MINUTES TEXAS INTEGRATED ENROLLMENT AND SERVICES JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Tuesday, April 7, 1998 9:00 a.m. The University of Texas at El Paso Neill Auditorium El Paso, Texas ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Texas Integrated Enrollment and Services Joint Legislative Oversight Committee was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1998 in El Paso, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Bill Ratliff, Chair Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator John Carona Representative Robert Junell Representative Glen Maxey Representative Harvey Hilderbran ***** Chairman Ratliff called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. The following business was transacted. The following guests were recognized by Chairman Ratliff to provide opening remarks: Senator Eliot Shapleigh, representing Senatorial District 29, El Paso; Dr. Diana Natalicio, representing The University of Texas at El Paso; and Manny Romero, representing State Representative Norma Chavez, House District 76, El Paso. The Chair called on representatives from the TIES Project, and representatives from participating agencies, to provide an overview of the proposed TIES Plan. Issues discussed included: overall implementation of the plan; cost benefit analysis; the role of local organizations; automated system and staff transition; training, and technology recommendations. Witnesses appeared as follows: Eric Bost, representing the Department of Human Services, provided oral testimony. Gerald McKimmey, representing the Health and Human Services Commission, provided oral testimony. Mary Beckman, representing EDS, registered as a resource witness, but did not testify. Jacquelyn McDonald, representing the TIES Project, registered as a resource witness, but did not testify. Johnie McHugh, representing the Texas Workforce Commission, registered as a resource witness, but did not testify. Debra Stabeno, representing the Texas Department of Health, registered as a resource witness, but did not testify. Gordon Taylor, representing the Health and Human Services Commission and TIES Project, registered as a resources witness, but did not testify. The Chair recognized the following witnesses to provide public testimony on the TIES plan: Jose Rodriguez, representing the Texas Appleseed Advocacy Fund, provided oral and written testimony. William Beardall, representing the Texas Appleseed Advocacy Fund, provided oral testimony. Donna T. Seward, representing the El Paso City-County Health WIC, provided oral testimony. Cynthia Arnold, representing La Mujer Oprera, provided oral testimony. Michael R. Wyatt, representing the Low-income El Pasoans, provided oral testimony. Sandy New, representing Frente Trabajador Agricola, provided oral testimony. Angie Briones-Sosa, representing Paso del Norte Public Policy Institute, provided oral and written testimony. Patrick Bresette, representing the Center for Public Policy Priorities, provided oral and written testimony. Ted Melina Raab, representing the Texas State Employees Union, provided oral testimony. Yolanda M. Griego, representing the Texas State Employees Union, provided oral testimony. Judy Lugo, representing the Texas State Employees Union, provided oral testimony. Maria E. Gonzales, representing Sin Fronteras Organizing Project, provided oral testimony. There being no further business, at 11:45 a.m. Senator Ratliff announced that the Committee would stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Bill Ratliff, Chair ______________________ Patricia Hicks, Clerk