The House Committee on Child Welfare & Foster Care,  
         Select 
         78th Legislature 
         October 4, 2004 
         10:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.010 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on September 17, 2004, the House  
         Committee on Child Welfare & Foster Care, Select met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Hupp, at 10:12 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Hupp; Berman; Goodman; Harper-Brown;  
                   Naishtat; Pickett (6). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Reyna; Canales; Castro; McClendon;  
                   Olivo; Zedler (6). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Olivo now present.) 
          
         (Representative Goodman in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Hupp in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Reyna now present.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Reyna in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Hupp in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         At 7:01 p.m., 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. Hupp, Chair 
          
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         Paul Jimenez, Clerk