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Budget Committees Hold HHS Hearings

Groups or individuals wanting to testify to the Legislature on Texas state funding for social services: Act now, because this is one of the few chances you will get! House and Senate budget committees in the State Capitol are moving quickly to mark up their respective proposals for state spending in fiscal 2002 and 2003, and the public testimony hearing phase of the proposed state budget bill (SB 1) will most likely be complete by mid-February.