WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 17, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 453

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Blewett, John (Self; Capitol Emergency Associates)

                                 Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)

                                 Jekot, Jeff (Self; Austin Anesthesiology Group, Mednax, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists,

                                 Texas Medical Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kenneth (Self; St.  David's HealthCare / St. David's North Austin Medical Center)

                 On:

                                 Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)

                                 Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

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

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)

                                 Williams, David (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

            HB 598

                 For:

                                 Holt Cutrone, Susanna (Self)

                                 Nelson, Sabrina (Self; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

                                 Nelson, Sabrina (Self)

                                 Regen, Donna (Self)

                                 Rodas, Claudia (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

                                 Wilkerson, Michael (Self; Texas Dermatological Society)

                 Against:

                                 Hoel, David (Palm Beach Tan)

                                 Levy, Joseph (American Suntanning Association)

                                 Levy, Joseph (American Suntanning Association, International Smart Tan Network)

                                 Miller, Allen (Palm beach tan)

                 On:

                                 Gershenwald, Jeffrey (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Eckstein, Kathy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Regen, Larry (Self)

                 On:

                                 Brinck, Tom (Dept of state health services)

            HB 1137

                 For:

                                 Hopson, Chuck (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bollinger, Paul (HEB)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Harrold, Michael (Express Scripts)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Marwitz, David A. (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Company)

                                 Rodriguez, Miguel (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

                                 Root, David (Prime therapeutics)

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Hospital Pharmacists)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas pharmacy business council)

                 On:

                                 Vasquez, Andy (HHSC Resource Witness)

            HB 2158

                 For:

                                 Wohlgemuth, Arlene (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Winter, Raymond (Office of the Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Einfalt, Mark (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Nelson, Karen (HHSC-OIG Resource Witness)

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            HB 2217

                 For:

                                 Aghamalian, Brandon (Self; Texas Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists)

                                 DiBello, Tom (Self; Myself)

                                 Hubli, Eric (Self)

                                 Littlefield, Tim (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)

                 On:

                                 Chassay, Mark (HHSC Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ball, John (March of Dimes)

                                 Borth, Frieda (Self)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self)

                                 Kirchner, Mark (Self)

                 On:

                                 Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society and Texas Medical Association)

            HB 2297

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Joanna (Self)

                                 Ellis, Joanna (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science)

                                 Falleur, David (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science)

                                 Garcia, Stephen (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science)

                                 Jasso, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Mcdonald, Savanna (Self)

                                 Thompson, Christina (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science)

                 Against:

                                 Mitchell, Kent (Clinical Pathology Laboratories)

                                 Moore, Alan (Texas Society of Pathologists)

                                 Silberman, M.D., Mark (Texas Society of Pathologists)

                                 Stratton, Nancy (Clinical pathology laboratoy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aldurien, Nicole (Self)

                                 Allen, Jacquie (Self)

                                 Cothern, Kristin (Self)

                                 Denham, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Elkobani, Hager (Self)

                                 Escalante, Michael (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Flores, Marc (Self)

                                 Grogan, Travis (Self)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self)

                                 Kam, Alexandra (Self)

                                 Mccammon, Debbie (Self)

                                 McKenzie, Shirlyn (Self)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science)

                                 Redwine, Gerald (Self)

                                 Rohde, Rodney (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science)

                                 White, Kaci (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Klein, Debbie (CLinical Pathology Laboratories)

                                 Solano, Romeo (Clinical Pathologists Laboratory)

                 On:

                                 Bourland, Cindy (Department of state health services)

                                 Kubin, Grace (Texas Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2490

                 For:

                                 Hughes, Chris (Labcorp)

                 On:

                                 VanHoose, Laurie (HHSC Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cornyn, Haley (On behalf of Clinical Pathology Laboratories)

                                 Kwolek, Kris (Labcorp)

                                 Thompson, Christina (Self; Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory)

            HB 2560

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Underwood Newsome, Courtney (Self; The SANE Initiative)

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Department of state health services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camp, Victoria (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Donder, Lauren (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)

                                 Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for Texas Families)

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                 On:

                                 Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)

            HB 2625

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 On:

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)

                 On:

                                 Lacefield lewis, Lauren (Department of state health services)

            HB 2709

                 For:

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas silver haired legislature)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)

                 On:

                                 Hodgson, Wesley (Dshs)

                                 Lucas, Shelley (DSHS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Kyker, Chris (Self; Te xas silver [haired legislature)

                                 Nasman, Linnea (The Immunization Partnership)

            HB 2965

                 For:

                                 Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)

                 Against:

                                 Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                 On:

                                 Villarreal, Rudy (HHSC Resource Witness)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Avery, Bj (Texas Optometric Asso)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            HB 3020

                 For:

                                 Burke, Laurie H (Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)

                 Against:

                                 Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Spangler, Lee (Texas Medical Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Ben (MyRightToKnow.org)

                                 Hughes, Lisa (ELAP Services LLC)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Kowalski, Tom (Texas healthcare and bioscience institute)

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

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas assn of manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Goode, Megan (Texas Medical Board)

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Department of state health services)

            HB 3174

                 For:

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self)

                 On:

                                 Knight, Antonia (Texas Medical Board)

            HB 3262

                 For:

                                 Fain, JD (Self; TIPA)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)

                                 Walsh, Edgar (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)

                 Against:

                                 Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bollinger, Paul (HEB)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Marwitz, David A. (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Company)

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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

                 On:

                                 Vasquez, Andy (HHSC Resource Witness)

            HB 3283

                 For:

                                 THOMAS, ANTHONY (Self)

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Department of state health services)

            HB 3285

                 For:

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                 On:

                                 Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas silver haired legislature)

            HB 3427

                 For:

                                 Storey, Andre (CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System)

                 On:

                                 Perry, Peggy (Department State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet healthcare corporation)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 OBrien, Sister Michele (Self)

                                 Townsend, Linda (Christus Health)

            HB 3687

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Jose E. (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)

                                 Crowley, Monica (Self; Lone star circle of care)

                                 Froehlich, Leslee (CommUnityCare)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Jensen, Greg (Self; Lone star circle of care)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians & Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Williams, David (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                 On:

                                 Auzenne, David (Department of state health services)

                                 Garcia, Imelda (DSHS)

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