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WITNESS LIST
SB  1397
Senate Committee Report
Health & Human Services
April  7, 2009 - 9:00 AM
 
FOR:
 
 
Downing, Carla  Product Vice President, Development and Academic Support  (The College Network),  Indianapolis, IN
 
 
Franco, Linda  (Self),  Lubbock, TX
 
 
Nettleton, Bridget  Dean, School of Nursing (also providing written testimony)  (Excelsior College),  Albany, NY
 
 
Reddell, Willa  (Self),  Lubbock, TX
 
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
 
Aulbach, Rebecca  Registered Nurse  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Basler, Charlene  Registered Nurse  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Bruno, Morgan  Clinical Nurse (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Burns, Paulette  Registered Nurse, PhD  (Texas Nurses Association),  Fort Worth, TX
 
 
Graves, Krisanne  Registered Nurse  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Simmons, Debora (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Pearland, TX
 
ON:
 
 
Hicks, Rodney  Registered Nurse/Ph.D.  (Self),  Lubbock, TX
 
 
Thomas, Mary  Director of Nursing  (Texas Board of Nursing),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
 
Graves, Tim  President/Chief Executive Officer  (Texas Health Care Association),  Austin, TX