Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on the Health Needs of Children in the Foster Care System
WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE) today announced that the Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, under the Chairmanship of Senator Chafee, will meet on Wednesday, October 13, 1999, at 2:30 pm in room 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on the health needs of children in the foster care system.
The following witnesses are expected to testify before the Subcommittee:
I. A panel consisting of
The Honorable Christopher Bond, Senator from Missouri
The Honorable Nancy Johnson, Representative from Connecticut
The Honorable Tom Delay, Representative from Texas
The Honorable Ben Cardin, Representative from Maryland
Percy Bailey, with the Epworth Children and Family Services
Terry Hurrak, former foster care child
Sister Mary Rose McGready, President, Covenant House
Abigail English, Director - Center for Adolescent Health and the Law
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