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 
          
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         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. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Bill Ratliff, Chair             Senator Judith  
         Zaffirini 
         Senator John Carona                     Representative Robert  
         Junell 
         Representative Glen Maxey               Representative Harvey  
         Hilderbran 
          
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         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.   
          
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         Senator Bill Ratliff, Chair 
          
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         Patricia Hicks, Clerk