The House Committee on Child Welfare & Foster Care,  
         Select 
         78th Legislature 
         March 24, 2004 
         10:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E2.026 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on March 19, 2004, the House  
         Committee on Child Welfare & Foster Care, Select met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Hupp, at 10:15 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Hupp; Reyna; Berman; Goodman;  
                   McClendon; Naishtat; Pickett (7). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Canales; Castro; Harper-Brown; Olivo;  
                   Zedler (5). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Reyna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Hupp in chair.) 
          
         At 12:43 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed until 1:45 p.m., March 24, 2004. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 1:50 p.m. and was called to order by  
         the chair, Representative Hupp. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Reyna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Hupp in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Pickett in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Hupp in chair.) 
          
         At 6:14 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Hupp, Chair 
          
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         Paul Jimenez, Clerk