MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                  Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Demand 
                               Thursday, May 9, 2002 
                                       9 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was  
         held on Thursday, May 9, 2002, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Jon Lindsay                     Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Eddie Lucio                     Senator John Whitmire 
                                                  
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         Senator Judith Zaffirini, chair, called the meeting to order at  
         9 a.m.  The following business was transacted:   
          
         The following persons provided oral testimony: 
          
              Don Gilbert, commissioner, Health and Human Service  
              Commission, 4900 North Lamar, 4th Floor, Austin, Texas  
              78751. 
          
              Mike Leo, analysts, Legislative Budget Board, 1501 Congress  
              Avenue, 5th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701. 
          
              Melitta Bustamante, analysts, Legislative Budget Board,  
              1501 Congress Avenue, 5th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701. 
          
              Jim Hine, commissioner, Department of Human Services, 701  
              West 51st Street, Austin, Texas 78751. 
          
              Karen Hale, commissioner, Mental Health and Mental  
              Retardation, 909 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas 78751. 
          
              Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, commissioner, Texas Department of  
              Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78701. 
         The chair called the following persons who registered as public  
         witnesses to provide testimony: 
          
              Charles Ferguson, associate, Texans Supporting State  
              Schools, 7243 Lane Park, Dallas, Texas 75225. 
  
              Brenda Darlene Wissinger, parent, Texans Supporting State  
              Schools, 3477 Bradley Lane, Brenham, Texas 77833. 
          
              Cindy Ferguson, parent, Texans Supporting State Schools,  
              7243 Lane Park, Dallas, Texas 75225. 
          
              Jim Miller, Texans Supporting State Schools, 1430 North  
              Trail Drive, Carrollton, Texas 75006. 
          
              Colleen Horton, children's policy specialist, Center for  
              Disability Studies, 2425 Trail of Madrones, Austin, Texas  
              78746. 
          
              Amy Mizcles, governmental affairs, The Arc of Texas, 1600  
              West 38th Street, Austin, Texas 78731. 
          
              Gladys I. Conner, self, 2009 Shady Lane, Richmond, Texas  
         77469. 
          
              Ben F. Conner, self, 2009 Shady Lane, Richmond, Texas  
         77469. 
          
              Shirley Glandon, self, 1926 Green Ridge Court, Abilene,  
         Texas 79602. 
          
              Mike Stephens, president, Parent Association for the  
              Retarded of Texas, 2011 Mistywood, Denton, Texas 79209 
          
              Evelyn S. Higgins, presdent-parent, Austin State School  
              Parent's Association, 115 Sandra Drive, San Antonio, Texas  
              78223. 
          
              Nancy Ward, governmental affairs, Parent Association for  
              the Retarded of Texas, 4441 Cartagena Drive, Fort Worth,  
              Texas 76133. 
          
              Ruth Snyder, self, 8301 Franwood Lane, Austin, Texas 78757. 
              Luisa Kluger, parent, Texans Supporting State Schools, 4722  
              Post Oak Timber, Houston, Texas, 77056. 
          
              Evelyn Cherry, self, 2038 Millcreek, Garland, Texas, 75044. 
          
              Celia Hagert, senior policy analyst, Center for Public  
              Policy Priorities, 900 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas 78702. 
          
              Kim Suiter, public policy director, National Multiple  
              Sclerosis Society, 1601 Rio Grande, Austin, Texas 78701. 
          
              Susan Murphree, program specialist, 7800 Shoal Creek,  
         Austin, Texas 78757. 
          
              Ron Cranston, advocate, ADAPT, 1339 Lamar Square Drive,  
         Austin, Texas 78704. 
          
              Debra Wanser, associate commissioner for family health,  
              1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756. 
          
         With no other business to come before the subcommittee, the  
         chair recessed the subcommittee by unanimous consent at 12:50  
         p.m., subject to the call of the chair.  
               
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         Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair 
          
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         Amber Martin, Clerk