Witness List Display

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WITNESS LIST

Public Health Committee

April 28, 2009 - 8:00 AM

Swine Flu Briefing

On:

Lakey, David (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

On:

LeDuc, James (UTMB)

HB 1489

For:

Brogan, Gerard (National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Gorbet, Melissa (NNOC - National Nursing Organizing Committee)

Perez, Olga (NNOC National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Rodriquez, Veronica (NNOC)

Thompson, Joanne (Self)

Williams, Christopher (National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Against:

Clipper, Bonnie (Texas Hospital Association St. David's Healthcare)

Zolnierek, Cindy (Texas Nurse Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Agbatekwe, Gwendolyn (Self and National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Barrera, Douglas (Self)

Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)

Breaux, Misty (Self)

Dietz, Deborah (Self and RN's from Harris County Psychiatric Hospital)

Foster-Glass, Karen (NNOC)

Green, Kelly (Self)

Higginbotham, Elizabeth (Self)

Jackson, Katie (Self)

Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

Laughlin, Tom (NNOC TX)

Leonard, Beverly (National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Littles, Paula (Texas NNOC)

Lubritz, Paige (Texas Dietetic Association)

Miller, Keleen (Self)

Moon, Megan (NNOC of Texas)

Smith, David (Self)

Vande Hoef, Susan (Self and National Nurses Organizing Comittee)

Against:

Belk, Carolyn (The Methodist Hospital System)

Casady, Shane (Driscoll Children's Hospital)

Cutrer, Jennifer (Parkland Health & Human Services)

Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)

Hutto, Kathy (Community Health Systems)

Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)

McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)

Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care)

Ryerson, Michelle (Self and Robert Dent Judy Roever Diana Fancher Maria Diaz)

Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

Against:

Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

Willmann, James (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition [Coalition of 18 Texas Nursing Organizations])

Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

HB 1504

For:

Karins, Doug (Self and Controlled Healthcare LLC)

Against:

Cypra, Clement (PhRMA)

On:

Tannert, Karen (Department of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Culley, Robert (PBA Health)

Heal, John (PBA Health)

Against:

Paylor, Ryan (Texas Conservative Coaltion)

HB 1504 - Committee Substitute (Coleman)

For:

Koslin, Martin (Self and Martin Surgical)

Neeper, Len (Self and Advantage Medical Supply)

HB 2007

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Self and Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Against:

Collins, Thomas (Greenoaks Hospital)

Metzinger, Janie (Mental Health America of Greater Dallas)

HB 2080

For:

Bryant, Suzanne (Self)

Jensen-Buchanan, Maxim (Self)

Langsley, Karen (Self)

Marriott-Voss, Mason (Self)

Shade, Randi (Self)

Terrell, Randall (Equality Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Baldazo, Joel (Self)

Barber, Suzanna (Self)

Breaux, Misty (Self)

Brenner, Elizabeth (Self)

Cobbe, Elizabeth (Self)

Dawson, Kate (Self)

Delony, Andrew (Self)

Dietz, Anne (Self)

Ellis, Randall (Legacy Community Health Inc.)

Fralia, Martha (Self)

Gilman, Holly (Self)

Goodfriend, Dawn (Self)

Goodfriend, Ting (Self)

Graham, Victoria (Self)

Jensen, Jody (Self)

Kneten, Patricia (Self)

Lambdin, Dorothy (Self)

LaVoie, Shannon (Self)

Lawder, Erin (Self)

For:

Marriott, Sue (Self)

Mata, Antonio (Self)

Norman, Kim (Self)

Norman, Zach (Self)

Plummer, Douglas (Self)

Poldrack, Kimery (Self)

Robert, Brendan (Self)

Schaefers, Nancy (Self)

Singley, Michael (Self)

Standish, Jill (Self)

Voss, Tanya (Self)

Wall, Abraham (Self)

Wiggins, Lynne (Self)

Wilcox, Jill (Self)

On:

Lackey, Sandra (TX Dept of State Health Services - Vital Statistics Unit)

HB 2294

For:

Long, Heather (Self)

On:

Williams, Melanie (TX Dept of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)

On:

Menon, Ramdas (Resource Witness for DSHS)

HB 2599

For:

Luke, Ron (Self and Texas Association of Business)

Montgomery, Mark (Texas Radiological Society)

Sherry, Cynthia (Texas Radiological Society)

Strax, Richard (Texas Radiological Society)

Against:

Levy, Bruce (Texas Medical Assn)

Nuesch, Carl (Texas Oncology)

Wang, Stan (Self and Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology & Imaging Alliance)

Webb, James (Tex Texas IDTF Association (Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities))

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

Brown, Stephen (Self and Texas Radiological Society)

Fonseca, Renita (Coalition for Ethical Imaging)

Lenartowicz, Andre (CEI)

Meo, Meg (Coalition for Ethical Imaging)

Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)

Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

Against:

Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology & Imaging Alliance)

Chandna, Harish (Self and Texas Chapter of American College of Cardiology)

Chepkauskas, Dan (Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)

Donaldson, Jennifer (Texas Urological Society)

Against:

Gaalla, Ajay (Self and Texas Chapter of American College of Cardiology)

Girard, Chuck (Texas Orthopaedic Association)

Hillert, Bobby (Texas Physician Hospitals Advocacy Center)

Jackson, Lisa (Texas Neurological Society)

Utts, Stephen (Self and TMA)

HB 2677

On:

Lackey, Sandra (TX Dept of State Health Services - Vital Statistics Unit)

HB 2917

Registering, but not testifying:

On:

Perry, Peggy (Dept State Health Services)

HB 3376

For:

Goodridge, Timothy (Self)

Hoang, Stephen (Pediatric Anesthesiology Dept. Children's Medical Center Dallas)

Jackson, J Stuart (Self and Greater Houston Anesthesiology)

McAlister, Jana (Self)

McHorse, Paul (Self and Texas Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants)

Monk, Joe (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)

Parkhurst, Heather (Self)

Ronderos, Jaime (Self and Texas Medical Association)

Against:

Brydges, Garry (Self)

Hopper, Jay (Texas Association on Nurse Anesthetists)

Leach, Steven (Self)

Zeller, Emilia (Self)

On:

Garanflo, Jaime (Texas Medical Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists & Patients First Coalition)

Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)

Johnson, Dane (Self and TAAA (Texas Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants))

McHorse, Kay (Self)

McHorse, Tom (Self)

Against:

Covey, Richard (Self)

Damron, Andrea (Self)

Derrington, Tania (Self)

McEwan, James M (Self and Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetist)

Morrow, Janet (Self)

Rutz, Theresa (Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)

Sampognaro, Kevin (Self)

Wellman, Michael (Self)

Willmann, James (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition (Coalition of 18 Texas Nursing Organizations))

Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

Zolnierek, Cindy (Texas Nurses Association)

HB 3528

For:

Bradicich, Judy (Texas Dietetic Assoc.)

Elders, Lisa (Self and Texas Dietetic Association)

Farr, Linda (Self)

Fisher, Stacy (Texas Dietetic Association)

For:

Hosenfeld, Karin (Self)

Nelson, Caroline (Self)

Against:

Boothe, Judie (Self and Texas Health Freedom Coalition)

Buirski, Clive (Self)

Cochran, Melissa (Self)

Fairchild, Jack (Self)

Gleis, Radhia (Self and International Association of Clinical Nutritionist. & American/And. the Texas Health Freedom Coalition)

Hawkes, Justin (Self)

Jaffe, Richard (International & American Ass'n of Clinical Nutritionists)

Johnson, Gwen (Self and Sunshine Health Freedom Foundation)

Klein, Stanley Keith (Self and Institute of Eating Management Certified Nutritionist, Certified Clinical Nutritionist.)

Lee, Janus (Self)

Lefebvre, Jean (Self)

McCarthy, Peter M. (Self and Texas Health Freedom Coalition)

Searles, Anna (Self)

Still, Sasha (Self)

Swail, Bill (Peoples Pharmacy)

On:

Alexander, Bobbe (Texas State Bd of Examiners of Dietitians)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Ahern, Patricia (Self)

Arellano, Claudia (Self)

Bradley, Carol (Self)

Dunlap, Brian (Self)

Elizondo, Jeremiah (Self)

Farr, Jonathan (Self)

Fillman, Cassie (Self)

Finney, Vanessa (Self)

Gates, Lillian (Self)

Glenz, Diana (Texas Dietetic Association)

Glenz, Meghan (Texas Dietetic Association)

Gutierrez, Irma G (Texas Dietetic Association 4230 LBJ Frwy, Ste 414 Dallas, TX 75244
)

Hastings, Elisabeth (Texas Dietetic Association)

Hawthorne, Keli (Self)

Johnson, Pamela (Self)

King, Debra (Self)

Lubritz, Paige (Self)

Marquette, Christine (Self)

Olshavsky, Rebecca (Self)

Rich, Sundae (Self)

Sanders, Patricia (Self)

Thorson, Beth K. (Texas Dietetic Association
)

Urban, Jessica (Self)

Wallace, Elaine (Self)

Zettner, Stephanie (Self)

Against:

Bone, Rhonda (Natural Products Assoc. SW)

Against:

Coe, Caren (Self)

DeWitt, Lauren (Self)

Heaton, Kirstin (Self)

McCarthy, Nancy (Self)

Newbrough, Judy (Self)

Noel, Catherine (Self)

Puckett-Notley, Emily (Self)

Schnorr, Tom (Self)

Schoenfield, John (Self)

Sembera, Andrew (Self and Allergy Solutions Inc)

Sembera, Sharon (Self and Allergy Solutions Inc.)

Smith, Claudia (Self)

Spiller, Lee (Self)

Stanley, Johnny (Self)

HB 3674

For:

Martin, Laura (Self)

On:

Garanflo, Jaime (Texas Medical Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)

HB 4401 - Committee Substitute (Davis)

For:

Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Assoc.)

HB 4401

For:

Howard, Blake (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)

HB 4470

For:

Dodson, Shirley (Adoption Knowledge Affiliates)

Schaefers, Nancy (Self and TXCARE - Texas Coalition for Adoption Resources & Education)

On:

Engelking, Beth (Department of Family & Protective Services)

Molina, Patricia (Dept of State Health Svs)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Fralia, Martha (Self)

Gray, David (Self)

HCR 152

For:

Claunch, Dave (Self)

Doscher, David (Self)

Gordon, Charles (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Carlucci, Christine (Self)

Freedman, Christine (Self)

Gordon, Laurie (Self)

Sablatura, Joy (Self)

Sparks, Andrea (Self)

SB 476

For:

Griffin, Susan (Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Texas Hospital Association, Texas Org of Nurse Execs)

Newsom, Michelle (Texas Nurses Association)

For:

Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

Sportsman, Susan (Texas Nurses Association)

Against:

Foster-Glass, Karen (NNOC TX)

Green, Kelly (Self)

Romero, Jesse (National Nurses Organizing Committee)

On:

Waldron, Patrick (Texas Department of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Belk, Carolyn (The Methodist Hospital System)

Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)

Brydges, Garry (Self)

Casady, Shane (Driscoll Children's Hospital)

Cook, Jennifer (Self)

Cutrer, Jennifer (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

Girard, Chuck (Hospital Corporation of America)

Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

Haley, Anthony (Baylor Health Care System)

Hopper, Jay (Self)

Hutto, Kathy (Community Health Systems)

Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)

Leach, Steven (Self)

McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)

McEwan, James M (Self and Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetist)

Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

Payne, Brinton (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)

Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care)

Ryerson, Michelle (Self and Robert Dent, Judy Roever, Diana Fancher, Maria Diaz,)

Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

Stewart, Ruth (Self)

Weist, Jon (Arlington Chamber of Commerce)

Willmann, James (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition [Coalition of 18 Texas Nursing Organizations])

Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

Zeller, Emilia (Self)

Against:

Agbatekwe, Gwendolyn (National Nurses Organizing Comm.)

Barrera, Douglas (Self)

Breaux, Misty (Self)

Brogan, Gerard (National Nurses Organising - Committee)

Dietz, Anne (Self)

Dietz, Deborah D (Self and RN's from Harris County Psychiatric Hospilal)

Gorbet, Melissa (NNOC - National Nursing Organizing Committee)

Jackson, Katie (Self)

Laughlin, Tom (NNOC TX)

Against:

LaVoie, Shannon (Self)

Leonard, Beverly (National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Littles, Paula (Texas NNOC)

Moon, Megan (NNOC of Texas)

Perez, Olga (NNOC National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Pirzada, Diana (Self)

Power, Sarah (NNOC - RN)

Rodriquez, Veronica (Self)

Smith, David (Self and NNOC)

Squyres, Clarence (Self)

Thompson, Joanne (Self)

Vande Hoef, Susan (Self and National Nurses Organizing Committee)

Williams, Christopher (National Nurses Organizing Committee)

SB 1083

For:

Weiss, Nancy (American Cancer Society)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Dean, Sheila (5-11 Campaign
)

Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)

Hutton, Lauren (Lance Armstrong Foundation)

Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

Magid, Ramona (Susan G. Komen for the Cure)

Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

Sanders, Morgan (March of Dimes)

On:

Menon, Ramdas (Resource - DSHS)