HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Appropriations

TIME & DATE:  7:00AM, Thursday, February 6, 2003

PLACE: E1.030

CHAIR: Rep. Talmadge Heflin

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The Committee will hear presentations on the following:

Health and Human Services Commission
*Albert Hawkins, Commissioner
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
*Kathy Eckstein, Legislative Budget Board
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
*Thomas Chapmond, Executive Director
Department of Health
*Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Commissioner
Department of Human Services
*Nora Velasco, Legislative Budget Board
*James Hine, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
*Karen Hale, Commissioner
Cost Savings Reports
*Amanda Jones, Legislative Budget Board
*Phyllis Coombes, Comptroller of Public Accounts
*Maria Hernandez, Legislative Budget Board
*Gerry Dube, Legislative Budget Board
*Amanda Jones, Legislative Budget Board
*Maria Mendez-Lewis, Comptroller of Public Accounts
*Linda Gibson, Comptroller of Public Accounts


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