MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH SERVICES
Monday, April 10, 2000
10:00 a.m.
San Antonio City Council Chamber
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Health
Services was held on Monday, April 10, 2000, in the City of San
Antonio.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Jane Nelson Senator Drew Nixon
Senator Mike Moncrief
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Frank Madla
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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The chair made opening remarks thanking the City of San Antonio
for hosting the hearing and announced that the purpose of the
hearing was to solicit and consider public testimony on each of
the interim charges assigned to the committee by Lieutenant
Governor Rick Perry.
The chair laid out the February 7, 2000, minutes and called for
revisions. There being none, Senator Moncrief moved approval.
There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous
consent.
San Antonio Mayor Pro-tem, Enrique Barrera, welcomed the
committee to the City of San Antonio.
The chair announced that the committee would begin with a
bioterrorism presentation followed by public testimony on charge
#2 related to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and genetic issues.
The chair welcomed Senator Jeff Wentworth to the hearing.
The following persons provided written and oral testimony:
Fernando Guerra, M.D., City of San Antonio
Max Burke, Vector Research Inc.
Dennis Perrotta, Ph.D, Texas Department of Health
Thomas R. Kowalski, Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Casey Cunningham, M.D., Mary Crowley Medical Research
Clinic
John Howe, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
John Nemunaitis, M.D., Mary Crowley Medical Research Clinic
Robert B. Price, University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
Ben Rodriguez, Self
The following person provided written testimony.
Connie L. Luthy, The Luthy Group
There being no further witnesses on this charge, the chair
called for the following witnesses to testify before the
committee on charge #1 related to Medicaid managed care.
The following persons provided oral and written testimony:
Josie Willams M.D., Texas Health Quality Alliance
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Ed Berger, Seton Healthcare Network
Anita Bradberry, Texas Association for Home Care
Lisa A. Campbell, Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice
/ Texas Nurses Association
Autumn Dawn Galbreath, M.D., U.T. Health Science Center at
San Antonio
Don Gilbert, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Anne Kanter, Methodist Healthcare System
Beverly Koops, M.D., Texas Department of Health
Steven W. Leslie, R.Ph., U.T. College of Pharmacy
William Steinhauer, Self
Richard S. Wayne, M.D., CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's
Hospital
The following person provided written testimony:
Michael N. Potter, Vector Research Inc.
There being no further witnesses on this charge, the chair
called the following witnesses to testify before the committee
on charge #3 related to medical privacy issues.
The following person provided oral testimony:
Deborah C. Peel, M.D., Texas Medical Association / Texas
Society of Psychiatric Physicians
There being no further witnesses on this charge, the chair
called for witnesses to testify before the committee on charge
#4 related to the Vaccines for Children Program.
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Teri Perryman, M.D., Self
Sharilyn K. Stanley, M.D., Texas Department of Health
There being no further witnesses on this charge, the chair
called the following witnesses to testify before the committee
on charge #5 related to health care workforce.
The following persons provided oral and written testimony:
Nancy Ackley, Texas Nurses Association
Dan Dugi, M.D., Texas Medical Association
Antonio Furino, U.T. Health Science Center at San Antonio
D. Andrew Sewell, D.D.S., Texas Dental Association
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Mitch Finnie, M.D., Texas Academy of Family Physicians
Rachel Harracksingh, Texas Ambulance Association
Steven Leslie, R.Ph., U.T. College of Pharmacy
Dianna Prachyl, Texas Dental Hygienists Association
William Steinhauer, M.D., Self
The following person registered but did not provide testimony:
Robert T. Tessen, Center for Rural Health Initiatives
There being no further witnesses on this charge, the chair
called the following witnesses to testify before the committee
on charge #6 related to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The following persons provided oral testimony:
Vicki S. Perkins, Health Care for Every Child Coalition
Dianna Prachyl, Texas Dental Hygienists Association
There being no further witnesses on this charge or any of the
others, the chair announced that the Committee will be holding a
joint hearing with the Senate Economic Development Committee on
Wednesday, May 10, 2000 in Austin.
There being no further business, at 4:05 p.m. Senator Nelson
announced that the Committee would stand in recess subject to
the call of the chair.
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Senator Jane Nelson, Chair
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Cheri Huddleston, Clerk