WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 24, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 245

                 For:

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

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Against:

                                 DeWitt, Lauren (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ntonme, Jacques (Self; Texas Appleseed)

                                 Saenz, Francesco (Williamson County Sheriff's Office)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Steele, Christopher (San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Calcote, Mary (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)

                                 Crockett, Krista (Texas Pain Society)

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

                                 Greenberg, Robert (Self; Texas college of emergency physicians    Scott & white)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                 Against:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Fire Department)

                                 Bresett, Mildred (Self)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Delanghe, Wayne (Self; San antonio professional firefighters local 624)

                                 Dillingham, Leena (Self)

                                 Ellzey, John (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Gonzalez, Joel (Self)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)

                                 Hunt, Randy (Self; Austin polic dept. CIT)

                                 Le Febvre, Jean (Self)

                                 Maldonado, Juan (Self)

                                 Moore, Jim (Self)

                                 Nicks, Bob (Austin Firefighters Association)

                                 Norris, Brian (Self; San Antonio Firefighters)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Owen, Bill (Self)

                                 Poulin, Anna (Self)

                                 Rivera, Alejandro (Self; Laredo Fire Dept)

                                 Stone, Susan (Self)

                                 Thompson, Kristina (Austin Police Department)

                                 Travers, Salila (Self; Barton creek farmers market)

                                 Van Norman, Jim (Self)

                                 Van Norman, Jim (Self)

                                 Wadhwani, Savita (Self)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Self)

                                 Whittier, Eric (Self)

                                 Wier, George (Self)

                                 Williams, Mike (Self)

                 On:

                                 Guerrero, Jane (The Department of State Services)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Texas department of state health services)

            HB 1750

                 For:

                                 Blitz, Dawn (Self)

                                 Boutros, Sean (Self)

                                 Carrington, Tammy (Self)

                                 Scheuplein, Lisa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Duke, Travis (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Terk, Jason (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Waters, Monty (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 1893

                 For:

                                 Fuqua, Jack (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Self)

                                 Hauboldt, Charles (Self; Texasa funeral directorvs association)

                                 Massey, David (Self; Texas Funeral Directors Association)

                                 Thompson, Darryl (Self; Weed Corley Fish Funeral Home)

                                 Vallie, Bill (Self)

                                 Wells, Billy (Self; Geo. H. Lewis and Sons Funeral Directors)

                                 Westerman, Gary (Self; Texas funeral directors assoc)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Altieri, Jason (Self)

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)

                                 Robbins, Chet (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gonzales, Felix B. (Self)

                                 Heyburn, Kevin (Funeral Service Commission)

                                 Moreno, Jose Luis (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkins, Sheri (Self; Texas funeral director association)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Elton B. (Self; Brenham Memorial Chapel)

            HB 2186

                 For:

                                 Ntonme, Jacques (Self; Texas Appleseed)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Against:

                                 DeWitt, Lauren (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Saenz, Francesco (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

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

                                 Greenberg, Robert (Self; Scott & white, texas college of Emergency Physicians)

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

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Hunt, Randy (Self; Austin police dept CIT)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Roberts, Laveda Lynn (Self)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Stone, Susan (Self)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Thompson, Kristina (Austin Police Department)

                                 Van Norman, Jim (Self; Ausfin Travis County Integral Care)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Bresett, Mildred (Self)

                                 Dillingham, Leena (Self)

                                 Ellzey, John (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Le Febvre, Jean (Self)

                                 Maldonado, Juan (Self)

                                 Moore, Jim (Self)

                                 Owen, Bill (Self)

                                 Poulin, Anna (Self)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Travers, Salila (Self; Barton creek farmers market)

                                 Wadhwani, Savita (Self)

                                 Whittier, Eric (Self)

                                 Wier, George (Self)

                                 Williams, Mike (Self)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Texas department of state health services)

            HB 2426

                 For:

                                 McDaniel, Gene (Self; Professional firefighters of arizona)

                                 Norris, Brian (Self; San Antonio Firefighters)

                 Against:

                                 Cason, Debra (Self)

                                 Harbert, Jodie (Tarrant County College)

                                 Hatch, Dr george (Committee on accreditation of educational programs for the emergency

                                 medical services professions)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Fire Department)

                                 Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)

                                 Delanghe, Wayne (Self; San antonio professional firefighter local 624)

                                 Gonzalez, Joel (Self)

                                 Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Martinez, Pedro (Self)

                                 Moreno, Randy (Austin firefighters)

                                 Nicks, Bob (Austin Firefighters Association)

                                 Rivera, Alejandro (Self; Laredo fire dept)

                                 Sprinkle, Gk (Texas Ambulance Association)

                                 Steele, Christopher (San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Villarreal, Johnny (Houston professional fire fighters local 341)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Greenberg, Robert (Self; Texas college of emergency physicians    Scott & white)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                 On:

                                 Guerrero, Jane (The Department of State Services)

            HB 2938

                 For:

                                 Bueche, Jay (Self; Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Bueche, Jay (Self; Texas federation of drug stores and HEB)

                                 DaSilva, Joe (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Patel, AJ (Walgreens)

                 Against:

                                 Floyd, Gary (Texas Medical Association, Texas Acad of Family Physicians, Texas Pediatric

                                 Society)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist healthcare ministries)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)

                                 Gray, Tammy (Self; Texas independent pharmacy association)

                                 Hardin-Oliver, Carole (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Hopson, Charles (Self; Tx pharmacy business council)

                                 Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

                                 Newberry, Mark (Self)

                                 Reagan, Carol (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Williams, Aaron (Self; Walgreens Pharmacy)

                                 Wright, Michael (Trxas pharmacy business council)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Pickard, Todd (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Kerstin (Texas state board of pharmacy)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Hodgson, Wesley (Dshs)

            HB 3731

                 For:

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

                                 Nuckles, Craig (Timberlawn mental Health system)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Knaupe, Gregg (Seton Healthcare Family)

                                 McMurray-Horton, Charlzetta (Harris health System)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Yin, Stephanie (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 On:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)

                                 Muse, Nina Jo (DSHS)

            SB 62

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Schanbaum, Patsy (The JAMIE Group)

                                 Terk, Jason (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Academy of Family

                                 Physicians)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (Self; Pfizer)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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

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

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Johnson, Steven (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 Shelton, Steven (Self; Texas Public Health Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Hodgson, Wesley (Dshs)

            SB 63

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Terk, Jason (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Academy of Family

                                 Physicians)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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

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

                                 Gardner, Melissa (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Martinec, Joe (March of Dimes)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 Shelton, Steven (Self; Texas Public Health Coalition)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Huber, David (Texas Home School Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Adams, Michele (DFPS)

                                 Hodgson, Wesley (Dshs)

            SB 64

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Martinec, Joe (March of Dimes)

                                 Terk, Jason (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Academy of Family

                                 Physicians)

                 On:

                                 Hodgson, Wesley (Dshs)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

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

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

                                 Gardner, Melissa (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Holmes, Tere (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 Shelton, Steven (Self; Texas Public Health Coalition)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                 On:

                                 Adams, Michele (DFPS)

            SB 406

                 For:

                                 Floyd, Gary (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Academy of

                                 Family Physicians)

                                 Floyd MD, Gary (Texas Medical Association, Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Gisler, Jean (Self; Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice, Texas Nurse Practitioners, and

                                 Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Pickard, Todd (Texas academy of physicisn assistants)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Amy (Self; Tx Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Beinke, Allen (Baptist Health System)

                                 Boyet, Lara (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)

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

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Cooper, Kevin (Texas Nurse Practioners)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Gardner, Melissa (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Grantham, Suzanne (Self; PSychiatric advanced practice nurses of texas)

                                 Hazel, Michael (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Hunter, Nelda (Harden Healthcare)

                                 Hutto, Kathy (Greater Texas Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse

                                 Practitioners)

                                 Norton, Kaden (Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Company)

                                 Reid, Priscila (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health system)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Tallbear, Sandra (Consortium of Texas Certified Nurse Midwives)

                                 Tallbear, Sandra (Consortium of Texas Certified Nurse Midwives)

                                 Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas new mexico hospice organization)

                                 Williams, David (Texas Nurse Practitioner)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Angela (Self; Texas Clinical Nurse Specialists)

                                 Crockett, Krista (Texas Pain Society)

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                                 Schalchlin, Scott (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Thomas, Katherine (Texas Board of Nursing)

                                 Villarreal, Rudy (HHSC resource)

                                 Zych, Jolene (Texas board of nursing)

            SB 492

                 For:

                                 Barry, Steve (Self; Pediatric Health Choice)

                                 Fraze, Deb (Self; Pediatric Health Choice)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Pediatric Health Choice)

                 On:

                                 Genco, Frank (HHSC resource)

                                 Mcgrath, Dana (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Shields, Chris (Pediatric Health Choice)

                 Against:

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Woodruff, Ronald (Self; North Texas Citizen's Lobby)

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