MINUTES 
          
                   SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 
                            Thursday, April 17, 1997 
                                   12:20 p.m. 
                                 Senate Chamber 
          
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         Pursuant to a motion made by Senator Zaffirini to suspend the  
         Senate posting rule in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, and  
         a motion made by Senator Moncrief to recommit CSSB 84 by  
         Moncrief to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services  
         in accordance with Senate Rule 6.01, a public hearing of the  
         Senate Committee on Health and Human Services was held on  
         Thursday, April 17, 1997, at Senator Zaffirini's desk in the  
         Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas.   
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair         Senator Royce West 
         Senator Jane Nelson, Vice Chair 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Michael Galloway 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
         Senator Jerry Patterson 
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 12:20 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         Senator Nelson moved to reconsider the vote by which the the  
         committee substitute for SB 84 was reported favorably on  
         Wednesday, April 9.   There being no objection, the motion  
         prevailed by unanimous consent. 
          
         Senator Moncrief moved to reconsider the adoption of the  
         committee substitute for SB 84.  There being no objection, the  
         motion prevailed by unanimous consent. 
          
         The chair laid out anew the committee substitute for SB 84, as  
         amended, relating to the abolition of the Texas Board of  
         Nursing Facility Administrators and the transfer of the  
         regulation of nursing facility administrators to the Texas  
         Department of Human Services; providing penalties, and  
         recognized the author. 
          
         Senator Moncrief moved that the amendments adopted be rolled  
         into a new committee substitute for SB 84 and that the  
         committee substitute be adopted.  There being no objection,  
         the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. 
          
         Senator Moncrief moved that SB 84 be reported to the Senate  
  
         with the recommendation that it do not pass, but that the  
         committee substitute adopted in lieu thereof do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion prevailed by a vote of 8 "ayes," 2 "nays"  
         and 1 "absent." 
          
         With no other business to come before the committee and upon a  
         motion by Senator Nelson, the chair recessed the committee by  
         unanimous consent at 12:35 p.m., subject to the call of the  
         chair. 
          
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         Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair 
          
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         Pam Crowley, Committee Clerk