House Committee on Appropriations 
         75th Legislature 
         October 28, 1997 
         1:00 pm  
         Capitol Extension, E1.030 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on October 21, 1997, the House  
         Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the Chair, Representative Robert Junell at  
         1:05 pm. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Junell; Delisi; Coleman; Cuellar;  
                   Eiland; Gallego; Glaze; Greenberg; Haggerty; Heflin;  
                   Hernandez; Hochberg; Moreno; Mowery; Price;  
                   Swinford; Tillery; Walker; West, George "Buddy"  
                   (19). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Averitt; Davis; Finnell; Hinojosa;  
                   Kubiak; Pitts; Raymond; Turner, Sylvester (8). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The Committees met to hear testimony on the following interim  
         charge to the House Committee on Public Health: 
          
              Monitor the implementation of H.B. 3 (Texas Healthy Kids  
              Corporation), and study the provisions of the federal  
              Balanced Budget Act that relate to children's health. 
          
         The following persons testified on the interim charge: 
          
            Maureen McCormack, representing the Legislative Budget  
         Board 
            Trey Berndt, representing the Legislative Budget Board 
            Brian Guthrie, representing the Legislative Budget Board 
            Cathy Eckstein, representing the Legislative Budget Board 
            Martha King, representing the National Conference of State  
         Legislators 
            Reyn Archer, M.D., representing Texas Department of Health 
            Tyrette Hamilton, representing Texas Healthy Kids  
         Corporation 
            Jason Cooke, representing the Health and Human Services  
         Commission 
            Marina Henderson, representing the Health and Human  
         Services Commission 
            Jeffrey W. Turner, representing the Public Funding Entities 
          
         At 3:55 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the Committee on Appropriations was adjourned. 
          
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         Rep. Rob Junell,  Chair                                Janis  
         Carter, Clerk