WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 27, 2013 - 8:00 AM
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Coomissoners Association of Texas)
Burkeen, Daniel (Limestone County)
Evans, Leon (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Klaeger, Donna (Burnet County)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Louderback, A.J. (Jackson County and the Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Wilson, Dennis (Limestone County, Sheriff's Assoc. of Texas)
On:
Hohengarten, Nancy (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Maples, Mike (Department of State Health Services)
McGraw, Pete (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens. Commission on Human Rights)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Sherry (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Garcia, Joe (University Health System-Bexar County)
Gonzales, Gilbert (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Jensen, Greg (Lone Star Circle of Care)
Jones, Patti (Lubbock County, Texas)
Knaupe, Gregg (Seton Healthcare Family)
Ligon, Katharine (Center For Public Policy Priorities)
Lowrance, Diane (Self; Behavioral health center of nueces county)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Smith, John (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Yezak, Gerald (Robertson County)
For:
Blea, Amy (Self)
Callaway, Rebecca (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Swenson, Germaine (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Webb, Jennifer (Self)
Against:
Elrod, Brenda (Self)
Elrod, Brenda (Self; Texas Environmental Health Association)
On:
Hill, Michael (Self; Texas Association of Local Health Officials)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Linda (Self)
Arenas, Desiree (Self)
Arenas, Royd (Self)
Bartos, Jennifer (Self)
Bartos, Randy (Self)
Benton, Douglas (Self)
Blea, David (Self)
Blosser, Jeremy (Self)
Bossley, Carla (Self)
Boykin, Leanna (Self)
Breeding, John (Self)
Broyles, Sarah (Self)
Casnovsky, Joy (Self)
Castolenia, Hannah (Self)
Charbonneau, Sherry (Self)
Clark, Asha (Self)
Crow, Kimberly (Self)
Del vecchio, Nikki (Self; Little snowflakes cottage bakery)
Delvecchio, Denise (Self)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Dillingham, Leena (Self)
Fitzsimons, Patrick (Self)
Friar, Amanda (Self)
Friar, Haley (Self)
Friar, Sarah (Self)
Galpin, Leon (Self)
Galpin, Leon (Self)
Galpin, Philip (Self)
Galpin, Rosemary (Self)
Garcia, Leticia (Self)
Garner, Tara (Self)
Gensler, Nick (Self)
Gleis, Radhia (Self)
Gray, Lorrie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hall, Terri (Self)
Hardin, Katy (Self)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Herman buck, Nate (Self)
Higgins, Peggy (Self)
Hill, Paige (Self)
Holland, Loretta (Self; Texas Home Bakers)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Hughes, Lisa (Texas Academy of Nutrition ans Dietetics)
Humbert, Yvette (Self)
Imken, Mike (Self)
Jezik, Athena (Self)
Jonas, Kristy (Self)
Krenek, Mary (Self)
Landeros, Alexandra (Self)
Landry, Jennifer (Self)
Leonard, Carol (Self)
Leonard, Christina (Self)
Lucero, Jada (Self)
Mandrell, Carriebeth (Self; Texas home bakers)
Mandrell, William (Self)
Masters, Kelley (Self)
Matherne, Michael (Self)
McCarthy, Peter (Self; Texas Health Freedom Coalition)
Miksits, Connie (Self)
Moore, Jim (Self)
Mulder, Brandon (Self)
Mulder, Monika (Self)
Newlin, Alissa (Self)
Perry, Kara (Self)
Peterson, Christy (Self)
Power, Sharon (Self)
Rathbone, Marissa (Self; Active Life)
Rex, Rebecca (Self)
Rios, Caszandra (Self)
Roa, Beth (Self)
Rodriguez, Monica (Self)
Rodriguez, sr, Rafael (Self)
Rooney, Elizabeth (Self)
Russell, Cristy (Self)
Senter, Alexa (Self; HOPE Farmers Market)
Shaw, Charlotte (Self)
Sheets, Kristen (Self)
Smiley, Andrew (Self; Sustainable Food Center)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Cynthia (Self)
Smock, Roxanna (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Self)
Stanford II, Ken (Self)
Thune, Halla (Self)
Tonak, Faith (Self)
Tonak, Jennifer (Self)
Tonak, Matthew (Self)
Tovar, Melissa (Self)
Trotter, Celinda (Self)
Wolosin, Ty (Self; Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners association)
Wygant, James (Self)
Against:
Delisi, Vincent (Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department)
Frys, Antoni (Self)
Frys, Edward (Self)
Marlow, Deborah (Self)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County)
Peterson, Christy (Self)
On:
Wilson, Cheryl (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Kelder, Steve (Self)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Lamar, Margaret (Houston Wilderness)
Rathbone, Marissa (Self; Active Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association and Texas Public Health Coalition)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Cole, Celia (Texas food bank network)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Cooper, Allen (Self; National Wildlife Federation)
De Garavilla, James (Self; Silsbee ISD, Board Trustee)
Everett, Diana (Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance)
Finck, James (Texas Alliance of YMCAs)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Scott, Shanie (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Silvius, Pete (Self)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Action for Healthy Kids)
Stallings, Robin (BikeTexas)
For:
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Milam, Susan (NationalnAssociation of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
On:
Baggett, Pamela (Self)
Horton, Colleen (Self; Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis county Probate Court)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center For Public Policy Priorities)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)
Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Stanford II, Ken (Self)
On:
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Hollier, Lisa (Self; Texas Medical Association; Texas District American Congress of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
On:
Hanke, June (Harris health System)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Brown, Charles (Self)
Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Eckstein, Kathy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Glaze, Laurie (One Voice Texas)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Lucas, Shannon (March of Dimes)
Matherne, Michael (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)
Against:
Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Stanford II, Ken (Self)
On:
Cooper III, Sam (Texas dept of State Health Services)
For:
Correia, Edward (Orthotic coalition for patient and physician choice)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Against:
Allen, Mike (Self)
Allen, Mike (Self)
Brinkley, Katie (Self)
Carr, Snapper (Texas Association of Orthotists and Prosethetists)
Jameson, Scott (Self; Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotist and Prosthetist)
Kirchner, Mark (Self)
Mehary, Amy (Self; Texas association ofnorthotistsband prosthetists)
Walker, Robb (Self)
On:
Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Conradt, Patricia (Self)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Laney, J Pete (Orthotic Coalition for Patient and Physician Choice)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, David (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Archie, Sheron (Self; Hanger clinic)
Borth, Frieda (Self; Hanger Clinic)
Brown, Michael (Self)
Crowe, Gary (Self)
Gonzales, Ninfa (Self; Hanger clinic and ABC)
Ischy, Amanda (Self; Hanger clinic)
Marchel, Jennifer (Self; Abc, hanger clinic)
Neil, Allison (Self; Hanger clinic ABC)
Schroeder, Shawn (Self; Hanger inc)
Scott, Mark (Self; Hanger inc)
Scott, Rose (Self; Hanger inc)
On:
Olvera, David (Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics)
For:
Doyle, Marilyn (Self)
Persaud, Donna (Self; Parkland health & Hospital System)
Spalding, Susan (Self; Dallas county hospital district)
Strachan-Batson, Jill (Self; Parkland Health and hospital systems)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Hill, Michael (Self; Texas Association of Local Health Officials)
Sabo, Jason (The Immunization Partnership)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Warden, Dusty (Self; Immunize El Paso)
Against:
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Dillingham, Leena (Self)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Leonard, Carol (Self)
Power, Sharon (Self)
Rex, Rebecca (Self; Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education)
Stanford II, Ken (Self)
On:
Rai, Saroj (Texas State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Diamond, Stephen (Self; Metrocare)
Jones, Kenneth (Self; Coastal EMS)
Quigley, Darryl (Self; Texas LifeLine Corp.)
Rios, Jaime (Self)
On:
Jakovich, Derek (Texas department of state health services)
Matthews, Ryan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brian, John (Self; Odyssey EMS)
Harracksingh, Rachel (Self; Texas EMS integrity coalition)
Against:
Harless, Barbara (Self)
On:
Baldazo, Fidel (Self)
Carroll, Kate (Acadian Ambulance)
Wait, Dudley (Self; Texas Ambulance Association)
For:
Baggett, Pamela (Self; NAMI Austin)
Hampton, Keith (National Alliance on Mental Illness-Texas)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis county Probate Court)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Sechrest, Les (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Twombly, Dana (Self)
Weaver, Catherine (Self; Nami texas)
Against:
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Scogin, Evelyn (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burkeen, Daniel (Limestone County)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Milam, Susan (NationalnAssociation of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Allen, Robert (Self)
Ambs, Dana (Self)
Bezuidenhout, Daniel (Self)
Bezuidenhout, Zachary (Self)
Breeding, John (Self)
Convery, Debra (Self)
Crosley, Robert (Self)
Daniels (Self)
Dillingham, Leena (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Ellzey, John (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Fischer, Candace (Self)
Fischer, Jeff (Self)
Fitzsimons, Patrick (Self)
Gillum, Jeffrey (Self)
Gleis, Radhia (Self)
Greene, Edward (Self)
Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)
Hilman, Jennifer (Self)
Imken, Mike (Self)
Jenner, Steven (Self)
Jenner, Thomas (Self)
Jensen, David (Self)
Jezik, Athena (Self)
Kalish, Corrina (Self)
Krenek, Mary (Self)
Lefebvre, Jean (Self)
Liggett, Eleanor (Self)
McCarthy, Peter (Self; Texas Health Freedom Coalition)
Moore, Jim (Self)
Neikirk, Eva (Self)
Owen, Bill (Self)
Perry, Kara (Self)
Peterson, Christy (Self)
Peterson, Teresa (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Sullivan, Michael (Self)
Wadhwani, Savita (Self)
Wanslow, Shelby (Self)
Weems, Jason (Self)
Welsh, Karen (Self; Austin center for peace and justice)
Whittier, Eric (Self)
Wier, George (Self)
Wood, Juli (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wood, Richard (Self)
Wright, Dorothy (Self)
On:
Lacefield Lewis, Lauren (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Burkeen, Daniel (Limestone County)
Evans, Leon (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Louderback, A.J. (Jackson County and the Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Wilson, Dennis (Limestone County, Sheriff's Assoc. of Texas)
On:
Lacefield, Lauren (Department of state health services)
Lacefield Lewis, Lauren (Department of State Health Services)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens. Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Coomissoners Association of Texas)
Bailey, Sherry (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Gonzales, Gilbert (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Jones, Patti (Lubbock County, Texas)
Klaeger, Donna (Burnet County)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center For Public Policy Priorities)
Lowrance, Diane (Behavioral health center of nueces county)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Smith, John (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Weaver, Catherine (Self; Nami texas)
Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
On:
Hohengarten, Nancy (Self)
Jensen, Greg (Lone Star Circle of Care)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dunn, Jay (Self; The Bridge)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cain, Randy (City of Dallas)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Ellmer, Mindy (Haven for Hope)
Glaze, Laurie (One Voice Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center For Public Policy Priorities)
Milam, Susan (NationalnAssociation of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Short, Jim (Harris County)
Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
On:
Lacefield Lewis, Lauren (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Ligon, Katharine (Center For Public Policy Priorities)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Glaze, Laurie (One Voice Texas)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Milam, Susan (NationalnAssociation of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Texas Chapter)
Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)
Weaver, Catherine (Self; Nami texas)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Harless, Barbara (Self)
On:
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
Against:
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Buckner, Jim (Self; Uvalde Memorial Hospital, TORCH)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
On:
Ghahremani, Kay (HHSC Resource)
Ligon, Katharine (Center For Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Against:
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of Texas)
Against:
Carroll, Kate (Acadian Ambulance)
Carroll, Kate (Acadian)
Diamond, Stephen (Self; Metrocare)
Young, Loretta (Self)
On:
Jones, Kenneth (Coastal EMS)
Quigley, Darryl (Self; Texas lifeline corp)
Wait, Dudley (Self; Texas Ambulance Association,)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Baldazo, Fidel (Self)
Brian, John (Self; Odyssey EMS)
Harracksingh, Rachel (Self)
Matthews, Ryan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ramon, Manuel & Cynthia (Self)
Rios, Jaime (Self)
On:
Jakovich, Derek (Texas department of state health services)
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