WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 28, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Gabrysch, Jeremy (Self)
Herrington, Kevin (TAFEC)
Phillips PhD, Megan (Self)
Ray, Jason (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Sweeten, Timothy (Self; Vernor Material &Equipment Co.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hutson, Blake (AARP)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Against:
Hale, Paul (Self)
On:
Wagner, Teresa (Self; UNT Health Science Center/SaferCare Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan formerly CPPP)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Haney, Casey (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Lee, Gerald (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (The Cooper Institute)
Sabo, Jason (The Immunization Partnership)
Schauer, Tim (Healthy Living Matters, Community Health Choice)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Ali (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Nurses Association)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Travis, Clayton (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Public Health Coalition)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Wyman, Lisa (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
O'Donnell, Amy (Texas Alliance for Life)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Sharp III, Jerry (Self; Texas Alliance For Life)
Against:
Bryan, Donna (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chambers, Xaviera (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Dunn, MD, Carl Tony (American College of Obstreticians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District
XI; Texas Association of Obstreticians and Gynecologists)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
For:
McGeary, Judith (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Against:
Sparks, Christopher (Chief Sanitarian, City of Houston Health Department)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas Association of City and County Health Officials)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
On:
Veal, Kevin (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Delatorre, John (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Against:
Braun, Sean (Self)
Dean, Lawrin (Self)
Ferrara phd, Matthew (Self)
O’Neal, Casey (Self)
On:
Orozco-Crousen, Emily (Self)
For:
Clark, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Zito, Al (Self)
For:
Arrington, Kim (Self; Woodlands Recovery Centers)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Layton, Sherri (Self; La Hacienda Treatment Center; Texas Association of Addiction
Professionals)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Donna (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Collins, Karen (Self)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Gregg, Aaron (Fresenius Medical Care)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)
McDaniel, Demetrius (Alzheimer's Association)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Hulsey, Cassandra (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Jackson, Jesseca (Self)
Needham, María del Carmen (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ashley (Self)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Theis, Kelsey (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Against:
Delatorre, John (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Nurses Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McCoy, Samantha (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
For:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Langhofer, Stan (American Renal)
On:
Vasek, Heather (Acadian Ambulance of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billodeau, Allison (Self; Houston Methodist Hospital)
Boom, Marc (Self; Houston Methodist)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gregg, Aaron (Fresenius Medical Care)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Morales, Daniel (Self; Houston Methodist)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Walker, Kwame (Catholic Health Initiatives)
Zito, Al (Self)
For:
Mossaad, Islam (Self; North Austin Muslim Community Center)
On:
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ahmed, Imad (Emgage Action)
Bryan, Donna (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Evans, Richard (Emgage Action)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
For:
Kinslow Rivera, Suzette (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chambless, Dee (Self)
Decker, Larue (Self)
Hink, Glenda (Self)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Against:
Bryan, Donna (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
For:
Patel, Nilesh (Texas hotel and lodging association)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Puente, Alec (American Heart Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (The Cooper Institute, American Heart Association)
Wehmeyer, Bobby (AED123)
On:
Klein, Jorie (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Donna (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chambers, Xaviera (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Massingill, Joshua (LeadingAge Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hale, Paul (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
Against:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
On:
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
On:
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chambless, Dee (Self)
Decker, Larue (Self)
Hink, Glenda (Self)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Klein, Barbara (Department of State Health Services)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Calame, Daniel (Self)
On:
Brumback, Audrey (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gill, Jason (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
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