WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 25, 2001-1:30P
HB 398 Committee Substitute (Smith/#1)
For: Freeman, Harold (TX Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
HB 1221 Committee Substitute (Maxey/#1)
For: Blakely, John (Covenant Health System)
Jenkins, Kristin (JPS Health Network / Tarrant County
Hospital District)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Speight, Susan (Self and TX Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy)
Stone, Susan (TX Children's Hospital)
Against: Davis, Will D. (TX Association Life & Health Insurers
Austin)
Gates, Carole (Cigna Corp)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and TX Eagle Forum)
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
Heasley, John (TX Bankers Association)
Knepp, Christopher A. (TX Employment Law Council)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Rodgers, Kelly (Alliance for Responsible Information
Practices)
Stevens, Marybeth (American Council of Life Insurers)
On: Chernov, M.D., Allan (Aetna)
Donoho, Patrick (Pharmaceutical)
Kaufman, Todd (Genetech, Inc.)
Mertz, Alan (Healthcare Leadership Council & TX
Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce)
Reagan, Karen (TX Retailers Association & TX Federation
of Drug Stores)
Stewart, Anna F. (Self)
Wall, Matthew T. (TX Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ashby, Cindy (TX Counseling Association)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
Against: Chiodo, Diana (American Electronics Association)
Manross, Lee (TX Association of Health Underwriters)
McCarty, Tom (TX Association of PPO's)
Neeley, Karen (Independent ankers Assn. of Texas)
Payne, Tyson (TX Association of Insurance & Financial
Advisors)
Pollard, Mike (TX Association of Life & Health Insurers)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, TALHI, Farm Bureau, Inc.)
Wayne, Ralph (TX Civil Justice League)
Woods, Joe (Alliance of American Insurers)
On: Guckian, Dr. James (Univ. of TX System)
Hill, Holli (Health Insurance Association of America)
Wiegman, Linda (TDH)
HB 1497 Committee Substitute (Farabee/#1)
For: McClure, Spencer (TX Council of Community MHMR Centers,
Inc.)
Wall, Matthew T. (TX Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
HCR 235
Registering, but not testifying:
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
SB 11
For: Davis, Will D. (TX Association Life & Health Insurers
Austin)
Gates, Carole (Cigna Corp.)
Glenn, Eric (Human, Inc.)
Heasley, John (TX Banders Association)
McAnally, Bruce (Self)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Reagan, Karen (TX Retailers Association & TX Federation
of Drug Stores)
Rodgers, Kelly (Alliance for Responsible Information
Practices)
Speight, Susan (TX Association of Marriage and Family
Planning)
Stevens, Marybeth (American Council of Life Insurers)
On: Blakey, John (Covenant Health System)
Donoho, Patrick (Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn.)
Hammond, Hill (TX Assoc. of Business)
Jenkins, Kristin (JPS Health Network / Tarrant County
Hospital District)
Kaufman, Todd (Genetech, Inc.)
Mertz, Alan (Healthcare Leadership Council)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Stewart, Anna F. (Self)
Stone, Susan (TX Children's Hospital)
Wall, Matthew T. (TX Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Chernov, MD, Allan (Aetna)
Hill, Holli (Health Insurances Association of America)
Hutzler, Shirley H. (TX Association of Health
Underwriters)
Ireland, Jill M. (Self)
Manross, Lee (TX Association of Health Underwriters)
McPherson, Kim (The Menal HEalth Association in Texas)
Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Parker, Becky (Self)
Payne, Tyson (TX Association of Insurance & Financial
Advisors)
Pollard, Mike (TX Association of Life & Health Insurers)
Rummel, Leah (TX Association of Health Plans)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, TALHI, Farm Bureau Ins. Co.)
Woods, Joe (Alliance of American Insurers)
On: Guckian, Dr. James (Univ. of TX System)
Mitchell, Beth (Advocacy, Inc.)
Wiegman, Linda (TDH)
SB 261 Committee Substitute (Bernsen/#1)
On: Mahlow, Jane (TDH)
SB 558
For: Denton, Douglas (Association of Substance Abuse Programs
of Texas)
Turnage, Dr. Thomas (Self)
On: Kimbrough, Jay (TCADA)
SB 581
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Herman, Guy (Self and Judges of the Statutory Probate
Courts of Texas)
SB 643 Amendment (Madla/#1)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Butler, Dr. Chris (TX Association of Acupuncture &
Oriental Medicine)
On: Langley, DVM, MD,JD, F.M. (TX State Board of Medical
Examiners)
SB 684 Amendment (Madla/#1)
For: Speight, Susan (Self and TX Association of Marriage and
Family Therapy)
Van Horn, Thomas (Self)
White, Thomas (Self and TX Academy of Physician
Assistants)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ashby, Cindy (TX Counseling Association)
Branson, PA, Richard (TX Academy of Physician
Assistants)
Drobnica, PAC, John (tX Academy of Physician Assistants)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers / Texas)
SB 766 Amendment (Madla#1)
On: Blackwell, Bobby G. (Self)
Tennyson, Susan (TDH, Bureau of Food & Drug Safety)
SB 832 Amendment (Moncrief/#1)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Craven, Susan (Texas Care For Children)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Salinas, Mario (TX Comptroller)
SB 1300 Committee Substitute (Cain/#1)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Freeman, Harold (TX Medical Association)
On: Langley, DVM, MD,JD, F.M. (Board of Medical Examiners)
SB 1586
On: Brunson, Jeane (County and District Clerks Association
of Texas)
Henderson, Suzanne (Self)
Streater, Joy (Self)
Wiegman, Linda (TDH)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Flores, Fernando (Local Registrar of Birth & Death)