WITNESS LIST
Health Services Committee
May 11, 1999-1:30P
HB 110
ON: Levy, Bruce (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Genco, Frank (Tx. Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities), Austin
Herzog, Greg (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas), Austin
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin
On: Cain, Gary (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners), Austin
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Assn.), Austin
HB 765
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hacker, Sidney (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin
Sowards, Dan (Texas Dept. of Health), Austin
HB 811
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Holtermann, John W. (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature), Austin
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care), Austin
On: Saldivar, Nora (Texas Department of Health), Austin
HB 923
FOR: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association), Austin
AGAINST: Dvorkin, Janice (Herself), San Antonio
Luther, John (Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional
Counselors), Austin
HB 1051
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bourque, Lori (Herself and Texas Optometry Board), Dallas
Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Jacobs, Jerry (Himself and Texas Optometric Assn.), Dallas
Piccolo, Marc (Texas Optometric Assoc.), Houston
Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn.), Austin
Sorrenson, Laurie (Texas Optometric Association), Austin
Vodlarka, Robert (Himself and TOA (Optometry)), Dallas
HB 1285
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
On: Hamilton, Kathleen (Tx. Department of Health), Austin
HB 1420
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Canada, Don (Texas Podiatric Medical Association), Austin
HB 1504
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinds, James (Chairman, Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease &
Rel. Disorders), Austin
Hricik, Kay (Alzheimer's Association Coalition of Texas),
Austin
Kleinworth, Tom (Baylor College of Medicine), Houston
On: Fairchild, Thomas,Ph.D. (University of North Texas Health
Science Center), Ft. Worth
HB 1513
FOR: Gavras, John (Dallas-Ft.Worth Hospital Council, Tex. Hosp.
Assn., Baylor, etc), Irving
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin
Bowers, Donna (Baylor Health Care System), Dallas
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Feather, Bobby (Cook Children's Health Care System), Ft. Worth
Remus, Denise (Dallas-Ft.Worth Hospital Council, THCIC HIS
TAC), Irving
Rowton, Annette (Texas Health Resources), Dallas
Tesmer, David (Texas Health Resources), Irving
Welsh, Dinah (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
On: Loyd, Jim (Texas Health Care Information Council), Austin
HB 1652
FOR: Seboldt, Pamela (Austin-Hyde Park HepC Support, Hep C
Connection), Dripping Spring
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Stanley, Sharilyn, MD (Texas Dept. of Health), Austin
HB 2013
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cooke, John (TBWA - an association of bottled water
companies), San Antonio
On: Sowards, Dan (Texas Department of Health), Austin
HB 2037
FOR: Bradberry, Anita (Texas Association for Home Care), Austin
HB 2070
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union), Austin
HB 2171
FOR: Francisco, C. J. (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Hipp, Jonny F. (Nueces County Hospital District), Corpus
Christi
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
Castro, Juan F., MD (Neuces County Medical Society), Corpus
Christi
King, Richard G. (Nueces County Medical Society), Corpus
Christi
Quinn, Mary Jo (Physicians - Nueces Medical Society), San
Antonio
HB 2175
ON: Cain, Gary (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kanz, Kevin (Texas Chiropractic Association), Austin
Montgomery, Larry (Texas Chiropractic Association -
President), Belton
Taylor, Des (Texas Chiropractic Assn.), Austin
Word, J. P. (Texas Chiropractic Assn.), Austin
HB 2382
FOR: Weitz, Tim (Texas Physical Therapy Association), Austin
HB 2453
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Canada, Don (Texas Association of Optometrists), Austin
Glenz, Donald R., OD (Texas Association of Optometrists and
Himself), Houston
Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn.), Austin
HB 2573
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin
Tesmer, David (Texas Health Resources), Irving
HB 2636
ON: Zukowski, Jim, Dr. (Texas Department of Health), Austin
HB 3083
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care), Austin
HB 3216
ON: Levy, Bruce (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin
Herzog, Greg (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
HB 3423
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin
Feather, Bob (Cook Children's Health Care System), Ft. Worth
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center of Dallas), Dallas
O'Donnell, Robert (Tarrant County Hospital District), Fort
Worth
Perkins, Vicki (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hopsital), San
Antonio
Richardson, Deborah (Herself), Austin
Richardson, John (Himself), Ft. Worth
Samuels, Marc (Texas Pediatric Society), Austin
Welsh, Dinah (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
On: Childress, Charles (Texas Dept. of Protective & Regulatory
Services), Austin
Tesmer, David (Texas Health Resources), Irving
Webster, Sarah (Texas Dept. of Protective & Regulatory
Services), Austin
HB 3504
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union), Austin
On: Walton, Joe (Texas Dept. of Health), Austin
SB 847
FOR: Hofmann, Robert, MD (Texans for Healthcare Freedom & Himself),
Austin
Whittekin, Martie (Texans for Health Freedom), Plano
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Prough, Andrew (Citizens Commission on Human Rights), Austin
Against: Newbold, Dee Ann (Texas Acupuncturist Association), Austin
SB 1084
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bingham, William (Texas Dental Association), Austin
SB 1400
ON: Ewald, Lois (Texas Optometry Bd.), Austin
SB 1906
FOR: Bingham, William (Texas Dental Association), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hill, Jeffry (State Board of Dental Examiners), Austin