WITNESS LIST
SB  439
Senate Committee Report
Health & Human Services
April  12, 2007 - 10:00 AM or upon adjournment
 
FOR:
 
 
Balch, Burke  Director, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics  (Texas Right to Life Committee),  Washington, DC
 
 
Bennett, Robert  Attorney  (Ruthie Webster and Family),  Gilmer, TX
 
 
Black, Adam  Legislative Associate  (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
 
Borel, Dennis  Executive Director  (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),  Austin, TX
 
 
Castillo, Melissa    (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
 
Cranston, Cathy  Personal Care Attendant  (Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas/ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
 
Cranston, Ron    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Dixon, Lanore  Web Designer  (Self; the family of Andrea Clark),  Blum, TX
 
 
Emick, Stacey  Legislative Director  (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
 
Garrison-Tate, Jeff  Policy Manager  (The Disability Policy Consortium),  Seguin, TX
 
 
Gonzales, Catarina    (Self),  Lockhart, TX
 
 
Gonzalez, Freddy    (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
 
Graham, Elizabeth  Director of Non-Profit  (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
 
Graham, Joseph M.  PhD, Professor of Philosophy  (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
 
Harrell, Will  Executive Director, Attorney  (ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Kafka, Bob  Organizer  (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
 
King, Andrew  Administrator  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Klein, Melvileen Zee  Speech/Language Pathologist  (Self; Mother),  Houston, TX
 
 
Lenz, Matthew L.  Physician  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Litzinger, Amy  College Student at Southwestern University  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Litzinger, Linda  Parent of adult with a disability  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Loskill, Kathryn  Corporate Secretary, Co-business owner  (Self),  Lubbock, TX
 
 
McPhail, Jennifer    (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Metz, Albert    (Self; Americans Disabled for Attendant Progams Today),  Austin, TX
 
 
Painter, Robert  Attorney  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Payne, Susan  Homemaker  (Self),  College Station, TX
 
 
Rowe, Ednor    (Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today),  Georgetown, TX
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan  Director of Legislative Affairs/Attorney  (Free Market Foundation),  Plano, TX
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie    (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Ward, Jerri Lynn  Attorney  (Texas Attorneys for Advance Directives),  Austin, TX
 
 
Wright, Kyleen    (Texans for Life),  Irving, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
 
Fine, Robert L.  Physician  (Texas Medical Association, Baylor Healthcare),  Dallas, TX
 
 
Hicks, Marian  Registered Nurse  (Self),  New Braunfels, TX
 
 
Mazza, Frank  Physician and Medical Administrator  (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
 
Miller, Ann  Pediatric Chaplin  (Self; Cook Children's),  Fort Worth, TX
 
 
Nuckols, Beverly B.  M.D.  (Self; Texas Alliance for Life),  Austin, TX
 
 
Patt, Hanoch  Pediatric Cardiologist  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Regier, Michael  Attorney  (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
 
Hooser, Greg  Attorney  (Self; Texas Advance Directives Act Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
 
Horton, Colleen  Public Policy Director  (Texas Center for Disability Studies),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
 
Brown, William King    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Covert, Joan    (Brain Injury Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Fowler, Dean  Judge of Upshur County  (Self),  Gilmer, TX
 
 
Hernandez, Benny    (Self),  Ausitn, TX
 
 
Hettinger, Ann  Retired teacher, CWA State Director  (Concerned Women for America),  Rockwall, TX
 
 
Kelly, Sean  Manual Therapist  (BIATX),  Austin, TX
 
 
Langendorf, Jean  Executive Director  (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Mizcles, Amy  Director of Governmental Affairs  (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Reyes, Paul    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
 
Gremillion, Ginny  Clinical Ethics Specialist  (Memorial Hermann),  Houston, TX
 
 
Martin, Marisa  Associate Director  (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy),  Temple, TX

 
 
McMichael, James  P.  Physician  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Moreno, Gabriela    (Christus Health),  Austin, TX
 
 
Reece, Laurie  Executive Director  (Texas Transplantation Society),  Austin, TX
 
 
Ryan, James Terry    (Christus Santa Rosa Hospital),  San Antonio, TX
 
 
Sherrill, Kristi  Vice President of Advocacy  (Baylor Healthcare System),  Dallas, TX
 
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
 
Trolin, Brenda  Executive Director  (Catholic Health Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
 
Lowe, Adonna  Nurse  (JPS Health Network),  Forth Worth, TX
 
 
Rose, Denise  Government Relations  (Texas Children's Hospital),  Houston, TX
 
 
Woodley, Richard  Hospital Director  (Christus Santa Rosa Health Care),  San Antonio, TX
 
On:
 
 
Gray, Patricia  Director of Research and External Affairs  (Health Law and Policy Institute at the Univeristy of Houston Law Center),  Houston, TX