STATE REPRESENTATIVE

REPRESENTATIVE MATT RINALDI

• District 115
• He attended and graduated from James Madison and Boston College University
• He serves as a board of directors for real estate in the hospital industry
• He serves as a republican in ideology

DEMOGRAPHICS

• CISD: 11,329 students enrolled
• 66.3% of people aged 18-64
• 46.1% of people have a degree compared to the state average of 26.7%.
• Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste mgmt account for 17.9% of the occupational force.
• Whereas the state averages at 10.8%

ANIMAL HEALTH COMISSION

• I work for the Animal Health Comission
• mission: to address the Texas fever tick problem. Today, the TAHC works to protect the health of all Texas livestock, including:
• They administer regulation on the handling of livestock, authorize vet facilities, and grant health certificates

PROFESSIONS

• Animal health inspector
• Field epidemiologist
• Field Vetenarian

ARTICLE

• http://www.tahc.texas.gov/news/pr/2016/2016-04-22_TAHCScrapie.pdf
• The AHC detected scrapie, an infectious disease that can spread between sheep and goats. The article articulates the proper protocol that the agency is taking along with its coordination a with the USDA in order to prevent an outbreak.