WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            March 24, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 21

                 For:

                                 Altman, Kurt (Goldwatwr Institute)

                                 Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; Kk125 ovarian cancer research foundation)

                 On:

                                 Bales, David (Self; Texans for stem cell research)

                                 Decker, Will (Self; Texans for Stem Cell Research)

                                 Levenback, M.D., Charles (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Amador, Mary (Self; Catholic bishops advocacy day)

                                 Blakemore, Allen (Self & KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)

                                 Bruce, Bonnie (Self; KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)

                                 Bruno, Steve (KK-125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Self)

                                 Hardcastle, Rick (Self)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Kk125)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (KK125 foundation)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Laine, Dale (Self; KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (Self)

                                 Olson, Kym (Self; KK125 OCRF)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners Association)

                                 Rudd, Tyler (Self)

                                 Sloan, John (Self)

                                 Sloan, Karen (Self)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (Self)

                                 Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)

                 On:

                                 Brewer, Pat (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Tannert, Karen (Dept of state health services)

            HB 81

                 Against:

                                 Blankenship, Frank (Self; Sfata texas)

                 On:

                                 McCaffrey, Kelly (Self; Texans Standing Tall)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                                 Yamada, Earl (Self)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Devine, Teresa (Self)

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

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Barillet, Mike (Self)

                                 Belcher, Steven (Sfata)

                                 Cavada, Crystal (Self)

                                 Cavada, Ivan (Self)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Nosek, Christopher (Self)

                                 Priddy, Travis (Self)

                                 Rogers, Laura (Self)

                                 Tune, Marissa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

                                 Sharp, Barry (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

            HB 646

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Steven (Sfata)

                                 Terk, Jason (Self; Tps, tma, tphc)

                                 Westerkom, Andrew (Self; Texas E-Cigarette &Vaping Assoc)

                                 Westerkom, Andrew (Self; Texas E-Cigarette & Vaping Association)

                 On:

                                 Baysinger, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Blankenship, Frank (Self; Sfata texas)

                                 Dehaan, Judi (Self; Sfata)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Heminger, Jason (Self; CASAA)

                                 McCaffrey, Kelly (Self; Texans Standing Tall)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                                 Priddy, Travis (Self)

                                 Wood, Gary (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blocker, Trey (Commonwealth-Altadis)

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                 For:

                                 Brown, Jay (McLane Company, Inc.)

                                 Clark, James (RAI)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Self)

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

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (National Tobacco)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Altria)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Sosa, Chris (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Barillet, Mike (Self)

                                 Biggs, Mary (Self)

                                 Cavada, Crystal (Self)

                                 Cavada, Ivan (Self)

                                 Nosek, Christopher (Self)

                                 Roberts, Wendi (The Vapor Bar)

                                 Rogers, Laura (Self)

                                 Rogers, Tom (Self)

                                 Sharp, Barry (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

                                 Thompson, Dylan (Self; Vaporescence)

                                 Tune, Marissa (Self)

                                 Yamada, Earl (Self)

            HB 647

                 For:

                                 Alvarez, Melysa (KAYAC)

                                 Collins, James (Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council)

                                 Garza, Andres (KAYAC (Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council))

                                 Malott, Hanna (Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council (KAYAC))

                                 Moore, Alexandra (Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council)

                                 O'Keeffe, Aidan (Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council)

                                 Terk, Jason (Self; Tps, tma, tphc)

                 Against:

                                 Blankenship, Frank (Self; Sfata texas)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                 On:

                                 McCaffrey, Kelly (Self; Texans Standing Tall)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Jay (McLane Company, Inc.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

                                 Dehaan, Judi (Self; Sfata)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Self)

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

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

                                 Lopez, Jonathan (KAYAC)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Altria)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Westerberg, Jake (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Barillet, Mike (Self)

                                 Baysinger, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Belcher, Steven (Sfata)

                                 Cavada, Crystal (Self)

                                 Cavada, Ivan (Self)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Nosek, Christopher (Self)

                                 Priddy, Travis (Self)

                                 Rogers, Laura (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Biggs, Mary (Self)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Heminger, Jason (Self; CASAA)

                                 Roberts, Wendi (The Vapor Bar)

                                 Sharp, Barry (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

                                 Thompson, Dylan (Self; Vaporescence)

                                 Tune, Marissa (Self)

                                 Wood, Gary (Self)

                                 Yamada, Earl (Self)

            HB 970

                 For:

                                 Terk, Jason (Self; Tps, tma, tphc)

                 Against:

                                 Blankenship, Frank (Self; Sfata texas)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                 On:

                                 McCaffrey, Kelly (Self; Texans Standing Tall)

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Jay (McLane Company, Inc.)

                                 Clark, James (RAI)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Self)

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

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Altria)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Barillet, Mike (Self)

                                 Baysinger, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Belcher, Steven (Sfata)

                                 Biggs, Mary (Self)

                                 Cavada, Crystal (Self)

                                 Cavada, Ivan (Self)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Nosek, Christopher (Self)

                                 Priddy, Travis (Self)

                                 Rogers, Laura (Self)

                                 Thompson, Dylan (Self; Vaporescence)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Dehaan, Judi (Self; Sfata)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Heminger, Jason (Self; CASAA)

                                 Roberts, Wendi (The Vapor Bar)

                                 Sharp, Barry (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

                                 Tune, Marissa (Self)

                                 Wood, Gary (Self)

                                 Yamada, Earl (Self)

            HB 1945

                 For:

                                 Davidson, John (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Larson, Chris (Self; Texas academy of family physicians)

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                 On:

                                 Brewer, Pat (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Jonon, Margaret (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)

            HB 2171

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Fuller, Sobha (Self; Texas DNP Society)

                                 Hodges, MD, Patrick (March of Dimes)

                                 Mercer, Roberta (Self)

                                 Perez, Maria (Self)

                                 Sherman, Courtney (Self; Texas DNP Society)

                                 Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Public

                                 Health Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Barlow, Chelsea (Self)

                                 Doggett, Dianne (Self)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Richardson, Dawn (National Vaccine Information Center and Parents Requesting Open

                                 Vaccine Education)

                                 Scheibe, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                 On:

                                 Patson, Kelly (Dshs)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, Joseph (Self)

                                 Albert, Thankamma (Self)

                                 Appel, Louis (Self)

                                 Armstrong, Georgia (Self; People's Community Clinic)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Ateek, Christina (Self)

                                 Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Bowden, Emily (Self)

                                 Camosy, Caroline (Self)

                                 Camp, Tammy (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association, Texas School Nurse Organization)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self)

                                 Cortelyou, Christine (Self; Texas pediatric society)

                                 Decker, Will (Self; The immunization partnership)

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

                                 Dockery, Jordan (Self)

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

                                 Emmett, Gwen (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Escobar-flores, Casey (Self)

                                 Flores, John (Self)

                                 Gammons, Sarah (Self; Texas pediatric society)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Godfred-cato, Shana (Self)

                                 Halke, Glenn (Self)

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

                                 Harris, Hayley (Self; Dell childrens hospital)

                                 Henkel, Erin (Self)

                                 Johnston, Rachael (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Keefe, Meagan (Self)

                                 Kourosh, Atoosa (Self; Texas pediatric society)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Len, Julie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Liboiron, Mireille (Self)

                                 Lipsitt, Amanda (Self)

                                 Loh, Miranda (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Londeree, Jackson (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Minsloff, Lisa (Self)

                                 Moreno, Ittay (Self)

                                 Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)

                                 Persaud, Natasha (Self)

                                 Pillai, Chanthu (Self)

                                 Pont, Stephen (Self)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners Association)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Scheer, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children Hospital)

                                 Scranton, Maria (Self)

                                 Shenoy, Vrinda (Self)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Staples, Mary (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)

                                 Swan, James (Self; Texas public health association   And self)

                                 Terk, Jason (Self; Tps, tma, tphc)

                                 Torres, Pauline (Self)

                                 Tran, Courtney (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Truettner, Katherine (Self; Dell childrens hospital)

                                 Vitug, Gaile (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Vo, Julie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wardlaw, Margaret (Self)

                                 Wesp, Krystyna (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Westerberg, Jake (Self)

                                 Willis, Austin (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Cathie (Self; Texas eagle forum)

                                 Anderson, Betty (Self; Montgomery Co Eagle Forum)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Bender, Alexandrea (Self)

                                 Castaneda - Williams, Cecilia (Self)

                                 Davis, Caroline (Self)

                                 DeHoyos, Gina (Self)

                                 Doyle, William r (Self)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)

                                 Hendrickson, Carmen (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self)

                                 Mccarthy, Nancy (Self; Texas Health Freedom Coalition)

                                 Mier, Charles (Self)

                                 Minnis, Julie (Self)

                                 Sandidge, Randy (Self)

                                 Siegel, Shawn (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weaver, Mike (Self)

                                 Williams, Julie (Self)

            HB 2321

                 For:

                                 Terk, Jason (Self; Tps, tma, tphc)

                 Against:

                                 Pettit, Shawn (Self)

                 On:

                                 McCaffrey, Kelly (Self; Texans Standing Tall)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Devine, Teresa (Self)

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

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Barillet, Mike (Self)

                                 Baysinger, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Belcher, Steven (Sfata)

                                 Cavada, Ivan (Self)

                                 Hammel, Schell (Self; Sfata)

                                 Rogers, Laura (Self)

                                 Thompson, Dylan (Self; Vaporescence)

                                 Wood, Gary (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Dehaan, Judi (Self; Sfata)

                                 Sharp, Barry (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

            HB 2474

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Fuller, Sobha (Self; Texas DNP Society)

                                 Guerrero, Jill (Self)

                                 Hodges, MD, Patrick (March of Dimes)

                                 Sherman, Courtney (Self; Texas DNP Society)

                                 Swan, James (Self; Texas public health association   And self)

                                 Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Public

                                 Health Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Barlow, Chelsea (Self)

                                 DeHoyos, Gina (Self)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Richardson, Dawn (National Vaccine Information Center and Parents Requesting Open

                                 Vaccine Education)

                                 Scheibe, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Siegel, Shawn (Self)

                 On:

                                 Patson, Kelly (Dshs)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, Joseph (Self)

                                 Albert, Thankamma (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Appel, Louis (Self)

                                 Armstrong, Georgia (Self; People's Community Clinic)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Ateek, Christina (Self)

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)

                                 Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Bowden, Emily (Self)

                                 Camosy, Caroline (Self)

                                 Camp, Tammy (Self)

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association, Texas School Nurse Organization)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self)

                                 Cortelyou, Christine (Self; Texas pediatric society)

                                 Decker, Will (Self; The immunization partnership)

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

                                 Dockery, Jordan (Self)

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

                                 Emmett, Gwen (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Escobar-Flores, Casey (Self)

                                 Flores, John (Self)

                                 Gammons, Sarah (Self; Texas pediatric society)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Godfred-cato, Shana (Self)

                                 Halke, Glenn (Self)

                                 Harkins, Lauren (Self)

                                 Harris, Hayley (Self; Dell childrens hospital)

                                 Henkel, Erin (Self)

                                 Johnston, Rachael (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Keefe, Meagan (Self)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Len, Julie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Liboiron, Mireille (Self)

                                 Lipsitt, Amanda (Self)

                                 Loh, Miranda (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Londeree, Jackson (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Mercer, Roberta (Self; DNP society and self)

                                 Minsloff, Lisa (Self)

                                 Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)

                                 Persaud, Natasha (Self)

                                 Pillai, Chanthu (Self)

                                 Pont, Stephen (Self)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Scheer, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children Hospital)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Scranton, Maria (Self)

                                 Shenoy, Vrinda (Self)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Terk, Jason (Self; Tps, tma, tphc)

                                 Tran, Courtney (Self)

                                 Truettner, Katherine (Self; Dell childrens hospital)

                                 Vitug, Gaile (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Vo, Julie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wesp, Krystyna (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Westerberg, Jake (Self)

                                 Whitehall, Robin (Self; Pediatric Residency at Dell Medical Center)

                                 Willis, Austin (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Cathie (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Anderson, Betty (Self; Montgomery Co Eagle Forum)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Bender, Alexandrea (Self)

                                 Castaneda - Williams, Cecilia (Self)

                                 Davis, Caroline (Self)

                                 Doggett, Dianne (Self)

                                 Doyle, William r (Self)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)

                                 Hendrickson, Carmen (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self)

                                 McCarthy, Nancy (Self; Texas Health Freedom Coalition)

                                 Mier, Charles (Self)

                                 Minnis, Julie (Self)

                                 Sandidge, Randy (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self)

                                 Williams, Julie (Self)

            HB 3332

                 For:

                                 Frosch, Kevin (Self; Medina county hospital district)

                                 Hopkins, Phillip (Self)

                                 Larson, Adrian (Val verde hospital district)

                                 Matthews, Ted (Eastland Memorial Hospital District)

                                 Mccann, Ronald (Oakbend Medical Center)

                                 Nordwick, Tom (Self; Uvalde Memorial Hospital Authority)

                                 Reed, Kevin (Texas Organization Rural and Community Hospitals)

                                 Roland, Brian (Hamilton Healthcare System)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)

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

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Pearson, David (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)

                                 Posey, Dan (Baylor Scott & White Health)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

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