MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Monday, September 20, 2004 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                                   Senate 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 State Affairs  
         was held on Monday, September 20, 2004, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Rodney Ellis                    Senator Kenneth  
                                                 Armbrister 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Jane Nelson                     Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:09 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Duncan offered welcoming remarks and reviewed the  
         interim charges before the Committee. 
          
         The following testified before the committee: 
          
         On Interim Charge #6: 
          
         -Jose Montemayor, Commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance 
          
         At 9:43 a.m. the Committee recessed until 10:15 a.m. 
          
         The Chair called the meeting back to order at 10:35 a.m. 
          
         Testimony continued on Interim Charge #6: 
          
              Witness Panel: 
              -William Thomas Cotten, Texas Medical Liability Trust 
              -Joe A. Chilton, Texas Medical Liability Underwriters  
         Association 
              -Tim Kenesy, The Medical Protective Company 
              -Howard H. Lamb, Advocate MD Insurance 
  
              Witness Panel: 
              -Stanley Fisch, MD, Texas Medical Association 
              -Matthew T. Wall, Texas Hospital Association 
               
              Witness Panel: 
              -Patti J. Patterson, MD, Texas Tech University Health  
         Sciences Center 
              -J. Manuel de la Rosa, Dean, Texas Tech Health Sciences  
         Center 
          
         At 12:30 p.m. the Committee stood in recess until 1:00 p.m. 
          
         The Chair called the Committee back to order at 1:05 p.m. 
          
         The following testified on Interim Charge #7: 
          
         -Jose Montemayor, Commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance 
         -Joe A. Chilton, Texas Medical Liability Underwriters  
         Association 
          
              Witness Panel 
              -Gavin Gadberry, Texas Health Care Association 
              -Ann Meador, Methodist Retirement Communities 
          
         The Chair opened public testimony on Interim Charges 6 and 7 and  
         the following testified before the Committee: 
          
         -Bliss Wilson, Volunteer Health Clinic 
          
         The following are shown as registering but not testifying: 
          
         -Phil Cates, Texas Association of Housing and Services for the  
         Aging 
         -Joel Whitcraft, The Medical Protective Company 
         -Jay Thompson, The Medical Protective Company 
         The following submitted written testimony: 
          
         -Dan Lambe, Texas Watch 
          
         There being no further testimony, the Chair closed all public  
         testimony on interim charges 6 and 7.    
          
         There being no further business, the Committee stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the chair. 
          
         ______________________ 
         Senator Robert Duncan, Chair 
          
         ______________________ 
         Teddy Carter, Clerk 
  
                                          SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                                                                    Minutes 
                                                 Monday, September 20, 2004 
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