House Committee on Public Health 
         76th Legislature 
         April 16, 1999 
         9:00 am  
         House Chamber, Desk #6 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 15, 1999, the House  
         Committee on Public Health met in a formal meeting and was  
         called to order by the Chair, Representative Patricia Gray at  
         9:08 am. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                   Glaze; Maxey (6). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Hilderbran; McClendon; Uresti (3). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 494 
          
         The chair laid out HB 494 as pending business.   
          
         Representative Maxey offered a complete committee substitute.   
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Coleman moved that HB 494, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey (6). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; McClendon; Uresti  
                        (3). 
          
         HB 885 
          
         The chair laid out HB 885, as amended, as pending business. 
          
         Representative Maxey moved to reconsider the vote by which the  
         amendment was adopted in public hearing on April 7, 1999.  The  
         motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.  
          
         The amendment was withdrawn without objection.   
          
         Representative Gray offered a complete committee substitute.   
  
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Glaze moved that HB 885, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey (6). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; McClendon; Uresti  
                        (3). 
          
         HB 990 
          
         The chair laid out HB 990 as pending business. 
          
         Representative Gray offered a complete committee substitute.   
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Coleman moved that HB 990, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey (6). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; McClendon; Uresti  
                        (3). 
          
         HB 1051 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1051 as pending business.   
          
         Representative Gray offered a complete committee substitute.   
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         (Representative McClendon now present.)   
          
         Representative Delisi moved that HB 1051, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 1270 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1270 as pending business. 
          
         Representative Gray offered a complete committee substitute.   
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Capelo moved that HB 1270, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Glaze;  
                        McClendon (5). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      Representatives Delisi; Maxey (2). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 1398 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1398 as pending business. 
          
         Representative Coleman offered a complete committee  
         substitute.   
          
         The chair recognized Representative Coleman to explain the  
         measure.   
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Maxey moved that HB 1398, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 1444 
  
         The chair laid out HB 1444 as pending business. 
          
         Representative Delisi offered a complete committee substitute.   
          
         Representative Delisi offered an amendment to the committee  
         substitute.   
          
         The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments  
         into a new committee substitute.   
          
         The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without  
         objection. 
          
         Representative Coleman moved that HB 1444, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 1652 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1652 as pending business. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Maxey to explain the  
         measure.   
          
         Representative Coleman moved that HB 1652 be reported  
         favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following  
         vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         SB 542 
          
         The chair laid out SB 542, as amended, as pending business.   
          
         Representative Delisi offered amendment #2 to the measure.   
          
         Amendment #2 was adopted without objection.   
  
         Representative Capelo moved that SB 542, as amended, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 1860 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1860 as pending business. 
         Representative Glaze moved that HB 1860 be reported favorably  
         to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 2573 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2573 as pending business. 
          
         Representative Maxey moved that HB 2573 be reported favorably  
         to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 2896 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2896 as pending business. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Coleman to explain the  
         measure.   
  
         Representative Coleman offered a complete committee  
         substitute.   
          
         The chair recognized Representative Coleman to explain the  
         measure.   
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Delisi moved that HB 2896, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         SB 656 
          
         The chair laid out SB 656 in lieu of its House companion, HB  
         2967. 
          
         Representative Capelo moved that SB 656 be reported favorably  
         to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         HB 3036 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3036 as pending business.   
          
         Representative Gray offered a complete committee substitute.   
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Delisi moved that HB 3036, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         SB 314 
          
         The chair laid out SB 314, the Senate companion to HB 1197,  
         which was passed favorably out of committee on March 17, 1999.   
          
         Representative Capelo moved that SB 314 be reported favorably  
         to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent  
         Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         SB 773 
          
         The chair laid out SB 773 as pending business.   
          
         Representative Delisi offered an amendment to the measure.   
          
         The amendment was adopted without objection.   
          
         Representative Capelo moved that SB 773, as amended, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Gray; Coleman; Capelo; Delisi;  
                        Glaze; Maxey; McClendon (7). 
          
         Nays:          None (0). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilderbran; Uresti (2). 
          
         At 9:45 am, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.   
          
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         Rep. Patricia Gray, Chair 
  
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         Pam Crowley, Clerk