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. _________________________________ ________ ______ Representative Dianne Delisi, Acting Chair Janis Carter, Clerk