WITNESS LIST
Health & Human Services
February 6, 2007 - 08:30 AM
SB  30
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Goertz, Roland  Physician  (Texas Association of Community Health Centers),  Waco, TX
 
On:
 
Berry, Connie  Program Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
 
Garanflo, Jaime  Director of Licensure  (Texas Medical Board),  Austin, TX
SB  33
 
FOR:
 
Gaskin, Sandra  Assistant Dean of Austin Community College  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
White, Kirk  Registered Nurse  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Sims, Jack  Immunization Branch Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Herzog, Greg    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Pridgen, Camille    (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
SB  36
 
FOR:
 
Shields, Chris  Attorney  (Dr. Beth Trevino),  Austin, TX
 
Trevino, Beth  Pediatric Specialist  (Self),  Laredo, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Herzog, Greg    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Garanflo, Jaime  Director of Licensure  (Texas Medical Board),  Austin, TX
 
Sims, Jack  Immunization Branch Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  138
 
FOR:
 
Jordan, Clair  Executive Director  (Texas Nurses Association),  Austin, TX
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Fowler, Chris  Program Director  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Berger, Ed  Vice President of Advocacy & Government Relations  (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Pearson, David  President/CEO  (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Woolbert, Lynda  Pediatric Nurse Practitioner  (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Kishi, Aileen    (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas, Mary Beth    (Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners),  Austin, TX
SB  139
 
FOR:
 
Jordan, Clair  Executive Director  (Texas Nurses Association),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Pearson, David  President/CEO  (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Fowler, Chris  Program Director  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Kishi, Aileen    (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas, Mary Beth    (Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners),  Austin, TX
SB  140
 
FOR:
 
Gaskin, Sandra  Assistant Dean of Austin Community College  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
White, Kirk  Registered Nurse  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Berger, Ed  Vice President of Advocacy & Government Relations  (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Herzog, Greg    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Pearson, David  President/CEO  (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Willmann, James  Attorney  (Texas Nurses Association),  Austin, TX
 
Woolbert, Lynda  Pediatric Nurse Practitioner  (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Pridgen, Camille    (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Sims, Jack  Immunization Branch Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  143
 
FOR:
 
Anderson, Ralph  M.D.  (University of North Texas Health Sciences Center),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Holden, Juliet  Executive Director  (Alliance for Infant Survival),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Peachy, Latawnya  Consortium Coordinator  (Texas Healthy Start Alliance & Catholic Charities Healthy Start),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Herzog, Greg    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Nelson, Christina  Program/Project Coordinator  (University of North Texas Health Science Center),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Urban, John Paul  Legislative Coordinator  (Harris County),  Austin, TX
 
Walthall, Morgan  State Director of Public Affairs  (March of Dimes),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Castrucci, Brian    (Texas Department of State Health Services)
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Hall, Darrin  Deputy Director of Government Affairs  (City of Houston),  Houston, TX
SB  198
 
FOR:
 
Jordan, Clair  Executive Director  (Texas Nurses Association),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Pearson, David  President/CEO  (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Woolbert, Lynda  Pediatric Nurse Practitioner  (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Kishi, Aileen    (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
 
Stearman, Nance  Registered Nurse  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  199
 
FOR:
 
Long, Dianne  Geriatric Social Worker  (Care for Elders and One Voice),  Houston, TX
 
Vasek, Heather  Director of Public Policy  (Texas Association for Home Care),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Durden, Veronda  Assistant Commissioner  (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
DeWitt, Lauren  Medical Director  (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),  Austin, TX
 
Graves, Tim  President  (Texas Health Care Association),  Austin, TX
 
Herzog, Greg    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Sabo, Jason  Vice President  (United Ways of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Spiller, Lee  Executive Director  (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Arnold, Tim  Public Affairs  (Jewish Federation of Greater Houston),  Houston, TX
 
On:
 
Gonzales, Dominic  Program Director  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
SB  204
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Banda, Jennifer  Director of Advocacy and Public Policy  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Berger, Ed  Vice President of Advocacy & Government Relations  (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Herzog, Greg    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Jamison, Mazie  Manager  (Children's Medical Center - Dallas),  Dallas, TX
 
Kitchen, Ann  Executive Director  (Indigent Care Collaboration),  Austin, TX
 
Kroll, Carrie  Director of Advocacy and Policy  (Texas Pediatric Society),  Austin, TX
 
Perkins, Vicki  Administration  (Christus Santa Rosa Health Care),  San Antonio, TX
 
Sabo, Jason  Vice President  (United Ways of Texas),  Austin, TX