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WITNESS LIST
Health & Human Services
April 17, 2007 - 09:00 AM
HB  92
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Roberts, Cary  Lobbyist  (Texas Association of School Boards),  Austin, TX
 
Woolbert, Lynda  Pediatric Nurse Practitioner  (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Brinck, Tom  Manager, Drugs & Medical Devices Group  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
HB  889
 
ON:
 
O'Connell, Patrick  Assistant Attorney General  (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
HB  1064
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Garey, Glen  Attorney  (Texas Restaurant Association),  Austin, TX
 
Reagan, Karen  Association Executive  (Texas Retailers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Urban, John Paul  Legislative Coordinator  (Harris County),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Wenzel, Ione  Program Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
HB  1763
 
FOR:
 
Ford, George  Executive Director, Harris County Protective Services  (Harris County),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Barker, Conni  Director of Government Affairs  (DePelchin Children's Center),  Houston, TX
SB  155
 
FOR:
 
Carr, Jennifer  Prevention Specialist  (International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium),  Austin, TX
 
Davis, Frank  LCDC Center Director  (Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals),  Austin, TX
 
Gardner, Phyllis  Professor  (Texarkana College),  Texarkana, TX
 
McMordie, Charlie  Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor  (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals),  Amarillo, TX
 
ON:
 
Adkins, Leslie  Certification Board Administrator  (Texas Certification Board for Addiction Professionals),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Barker, Conni  Director of Government Affairs  (One Voice, Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Blackburn, Joseph  Substance Abuse Preventionist  (Self),  Midland, TX
 
Cooper, Bruce Alan  Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor  (Texas Certification Board of Addiction Counselors),  Midland, TX
 
Jackson, Jim  Teacher & Counselor  (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals & National Alliance for Mental Illness),  Austin, TX
 
Moore, Mitchell  Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor  (Professional Counselors),  Midland, TX
 
Moore, Ruby  Student  (Self),  San Marcos, TX
 
Shields, Susie  Association Staff  (Association of Substance Abuse Programs),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Myrick, Stewart  Program Director, LCDC Program  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  415
 
FOR:
 
Edwards, Kimberly Avila  Pediatrician  (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association & Texas Academy of Family Physicians),  Austin, TX
 
Harris, Cathy  Registered Nurse  (Texas School Nurse Organization),  Midland, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Martin, Marisa  Associate Director  (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy),  Temple, TX
 
Tripp, Amy    (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Woolbert, Lynda  Pediatric Nurse Practitioner  (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
DeLeon, Cassandra  Director of Texas Diabetes Council Program  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  692
 
FOR:
 
Collins, Brian  Pediatric Dentist  (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry),  Dallas, TX
 
Delgadillo, Danielle  Lobbyist  (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry),  Austin, TX
 
Schnabel, Charlie  Consultant  (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Shields, Brad  Lobbyist  (Texas Dental Hygienists' Association),  Austin, TX
 
Tripp, Amy    (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Zukowski, Jim  Executive Director  (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners),  Austin, TX
SB  703
 
FOR:
 
Gross, Carrie  Music Therapist/Academic Learning Therapy Student  (Son, Trey Gross),  Plano, TX
 
Hill, Nancy  Parent  (Northeast Tarrant County Dyslexia Council),  Bedford, TX
 
Hinton, Susan  Academic Language Therapist  (Self; Academic Language Therapy Association),  Austin, TX
 
Reyes, Candy  Parent of Dyslexic Child  (Self; Dyslexic Children),  San Antonio, TX
 
Royal, Melanie  Certified Academic Language Therapist  (Academic Language Therapy Association),  Stephenville, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Farish, Paula  Parent  (Northeast Tarrant County Dyslexia Council),  Bedford, TX
 
Gonzalez, Luis  Lobbyist  (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic),  Austin, TX
 
Gould, Rebecca  Certified Academic Language Therapist  (Dyslexic Children),  San Antonio, TX
 
Hall, Suzanne  Certified Academic Language Therapist  (Neuhaus Education Center),  Bellaire, TX
 
Johnson, Ramona  Parent  (Self; Family),  Austin, TX
 
Murrill North, Mary  Educator  (Neuhaus Education Center),  Bellaire, TX
 
Rutledge, Abigail  Parent  (Self; Family),  Austin, TX
 
Rutledge III, Donald  Building Project Manager  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Jessica  Teacher  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Hanna, Mark  Attorney  (Speech-Language-Hearing Association),  Austin, TX
 
Mills, Stephen  Regulation & Standards Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  1587
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bernhardt, Rebecca  Immigration, Border & National Security Policy Director  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Horn, Herman  Director, Civil Rights Office  (Texas Health & Human Services Commission),  Austin, TX
SB  1658
 
FOR:
 
Reagan, Karen  Executive Director  (Texas Federation of Drug Stores),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Herzog, Greg  Association Executive  (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Ruiz, JR  Consultant  (CHRISTUS Healthcare),  Austin, TX
 
Zamrazil, Kristie  Senior Director, Public Affairs  (Texas Pharmacy Association),  Austin, TX
SB  1716
 
ON:
 
Ratliff, Richard  Health Physicist  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  1879
 
FOR:
 
Chapman, Billy  Detective  (Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office),  Lake Charles, LA
 
Green, David  Assistant District Attorney  (Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office),  Lake Charles, LA
 
Mishler, Arthur  Narcotics Detective  (Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office),  Lake Charles, LA
 
Reagan, Karen  Executive Director  (Texas Federation of Drug Stores),  Austin, TX
 
White, Mike  Sheriff  (Orange County Sheriff's Office),  Orange, TX
 
Woods, Mitch  Sheriff  (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office),  Beaumont, TX
 
ON:
 
Dodson, Gay  Executive Director  (Texas State Board of Pharmacy),  Austin, TX
 
Hatcher, Johnny    (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Round Rock, TX
 
Robinson, Mari  Director  (Texas Medical Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Hobbs, Ron    (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office),  Beaumont, TX
 
Kitchens, Rhonda  Reporter  (KPLC-TV Lake Charles, Louisiana),  Lake Charles, LA
 
Mills, Amy  Assistant District Attorney  (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Petroff, Kevin  Assistant District Attorney  (Harris County District Attorney's Office),  Houston, TX
 
Zamrazil, Kristie  Senior Director, Public Affairs  (Texas Pharmacy Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Shields, Brad  Lobbyist  (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists),  Austin, TX
SB  1937
 
FOR:
 
Alsip, Bryan  Assistant Director  (San Antonio Metropolitan Health District),  San Antonio, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Herzog, Greg  Association Executive  (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Kroll, Carrie  Director, Advocacy & Health Policy  (Texas Pediatric Society),  Austin, TX
 
Perkins, Vicki  Administrator  (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care),  San Antonio, TX
 
Sperry, Bryan  Association President  (Children's Hospital Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Tripp, Amy    (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Kloster, Jeff  Associate Commissioner  (Texas Education Agency),  Austin, TX
 
Sims, Jack  Immunization Branch Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX