WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            May 15, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            SB 36

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

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

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Ellzey, John (Self)

                 On:

                                 Elliott, Joann (Departmebt of State Health Services)

                                 Raymond, Kerry (DSHS)

            SB 68

                 On:

                                 Heyburn, Kevin (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)

                                 Haley, Bill (Texas funeral directors, association)

            SB 221

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)

                                 Haley, Bill (Texas funeral directors, association)

                 On:

                                 Heyburn, Kevin (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

            SB 380

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Healthcare)

            SB 807

                 On:

                                 Wallace, Charles (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare ministries)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

            SB 955

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Paleo, Janet (Texas Council for Community Centers)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Aghili, Sasha (Self; Austin center for peace and justice)

                                 Crosley, Robert (Self)

                                 Jacquier, Charles (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 On:

                                 Casey, Kathleen (Austin Travis County Integral Care)

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

                                 Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist healthcare ministries)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Sappington, Hartley (Bluebonnet TRails Community Center)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 Against:

                                 Bresett, Mildred (Self)

                                 Convery, Debra (Self)

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

                                 Ellzey, Gareth (Self)

                                 Ellzey, John (Self)

                                 Fischer, Candace (Self)

                                 Fischer, Jeff (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Neikirk, Evelyn (Self)

                                 Norman, Catherine (Self)

                                 Owen, Bill (Self)

                                 Peterson, Christy (Self)

                                 Poulin, Anna (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, Ben (Self; Texas home school coalition)

                                 Wadhwani, Savita (Self)

                                 Wier, George (Self)

                 On:

                                 Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)

            SB 1082

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carr, Snapper (Permian Regional Medical Center)

                                 Davison, Corey (Tenet Healthcare)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Girard, Chuck (HCA - Hospital Corporation of America)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

            SB 1175

                 On:

                                 Harper, Michelle (HHSC Resource)

            SB 1609

                 For:

                                 Spangler, Lee (Texas Medical Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Hutto, Kathy (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                 On:

                                 Palmer, Stephen (HHSC Resource)

            SB 1610

                 For:

                                 Spangler, Lee (Texas Medical Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

            SB 1842

                 For:

                                 Greene, Pamela (Self; Psychiatric nurses)

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

                                 Nuckles, Craig (Self; Timberlawn mental  health system)

                 Against:

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Healthcare)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Taylor, Sally (Self; University Health System)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 On:

                                 Elliott, Joann (Departmebt of State Health Services)

                                 Raymond, Kerry (DSHS)

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