WITNESS LIST Public Health Committee March 7, 2001-1:30P HB 342 For: Kennerly, Donald (Asthma Coalition of Texas) Registering, but not testifying: For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians) Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association) Glenn, Eric (Humana, Inc.) Kroll, Carrie (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Nichols, Linda (American Lung Assciation of Texas) Posey, Dan (Scott and White Hospital and Clinic) Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf of the Texas Retailers Association) Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities) Samuels, Marc (Disease Management Association of America) Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas) On: Koops, Beverly (Texas Department of Health) Salinas, Mario (Comptroller's Office) HB 825 For: Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network) Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health Centers,Inc.) Collins, Shelia (Community Health Choice, Inc.) Cozart, Ellen (Texas Hospital Association, Children's Hospital Association, Children's Medical Center of Dallas) Currie, Donald (Texas Pediatric Society) Duerre, Joe (Superior Health Plan) Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Garza, Ana Maria (Self) Herrera, Anna (Self) Jackson, Judge Lee (Texas Conference of Urban Counties) Kottman, Robert (Bexar County Medical Society) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Neavel, Celia (Texas Medical Association and Texas Academy of Family Physicians) Rossberg, Cathy (Americaid Texas, Inc.) Vega, Felipa (Valley Interfaith) Walsh M.D., Meganne (March of Dimes) Wilburn, Tammy (Self) Wynn, Jimmy (Joint City/County Commission on Children of Austin and Harris County) On: Cooke, Jason (Health and Human Services Commission) Johnson, Jacqueline (Texas Department of Human Services) Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health) Registering, but not testifying: For: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association) Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians) Baumbach, Susan (Texas Dental Association) Berlanga, Hugo (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) Branson, Richard (Self) Burney, Sonja (Alliance Regional Health Network) Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions of Texas) Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence) Cron, Richard (Self) Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference) Dickerson, Susan (Community First Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plans) Drobnica, John (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants) Easley, Julia (Coalition for North Texas Children) Ellis, Rod (City of Austin) Escobar, Felicia (National Concil of La Raza) Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System) Gantt, Melaine (Mental Health Association in Texas) Griffin, Theresa (Austin Interfaith) Harris, Susan (Texas Children's Hospital) Hawkins, Barbara (Leave of Women Voters of Texas) Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers/Texas) Hillier, R. King (Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee) Horton, Colleen (Texas Advocates Supporting Kids with Disabilities) Jackson, Gregory (March of Dimes) Jennings, Richard (Self) Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas) Kowalski, Robert (Parkland Community Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plans) Kroll, Carrie (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) Lange, Marie (Firstcare) Lenz, Carol (Harris County Commissioner- Steve Radack) Marshall, Susan (Disability Policy Consortium, Legislative Policy Group) Merriam, Rosemary (Texas Campaign for Women's Health) Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County) Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas) Moschos, Thomas (Self) Niblack, Scott (Self) Nickelson, LaTina (Self) Ragsdale, Linda (Tarrant Co. Youth Collaboration) Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on Behalf of the Texas Retailers Association) Rogoff, Regina (Austin Interfaith) Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning Association) Roy, Tom E. (JPs Health Network) Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans) Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities) Taylor Krier, Cyndi (Bexar County Commissioner Court) Thurman, Sandy (Self) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Pulic and Nonprofit Hospitals) White, Rebecca (Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.) On: Isgur, Lea (Texas Department of Human Services) Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.) HB 826 For: Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network) Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.) Cozart, Ellen (Texas Hospital Association, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Children's Hospital Assoc. of Tex) Currie, M.D., Donald (Texas Pediatric Society) Duerre, John (Superior Health Plan) Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Garza, Ana Maria (Self) Herrera, Anna (Self) Jackson, Judge Lee (Texas Conference of Urban Counties) Kottman, Robert (Bexar County Medical Society) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Neavel, Celia (Texas Medical Association) Owens-Collins, Shelia (Community Health Choice, Inc.) Rossberg, Cathy (Americaid Texas, Inc.) Vega, Felipa (Valley Interfaith) Walsh M.D., Meganne (March of Dimes) Wilburn, Tammie (Self) Wynn, Jimmy (Joint City County Commission on Children of Houston/Harris County) On: Cooke, Jason (Health and Human Services Commission) Johnson, Jacqueline (Texas Department of Human Services) Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health) Registering, but not testifying: For: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association) Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians) Baumbach, Susan (Texas Dental Association) Burney, Sonja (Alliance Regional Health Network) Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions of Texas) Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence) Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children) Cron, Richard (Harris County Judge Robert Eckols) Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference) Dickerson, Susan (Community First Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plans) Easley, Julia (Coalition for North Texas Children) Ellis, Rod (City of Austin) Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza) Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System) Fritz, Dee (March of Dimes) Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association of Texas) Griffin, Theresa (Austin Interfaith) Harris, Susan (Texas Children's Hospital) Hawkins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas) Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers/Texas) Hillier, R.King (Harris County Commissioner- El Franco Lee) Horton, Colleen (Texas Advocated Supporting Kids with Disabilities) Jennings, Richard L. (Self) Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas) Kowalski, Robert (Parland Community Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plan) Kroll, Carrie (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) Lange, Marie I. (Firstcare) Lenz, Carol (Harris County Commissioner- Steve Radack) Marshall, Susan (The Disability Policy Consortium Legislative Policy) Merriam, Rosemary (Texas Campaign for Women's Health) Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County) Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas) Moschos, Thomas (Self) Niblack, Scott (Self) Nickelson, LaTina (Self) Ragsdale, Linda (Tarrant County Youth Collaboration) Rogoff, Regina (Austin Interfaith) Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning Association) Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network) Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans) Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities) Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine) Taylor Krier, Cyndi (Bexar County Commissioner Court) Thurman, Sandy (Self) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and Nonprofit Hospitals) Weltz, Sherry Anne (March of Dimes, Birth Defects Foundation) White, Rebecca (Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.) On: Isgur, Lea (Texas Department of Human Services) Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.) HB 827 For: Attel, Betsey (Parkland Health and Hospital System) Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network) Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.) Cozart, Ellen (Texas Hospital Association, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Children's Hospital Assoc. of Tex) Currie, M.D., Donald (Texas Pediatric Society) Duerre, John (Superior Health Plan) Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Garza, Ana Maria (Self) Herrera, Anna (Self) Jackson, Judge Lee (Texas Conference of Urban Counties) Kottman, Robert (Bexar County Medical Society) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Neavel, Celia (Texas Medical Association) Owens-Collins, Shelia (Community Health Choice, Inc.) Rossberg, Cathy (Americaid Texas, Inc.) Vega, Felipa (Valley Interfaith) Walsh M.D., Meganne (March of Dimes) Wilburn, Tammie (Self) Wynn, Jimmy (Joint City County Commission on Children of Houston/Harris County) On: Cooke, Jason (Health and Human Services Commission) Johnson, Jacqueline (Texas Department of Human Services) Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health) Registering, but not testifying: For: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association) Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians) Baumbach, Susan (Texas Dental Association) Burney, Sonja (Alliance Regional Health Network) Casteel, Margaret (March of Dimes) Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions of Texas) Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence) Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children) Cron, Richard (Harris County Judge Robert Eckols) Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference) Dickerson, Susan (Community First Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plans) Easley, Julia (Coalition for North Texas Children) Ellis, Rod (City of Austin) Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza) Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System) Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association of Texas) Greer, Barbara (Self) Griffin, Theresa (Austin Interfaith) Harris, Susan (Texas Children's Hospital) Hawkins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas) Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers/Texas) Hillier, R. King (Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee) Horton, Colleen (Texas Advocated Supporting Kids with Disabilities) Humm, Margaret (Self) Ingamells, Alacia (March of Dimes) Isgur, Lea (Texas Department of Human Services) Jennings, Richard L. (Self) Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas) Kowalski, Robert (Parland Community Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plan) Kroll, Carrie (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) Lange, Marie I. (Firstcare) Lenz, Carol (Harris County Commissioner- Steve Radack) Marshall, Susan (The Disability Policy Consortium Legislative Policy) Merriam, Rosemary (Texas Campaign for Women's Health) Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County) Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas) Niblack, Scott (Self) Nickelson, LaTina (Self) Payton, Ruth (Self) Ragsdale, Linda (Tarrant County Youth Collaboration) Rogoff, Regina (Austin Interfaith) Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning Association) Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network) Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans) Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities) Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine) Taylor Krier, Cyndi (Bexar County Commissioner Court) Thurman, Sandy (Self) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and Nonprofit Hospitals) Webb, Paula (Self) White, Rebecca (Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.) On: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.) HB 828 For: Attel, Betsey (Parkland Health and Hospital System) Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network) Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.) Cozart, Ellen (Texas Hospital Association, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Children's Hospital Assoc. of Tex) Currie, M.D., Donald (Texas Pediatric Society) Duerre, John (Superior Health Plan) Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Garza, Ana Maria (Self) Herrera, Anna (Self) Jackson, Judge Lee (Texas Conference of Urban Counties) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Neavel, Celia (Texas Medical Association) Owens-Collins, Shelia (Community Health Choice, Inc.) Rossberg, Cathy (Americaid Texas, Inc.) Vega, Felipa (Valley Interfaith) Walsh M.D., Meganne (March of Dimes) Wilburn, Tammie (Self) Wynn, Jimmy (Joint City County Commission on Children of Houston/Harris County) On: Cooke, Jason (Health and Human Services Commission) Johnson, Jacqueline (Texas Department of Human Services) Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health) Registering, but not testifying: For: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association) Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians) Baumbach, Susan (Texas Dental Association) Berglanga, Hugo (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) Burney, Sonja (Alliance Regional Health Network) Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions of Texas) Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence) Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children) Dickerson, Susan (Community First Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plans) Easley, Julia (Coalition for North Texas Children) Ellis, Rod (City of Austin) Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association of Texas) Griffin, Theresa (Austin Interfaith) Harris, Susan (Texas Children's Hospital) Hawkins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas) Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers/Texas) Hillier, R. King (Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee) Horton, Colleen (Texas Advocated Supporting Kids with Disabilities) Isgur, Lea (Texas Department of Human Services) Jennings, Richard L. (Self) Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas) Keilers, Lance (March of Dimes) Kowalski, Robert (Parland Community Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plan) Kroll, Carrie (Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital) Lange, Marie I. (Firstcare) Lenz, Carol (Harris County Commissioner- Steve Radack) Marshall, Susan (The Disability Policy Consortium Legislative Policy) Merriam, Rosemary (Texas Campaign for Women's Health) Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County) Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas) Moschos, Thomas (Self) Niblack, Scott (Self) Nickelson, LaTina (Self) Ragsdale, Linda (Tarrant County Youth Collaboration) Rogoff, Regina (Austin Interfaith) Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning Association) Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network) Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans) Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities) Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine) Taylor Krier, Cyndi (Bexar County Commissioner Court) Thurman, Sandy (Self) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and Nonprofit Hospitals) White, Rebecca (Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.) On: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.) HB 835 Committee Substitute (Kitchen/1) On: Cooke, Jason (Health and Human Services Commission) Registering, but not testifying: For: Berger, Ed (Self) Branson, Richard (Self) Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.) Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence) Cron, Richard (Harris County Judge- Robert Eckels) Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association) Dickerson, Susan (Community First Health Plan, TAHP) Drobnica, John (Texas Academy of Physician Assistant) Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Ellis, Rod (City of Austin) Gantt, Melaine (Mental Health Association in Texas) Gardner, Bruce (Self) Hazelwood, Mark (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce) Hillier, R. King (Harris County Commissioner- El Franco Lee) Horton, Colleen (Texas Advocates Supporting Kids with Disabilities) Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas) Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association) Kowalski, Robert (Parkland Community Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plan) Lenz, Carole (Harris County Commissioner- Steve Radack) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Merriam, Rosemary (Texas Campaign for Women's Health) Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas) Rossberg, Cathy (Americaid Texas, Inc.) Roy, Tom (JPS Health Network) Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plan) Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and Nonprofit Hospitals) White, Rebecca (Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.) Wynn, Jimmy (Joint Commission on Children of Houston/Harris County) On: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.) HB 1239 Against: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Texas Eagle Forum- Legislative Liasion) Harnell, William (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas) Myers, Jackelyn (Texas Eagle Forum) On: Stanley, Dr. Sharilyn (Texas Department of Health) Registering, but not testifying: Against: Prough, Andy (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) HB 1278 Committee Substitute (Coleman/1) For: Crossman, Jr., Robert (Self) Lee, Michael (Self) McNeely, James Allan (Abatement Contractors Association of Texas) Vangilder, Ron (ACAT) Williams, Jr., Marion (Self) Young, Ralph (Self) Against: Billingsley, Oliver (Self) On: Acuna, Luis (Sun City Analytical, Inc.) Kotrla, Claren (Texas Department of Health) Parker, Frank M. (Texas Department of Health- Asbestos Advisory Co.) Pflum, Neil (Environmental Protection Agency) Registering, but not testifying: For: Millner, Jack (Self) Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network) Sprinkle, G.K. (American Lung Association) On: Nussbaum, Jayne (Texas Department of Health) HB 1279 For: Crossman, Jr., Robert (Self) Lee, Michael (Self) McNeely, James Allan (Abatement Contractors Association of Texas) Vangilder, Ron (ACAT) Williams, Jr., Marion (Self) Against: Acuna, Luis (Sun City Analytical, Inc.) Brown, Stephen (Resilient Floor Covering Institute) Claybrook, Steve (City of Lubbock) Curtis, Grant (Ysleta ISD) Hall, Bill (Resilient Floor Covering Institute) Holder, Kenneth (Texass Hospital Association & Texas Association of Healthcare Facility Management) Kozak, John M. (Domce Tarkett) McGurk, Larry (UAS Automation Systems) Mintz, David (Texass Apartment Association) Wall, Matthew T. (Texas Hospital Association, Texas Association of Health Facilities Management) Young, Ralph (Self) On: Kotrla, Claren (Texas Department of Health) Parker, Frank M. (Texas Department of Health- Asbestos Advisory Co.) Pflum, Neil (Environmental Protection Agency) Registering, but not testifying: For: Sprinkle, G.K. (American Lung Association) Against: Chambers, Spencer (Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce) Hardwick, Jeff (Texass Hospital Association and Texas Assoc. of Healthcare Facilities Management) Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network) On: Nussbaum, Jayne (Texas Department of Health) HB 1284 Committee Substitute (Kitchen/1) Registering, but not testifying: For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Policy Priorities) Gantt, Melaine (Mental Health Association in Texas) Johnson, Karen (United Way of Texas) Marshall, Susan (The Disability Policy Consortium- Legislative Policy Group) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) On: Jobe, Clark (Texas Healthy Kids Corporation) HB 1369 Committee Substitute (Delisi/1) Registering, but not testifying: For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas) On: Coombs, Phyllis (Comprtoller's Office) HB 1516 Registering, but not testifying: For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and Non-profit Hospitals) On: Hagerla, David (Texas Department of Health) Salinas, Mario (Comptroller of Public Accounts) HB 1591 Committee Substitute (Kitchen/1) For: Dickerson, Susan (Texas Association of Health Plans, Community First Health Plan) Kowalski, Robert (Parkland Community Health Plan, Texas Association of Health Plan) Registering, but not testifying: For: Berger, Ed (Self) Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.) Gantt, Melaine (Mental Health Association in Texas) Lange, Marie (Firstcare) Marshall, Susan (The Disability Policy Consortium- Legislative Policy Group) Rummel, Leah (Texas Assciation of Health Plan) Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and Nonprofit Hospitals) On: Wilson, Sheri (Texas Department of Health) HB 1927 Committee Substitute (Geren/1) For: Crossman, Jr., Robert (Self) Earwood, Herman (Fort Worth Independent School District) Lee, Michael (Self) McNeely, James Allan (Abatement Contractors Association of Texas) Vangilder, Ron (ACAT) Williams, Jr., Marion (Self) Against: Billingsley, Oliver (Self) On: Kotrla, Claren (Texas Department of Health) Parker, Frank M. (Texas Department of Health- Asbestos Advisory Co.) Pflum, Neil (Environmental Protection Agency) Registering, but not testifying: For: Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network) Sprinkle, G.K. (American Lung Association) On: Nussbaum, Jayne (Texas Department of Health) HCR 84 Committee Substitute (Maxey/1) For: Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Commuity Health Centers) Registering, but not testifying: For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Gantt, Melaine (Mental Health Association in Texas) Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers/Texas) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) On: Gibson, Linda (Comprtoller's Office) HCR 109 For: Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas) Registering, but not testifying: For: Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children) Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy) Gadbois, Glen (Texas Citizen Fund) Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers/Texas) Holtermann, John (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature) McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union) On: Wick, Beth (Health and Human Services Commission) Windler, Judy (Health and Human Services Commission)