House Committee on Appropriations
75th Legislature
August 20, 1998
9:30 am
Capitol Extension, E1.030
Pursuant to a notice posted on August 4, 1998, the House
Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was
called to order by the Acting Chair, Representative at 9:40
am.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Delisi; Averitt; Coleman; Heflin;
Pitts (5).
Absent: Representatives Junell; Cuellar; Davis; Eiland;
Finnell; Gallego; Glaze; Greenberg; Haggerty;
Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hochberg; Kubiak; Moreno;
Mowery; Price; Raymond; Swinford; Tillery; Turner,
Sylvester; Walker; West, George "Buddy" (22).
A quorum was not present.
Commissioner Don Gilbert of the Health & Human Services
Commission updated the committee of recent developments with
the Commission proposall for a Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP).
Commissioner William Archer of the Department of Health
offered testimony on recent developments regarding CHIP.
Paul Priest, Kelly Furgeson, and Trey Berendt of the
Legislative Budget Board offered testimony on cost projections
for CHIP.
Stephen Schwartz of the Texas Dental Association offered
testimony on a proposal for a dental benefits package.
At 12:40 pm Rep. Delisi, upon a motion by Rep. Heflin,
adjourned the committee until further notice.
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Rep. Dianne Delisi, Acting Chair Janis
Carter,
Chief Clerk