Funding Entities At 3:55 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection, the Committee on Appropriations was adjourned. ___________________ _______________ Rep. Rob Junell, Chair Janis Carter, Clerk