WITNESS LIST State Affairs Committee April 16, 2003 - 8:00A HB 4 FOR: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX Bunn, Nichol (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker), Dallas, TX Crowe, Michael (Texas Assisted Living Association), Austin, TX Dalrymple, Steve (Baptist Community Services), Amarillo, TX Gahm, Brad (Baylor Health Care System; TAPA), Dallas, TX Gill, John T. (Texas Medical Association), Dallas, TX Hamermesh, Frances W. (Self), Austin, TX Hurley, James D. (TAPA), Atlanta, GA Kiser, Roger W. (Texas Medical Directors Association), Longview, TX Lear, Homer (TSHL), San Antonio, TX McFarland, Bob (American Insurance Association & AIG), Austin, TX McWhorter, Jr., Archer (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX Menendez, Isabel C. (Medical Imaging Diagnostic Assoc. & Others), Portland, TX Olson, Helen Frances (Self), Austin, TX Regier, Michael (SETON Healthcare Network), Austin, TX Spencer, C. William (Texas Healthcare Coalition), Arlington, TX Sprinkle, G.K. (Texas Ambulance Association), Austin, TX Summers, Edward L. (Self), Austin, TX Thompson, Jay A. (Medical Protective Company), Austin, TX Trabulsi, Jr., Richard J. (Texans for Lawsuit Reform), Houston, TX Wall, Matt (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX AGAINST: Desai, Nimish (Public Citizen), Austin, TX Fletcher, Howard (Self), Dripping Springs, TX Gwyn, Cecil (Self), Groom, TX Hampton, Hartley (Texas Trial Lawyers Association), Austin, TX James, Reggie (Consumers Union S.W. Regional Office), Austin, TX Keith, Darrell (Self), Fort Worth, TX Kimber, John (Self), Amarillo, TX Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch), Austin, TX Lanier, Mark (Lanier Law Firm), Houston, TX Lombardo, Sherra (Self), Mckinney, TX Marth, Kim (Self), Colleyville, TX Matwijiw, Evan (Self), League City, TX Mays, Kim (Self), Wylie, TX McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin, TX Mithoff, Richard (Texas Trial Lawyers), Houston, TX Montoya, Julia (Self), Amarillo, TX Nygard, Shannon (Self), Richmond, TX Perdue, Jr., Jim M. (Self), Houston, TX Pinson, Barbara (Self), Grand Saline, TX Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX Sweeney, Paula (TTLA), Dallas, TX Valdez, Stephanie (Self), McKinney, TX Williams, Stacy (Self), Houston, TX ON: Presley, Philip (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX Registering, but not testifying: For: Anderson, Clifford Chris (Retama Manor Nursing Center), Corpus Christi, TX Beck, Brian (Metro Ambulance Svc), Schertz, TX Beck, Susan B. (Metro Ambulance), Schertz, TX Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin, TX Clark, Lisa (Metro Ambulance, Inc.), Schertz, TX Colbert, Cynthia (Catholic Health Assn. of TX), Austin, TX Coronado, Rogelio (Mariner Health Care), Corpus Christi, TX Diamond, Stephen B. (MetroCare EMS), Beaumont, TX Finch, Daniel (Harris County Medical Society), Houston, TX Furr, La Mon (Mariner Healthcare), Weslaco, TX Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association), Austin, TX Hankins, Jack C. "Corby" (Institutional Securities Corporation), Dallas, TX Hardee, Mary (Mariner Healthcare, Inc.), Corpus Christi, TX Harracksingh, Rachel B. (Life Ambulance Service), El Paso, TX Jamison, Mazie M. (Children's Medical Center of Dallas), Dallas, TX Lyons, Jim (Texas Ambulance Assoc.), Marlin, TX McKenna, Linda (Valley Baptist Health System), Harlingen, TX McLendon, W. Edward (Self), Richardson, TX Meador, Charlotte D. (Cornerstone Retirement Community & Methodist Retirement Community), The Woodlands, TX Namboodiri, Hari K. (Mariner Health Care, Inc.), McAllen, TX Nichols, Bobbie (Golden Age Manor), Dublin, TX O'Brien, Sister Michele (Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare), San Antonio, TX Read, Candace (Texas Healthcare Assn. & Stebbins Five), Kilgore, TX Rios, Jaime (Americana Ambulance), San Antonio, TX Schauer, Tim (Memorial Hermann Health Care System), Houston, TX Schmidt, Karn (Texas Long Term Care Pharmacy), White House, TX Shuttleworth, J. Sterling (Rankin-Shuttleworth, Inc.), Norcross, GA Spencer II, Clark W. (Texas Health Care Coalition), Canton, TX Thomason, David (Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), Austin, TX Tolman, Russell K. (Cook Children's Health Care System), Ft. Worth, TX Vestal, Guy (Community Portable X-Ray Service Inc.), Plano, TX Williams, David (Las Palmes Nursing Home- McAllen), McAllen, TX Against: Flores, Maria Luisa (Mexican American Bar Association of TX), Austin, TX Gallagher, Mike (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.), Houston, TX Lombardo, Kristi (Self), Garland, TX Lott, Lenore (TX Advocates for Nursing Home Residents), Austin, TX Matthews, Matt (National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform & TX Advo. for Nur. Home Residents), Austin, TX O'Reilly, Lou (TX Advocates for Nur. Home Residents), Dallas, TX Townsend, Kimberly (Self), Plano, TX Williams, Georgia (TX Advocates for Nursing Home Residents), Mesquite, TX On: Smith, Shelley (Self), Rockport, TX