WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 13, 2011 - 8:00 AM
For:
Berger, Brian (Self)
Draenn, Donald (Self)
Herrick, Devon M (National Center for Policy Analysis)
Wohlgemuth, Arlene (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)
Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)
Suehs, Thomas (TX Health & Human Services Commissioner)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
HB 13 - Committee Substitute (Alvarado)
For:
Manross, Lee (Texas Coalition of Health Insurance Agents)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
Urrabazo, JP (Sanofi-aventis)
Waldrop, Rebecca (Sanofi-aventis)
Wilson, Stacy (Central Health & Community Care)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)
On:
Fasko, Roger (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Kalanges MD MPH, Lauri (Texas Dept of State Health Services)
For:
Dragsbaek, Anna (The Immunization Partnership)
Sahni, Leila (Texas Children's Hospital, The Immunization Partnership)
Terk, Jason (Texas Immunization Partnership, Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric
Society, Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Against:
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Sims, Jack (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Armstrong, Georgia (Self)
Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Emmett, Ed (Harris County, Texas)
Fisher, Nancy (TX Assn. of Local Health Officials)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Lane, Lee (Texas Association of Local Health Officials)
Matz, Laura (March of Dimes)
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
Rose, Denise (Texas Hosp. Association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Smith, Jason (Harris County, TX)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Wilson, Stacy (Central Health & Community Care)
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)
Against:
Richardson, Dawn (Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education, PROVE)
Simpson, Susan (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
For:
Boese-Chambless, Suzette (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Salmeron, Henda (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Butler, Jeremy (Self)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society)
Hatch, Jennifer (Susan G. Komen for the cure)
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)
Perkins, Val (Texas Radiological Society)
Rodas, Claudia (American Cancer Society)
Rose, Denise (Texas Hosp. Association)
Salmeron, Richard (Self)
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)
HB 834 - Committee Substitute (Laubenberg)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bibighaus, Lauren Hutton (Lance Armstrong Foundation)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
For:
Shaffer, Gary (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)
Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
Against:
Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)
On:
Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davenport, Arlie (Texas Cemeteries Assoc.)
Grice, Karen (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Massey, David (TFDA)
For:
Chesler, Adam (Walgreens)
On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Bus. Council)
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Dederichs, David (Express Scripts, Inc.)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Heal, John (Texas True Care Pharmacies)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health System Pharmacists)
Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Wiesner, Dennis (H-E-B)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)
For:
Davenport, Arlie (Texas Cemeteries Assoc.)
Shaffer, Gary (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Massey, David (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
On:
Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)
On:
Waldron, Patrick (TX Dept of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union/Safe Patient Project)
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Mathis, Maye (Cemetery)
Mathis, Sharon (Boggy Cemetery Restoration Group)
On:
Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)
Against:
Jackson, Ruth (Cemetery)
For:
Guinn, Paul (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Shaffer, Gary (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)
Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
On:
Lackey, Sandra (Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit)
On:
Vasek, Heather (TX Independent Emergency Room Association)
Waldron, Patrick (TX Dept of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Free-Standing Emergency Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Kerr, Andrew (Texas for Fiscal Responsibility)
Against:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rucker, Patrick (Self)
On:
Davenport, Arlie (Greenwood - Mount Olivet)
For:
Blackwell, Thomas (PACSTX & D&S Residential Services)
Elrod, Susanne (TX Council of Community Centers)
White, Grace (MHMR of Tarrant County)
On:
Gold, Marc (Dept of Aging & Disability Services (DADS))
Thomas, Katherine (TX. Board of Nursing)
Thomas, Mary Beth (Texas Board of Nursing)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Janis (TX Nurse Practitioners)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Israel, Gordon (Draco Services, INC.)
Massingill, Gavin (Daybreak Group)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Southern, David (Self)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Against:
Wittie, David (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
On:
Hester, Melinda (Texas Board of Nursing)
HB 3611 - Committee Substitute (Kolkhorst)
For:
Moore, S. Diane (Self; Private Providers Association of Texas)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hernandez, Richard (ResCare, Inc.)
For:
Gray, Tammy (Self; PCAN - Pharmacy Choice and Access Now)
Perryman, Ray (Self; Research Funded by Pharmacy Choice and Access Now)
Purcell, Gerry (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wiesner, Dennis (H-E-B)
Against:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Ginsberg, Seth (Global Healthy Living Foundation)
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
Ryan, Tara (PhRMA)
On:
Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)
Vasquez, Andy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beck, Richard (TX Phamacy Business Council)
Boydstun, Joshua (Self; TX Family Support Services)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)
Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co.)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Against:
Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Haeber, Julie (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Littlefield, Rita (Texas Renal Coalition)
Lorenz, Geoff (Mental Health America of Texas)
Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Milam, Susan (Natl. Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas (NAMI Texas))
Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)
Schrag, Wendy (Fresenius Medical Care)
For:
Littlefield, Rita (Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force)
On:
Fasko, Roger (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
On:
Kalanges MD MPH, Lauri (TX Dept of State Health Services)
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