MINUTES
LONG-TERM CARE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON A SURVEY REGARDING NURSING FACILITIES
Wednesday, April 29, 1998
1 p.m.
2E.20
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Long-Term Care Legislative
Oversight Committee Subcommittee on a Survey Regarding Nursing
Facilities was held on Wednesday, April 29, 1998, in 2E.20 of
the Texas State Capitol at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Representative Jim McReynolds, Chair
Dr. Ken Kramer, Public Member
Pat Karrh, Public Member
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:07 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The chair laid out the March 30, 1998, minutes and called for
revisions. There being none, Ms. Karrh moved approval. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The chair announced that the purpose of the meeting was to
hear invited testimony from nursing home ombudsmen and medical
providers about improving the quality of life in Texas nursing
homes.
The following persons provided oral and written testimony:
John F. Willis, state ombudsman, Texas Department on
Aging, P.O. Box 12786, Austin, Texas 78711.
Tim Graves, deputy director, Texas Health Care
Association, P.O. Box 4554, Austin, Texas 78756.
Jane S. Baker, director of education, Texas Health Care
Association, P.O. Box 4554, Austin, Texas 78756.
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Dion Turner, assistant food service director, Morningside
Manor, 602 Babcock, San Antonio, Texas 78230.
Cindy Norgan, registered nurse, Texas Health Care
Association, 122 Deer Hollow Dr., Boerne, Texas 78006.
Peggy M. Russell, certified medical director, Texas
Medical Association, 1313 Red River #303, Austin, Texas
78701.
John W. Holtermann, ombudsman, Texas Silver-Haired
Legislature, 459 Lindsey, San Marcos, Texas 78666.
Dr. Jack Joseph, dentist, Texas Dental Society, 7926
Albin Lane, Houston, Texas 77071.
Charlotte Drake, ombudsman, Area Agency on Aging, 274 E.
Lamar, Jasper, Texas 45951.
Brenda Limuel, nurse aide, Maggie Johnson Nursing Center,
1001 Walter, Austin, Texas 78702.
Matthew J. Foster, certified nurse aide, Care Inn of
Sanger, 408 Fulton St., Denton, Texas 76201.
Thelma L. Davis, licensed vocational nurse, Licensed
Vocational Nurses Association of Texas, P.O. Box 614,
Giddings, Texas 78942.
Gail Treece, ombudsman, Texas Department on Aging, P.O.
Drawer 4128, Bryan, Texas 77805.
Joseph H. Holstrom, ombudsman, Alamo Area Council of
Government, 410 Post Oak, Ingram, Texas 78025.
Ola Kidd, assistant state ombudsman, Texas Department on
Aging, 4900 N. Lamar, Austin, Texas 78751.
The chair recognized Senator Mike Moncrief, chair, Senate
Interim Committee on Home Health and Assisted Living
Facilities, who provided remarks regarding the quality of life
in nursing homes.
The chair called the following person who registered as a
resource witness to provide oral testimony:
Anthony Chapple, intergovernmental relations liaison,
Texas Department of Human Services, 701 West 51st St.,
Austin, Texas 78714.
There being no other witnesses registered or responding to the
chair's call for public testimony, the chair closed public
testimony.
With no other business to come before the subcommittee, the
chair recessed the subcommittee on a Survey Regarding Nursing
Facilities at 5:35 p.m., subject to the call of the chair.
Representative Jim McReynolds, Chair
Monica D. Cruz, Committee Clerk