WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            May 18, 2011 - 8:00 AM

SB 187

                 For:

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)

SB 192

                 For:

                                 Sportsman, Susan (Self; Texas Nurses Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Willmann, James (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition (18 Nursing Associations))

SB 193

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

SB 229

                 For:

                                 Gong, Alice (Texas Medical Association, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Texas

                                 Pediatric Society)

                 On:

                                 Melton-Kissel, Jann (Department of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sanders, Morgan (March of Dimes)

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

SB 229 - Committee Substitute (Naishtat)

                 For:

                                 Beltz, Faith (Association of Texas Midwives)

                                                                                               1

WITNESS LIST

SB 969

                 For:

                                 Richardson, Matt (City of Amarillo Dept. of Public Health)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (American Heart Association)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Lane, Lee (Texas Association of Local Health Officials)

                                 Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo Co. Health Dept.)

                                 Williams, Stephen (Texas Association of Local Health Officials (TALHO))

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 On:

                                 Smith, Dan (TX Dept. of State Health Services)

                                 Troisi, Catherine (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public

                                 Health)

SB 1081

                 For:

                                 Reid, Dustin (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health System Pharmacists)

                 On:

                                 Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ashley, Price (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Haeber, Julie (TX Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)

                                 Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatalogical Society)

                                 Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn.)

                                 Wilson, Melissa (Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons)

                 Against:

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co)

                                 Shields, Brad T (TX Federation of Drug Stores)

SB 1177

                 For:

                                 Lastinger, Joe (Self)

                                 Nakra, Nidhi (The Immunization Partnership)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Stultz MD, Dan (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 Against:

                                 Bennett, Christine (Self)

                                 Richardson, Dawn (Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                 On:

                                 Harper, Amy (DSHS)

SB 1177 - Committee Substitute (Kolkhorst)

                 For:

                                 Swegler, Erica (TMA, TAFP, TPS)

SB 1301

                 For:

                                 Paquette, Nicole (Humane Society of the United States)

                                 Power, Kristin (Consumer Specialty Products Assoc.)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Trimble, Skip (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

SB 1421

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bibighaus, Lauren Hutton (Lance Armstrong Foundation)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX)

                                 Erben, Randy (American Cancer Society)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

SB 1438

                 For:

                                 Davis, Dean (Texas Pharmacy Assoc.)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bollinger, Paul (HEB)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co.)

                                 Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health System Pharmacists)

                                 Shields, Brad T (TX Federation of Drug Stores)

                                                                                               3

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                 On:

                                 Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

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