House Committee on Appropriations
75th Legislature
May 21, 1998
9:30 am (Scheduled meeting time)
Capitol Extension, E1.030
Pursuant to a notice posted on May 4, 1998, the House
Committee on Appropriations met in a joint public hearing with
the Senate Interim Committee on the Children's Health
Insurance Program and the House Committee on Public Health and
was called to order by the Acting Chair, Representative Dianne
Delisi, at 9:45 am.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Delisi; Coleman; Eiland; Glaze;
Heflin; Hernandez (6).
Absent: Representatives Junell; Averitt; Cuellar; Davis;
Finnell; Gallego; Greenberg; Haggerty; Hinojosa;
Hochberg; Kubiak; Moreno; Mowery; Pitts; Price;
Raymond; Swinford; Tillery; Turner, Sylvester;
Walker; West, George "Buddy" (21).
A quorum was not present.
The subject matter of the hearing was CHIP eligibility policy.
Testimony was taken from the Legislative Budget Board, the
Department of Insurance, and the Texas Healthy Kids
Corporation.
The committee recessed at 12:15.
The committee reconvened at 1:30.
Testimony was taken from the State Medicaid Office, the
Department of Health, and the Health & Human Services
Commission. Testimony was also taken from various
associations and consumer interest groups.
At 4:40 pm, upon a motion by Representative Heflin and without
objection, the meeting was adjourned.
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Representative Dianne Delisi, Acting Chair
Janis Carter, Clerk