WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 21, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 91

                 For:

                                 Errickson, Margaret (Self)

                                 Hutchins, Mark (Self)

                                 Macnak, Anna (Self)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Perry, Troy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Perkins, Christopher (TACCHO)

                                 Swanson MD, Lisa (Self; Texas pediatric society)

                                 Terrell, James (Select Milk Producers, Inc.)

                                 Thompson, Zachary (TACCHO)

                                 Walker, Stuart (Self; Texas Environmental Health Association)

                 On:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Turley, Darren (Texas association of Dairymen)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Broussard, Valerie (Self)

                                 Clark, Clarence (Self)

                                 Clifton, Martina (Self)

                                 Convery, Debra (Self)

                                 Culpepper, Joe (Self)

                                 Dillon, James (Self)

                                 Diment, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Files, Kristen (Self)

                                 Gremont, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Hackenberg, Daphne (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Henneke, Dee (Self)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Masters, Kelley (Self)

                                 Milner, Helen (Self)

                                 Moore, Norman (Self)

                                 Neusse (Barlow), Chelsea (Self)

                                 Norris, Paul (Self)

                                 Perry, Lizabeth (Self)

                                 Perry, Zuzu (Self)

                                 Priebe, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Privott, Willis (Self)

                                 Raich, Lara (Self)

                                 Rittenberry, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Schanen, Glynn (Self; Farfa)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Simpson, Susan (Self)

                                 Smiley, Andrew (Self; Sustainable food center)

                                 Smock, Roxanna (Self)

                                 Tarver, Paula (Self)

                                 Verburg, Katherine (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cheng, Albert (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Environmental Health Association)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Smith, Jennifer (Texas Association of City & County Health Officials)

                 On:

                                 Calcote, Andrew (TX Department of State Health Services)

            HB 179

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Malone MD, Bruce (Self; Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Arambula, Michael (Texas Medical Board)

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board; Texas Physican Assistant Board)

            HB 938

                 For:

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Thomas, Anthony (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Hughes, Allison (Dept of state health services)

            HB 1724

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Felkner, Marilyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)

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            HB 2020

                 For:

                                 Matthews, Ryan (Self)

                                 Norris, Bryan (Self; San Antonio Professional Firefighters Assn)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Self; City of Schertz EMS)

                 Against:

                                 Zolnierek, Cindy (Self; Texas nurses association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeBower, Courtney (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF))

                                 Delanghe, Wayne (Self; San Antonio Professional Firefighters Assn)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Martinez, Mike (Self)

                                 Moreno, Randy (Self; AustinFirefighters Association)

                                 Palfini, Joseph (Self)

                 On:

                                 Schmider, Joseph (DSHS)

            HB 2055

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Herricks, Jennifer (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hubbard, John (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Kleinworth, Tom (Baylor College of Medicine)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Felkner, Marilyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2081

                 For:

                                 Benton, Laurie (Self; Texas academy of physician assistants)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board; Texas Physican Assistant Board)

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            HB 2498

                 For:

                                 Oberhoff, Butch (Texas EMS Alliance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)

                                 DeBower, Courtney (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF))

                                 Matthews, Ryan (Self; Texas EMS Alliance)

                                 Palfini, Joseph (Self)

                                 Sprinkle, GK (Texas Ambulance Association)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Self; Texas EMS Alliance)

                 Against:

                                 Jacobson, Edward (Self)

                 On:

                                 Schmider, Joseph (DSHS)

            HB 2562

                 For:

                                 Johnston, Alexandra (Denton County Sheriff Office)

                                 Strother, Ethel (Self; Texas animal control association)

                                 Taylor, Beth (Self)

                                 Turner, Randall (Self)

                                 Willmon, Troy (Self; SPCA of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self)

                                 Collier, Brenda (Self)

                                 Collier, Roger (Self)

                                 Davis, Bill (Self)

                                 DeWeese, Amy (Self)

                                 Dwyer, Kelley (Self)

                                 Hess, Joel (Self; Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter)

                                 Hightower, Susan (Self)

                                 Holloway, Cile (Self; Texas humane legislation network)

                                 Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)

                                 Knight, Carol (Self)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Self)

                                 Lynch, Natalie (Self)

                                 Mercer, Patricia (Self; Houston SPCA)

                                 Mockley, Robert (Self)

                                 Morgan, Mary (Self)

                                 Palfini, Joseph (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Peterson, Molly (Self; Legacy Humane Society)

                                 Rudd, Tyler (Self)

                                 Schneider, Cheryl (Self; Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter)

                                 Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Trimble, Robert (Self; Texas humane legislation network)

                                 Valenta, Misty (Self; Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter)

                                 Valls-Trelles, Pat (Self)

                                 Yarbrough, Linda (Self; Spca of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Jackson, Aaron (Self; ADBA  American Dog Breeders Association Inc.)

            HB 2646

                 For:

                                 Matthews, Ryan (Self)

                                 Perkins, Christopher (Dallas County Health and Human Services)

                                 Thompson, Zachary (Dallas County Health and HUMAN SERVICES)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn)

                                 Allred, Don (Oldam county)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)

                                 DeBower, Courtney (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF))

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas county)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Self; Texas EMS Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Felkner, Marilyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2703

                 For:

                                 Bourland, Gordon (Self; Texas Association for Behavior Analysis)

                                 Bundy, Shylo (Self)

                                 Fritz, Jennifer (Self; Texas Association for Behavior Analysis)

                                 Lang, Russell (Self; Tx association of behavior analyst)

                                 Le, Duy (Self; Child Study Center)

                                 Smith, Richard (Self; Texas Association for Behavior Analysis)

                 Against:

                                 Ratheal, Michael (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

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                 On:

                                 Johnson-Patagoc, Kate (Self; Texana Center)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chapple, Morgan (Self; Central Texas Autism Center)

                                 Craft, Rene (Self)

                                 Ferris, Emily (Self; University of North Texas)

                                 Haggar, Jennifer (Self; Haggar Behavioral Consulting, LLC)

                                 Hoffman, Katherine (Self)

                                 Kerns, Colette (Self)

                                 Koelker, Rachel (Self)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)

                                 McCandless, Pati (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Potts, Suzanne (Self; Autism Society of Central Texas)

                                 Rich, Kelle (Self; Central Texas Autism Society)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self)

                                 Seifert, Ben (Self; Central Texas Autism Center)

                                 Struble, Shannon (Self; Bluebonnet Trails Community Services)

                                 Thakore, Aarti (Self; Central Texas Autism Center)

                 Against:

                                 Noble, Shannon (TexasCounseling Association)

                                 White, David (Texas Psychological Association)

                 On:

                                 Spinks, Darrel (TX State Bd. of Examiners of Psychologists)

            HB 2752

                 For:

                                 Collins, Kitty (Self; COPD Foundation)

                                 Lee, Gaylene (Self; Texas Society for Respiratory Care)

                                 Lee, Gaylene (Self; Texas society for respiratory care)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jim (American Lung Association)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Hutto, Kathy (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)

                                 Kloppe, Paul (Self)

                                 Laca, Gaspar (GlaxoSmithKline)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Wiechnicki, Katherine (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2824

                 For:

                                 Pont, Stephen (Self; Seton Healthcare Family / Dell Childrens Medical Center)

                                 Wilson, Maricela (American Heart Association)

                 Against:

                                 McLane, Katherine (Texas Beverage Association)

                                 Sifuentes, Jose (Self; Elected Committee Managers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; American Heart Association volunteer)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)

                                 Murphy, Kaitlyn (American Heart Association)

                                 Smith, Jennifer (Texas Association of City & County Health Officials)

                                 Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Yarnell, Will (Tx YMCA)

                 Against:

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Munoz, Mario (Texas Merchandise Vending Association)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 On:

                                 Spencer, Brett (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2831

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; American Heart Association volunteer)

                                 Murphy, Kaitlyn (American Heart Association)

                 Against:

                                 Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Association)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 On:

                                 Sparks, Christopher (Texas Department of State Health Services)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2950

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Felkner, Marilyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)

            HB 3048

                 For:

                                 Aragon, Steve (Christus Health)

                                 Trevino, Paul (Christus Southeast Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Ramon, Mariah (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Saenz, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)

            HB 3105

                 For:

                                 Jacobson, Robyn (Self)

                                 Marin, Elena (Self; Board Member Texas Institute of Healthcare Quality and Efficiency)

                                 Treat, Ashley (Self; ReadyToWork of Dallas, TX)

                                 Uecker, Stephanie (Self; Literacy Coalition of Central Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Austin, Laura (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Berkowitz, Steve (Self)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

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

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Isett, Carl (Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)

                                 Jacobson, Edward (Self)

                                 Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Nguyen, Steven (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                 On:

                                 Blanton, Jimmy (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)

            HB 3433

                 For:

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

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Toy, Eugene (Texas medical assn, tx pediatric society, tx academy of family physicians, tx

                                 obgyn society, american congress of obgyns, march of dimes)

                 On:

                                 Ferrara, Matt (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hutto, Kathy (Community Health Systems)

            HB 3475

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Tucker (State Association of Freestanding ERs - Texas)

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Nicolas, Nancy (Self)

                 On:

                                 McGee, John (Self; ER Centers of America, Inc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 McCandless, Pati (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Hughes, Allison (Dept of state health services)

            HB 3677

                 For:

                                 Greenberg, Robert (Self; Texas Medical Assn, Texas College of Emergency Physicians,

                                 federation of Texas Psychiatrists)

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 McMurray-Horton, Charlzetta (THA)

                 Against:

                                 Crosley, Robert (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Baker, Donald (Austin Police Association)

                                 Cabanas MD, MPH, FACEP, Jose (Self)

                                 Chase, Coby (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)

                                 Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)

                                 Glancey, Richard (Tenet Healthcare)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

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

                                 McGee, John (Self; ER Centers of America, Inc)

                                 Palfini, Joseph (Self)

                                 Partida, Neftali (Houston Methodist Hospital System)

                                 Schauer, Tim (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Smith, R Glenn (Self)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Texas EMS Alliance)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Against:

                                 Ayres, James (Self)

                                 Ayres, Monica (Self)

                                 Convery, Debra (Self)

                                 Convery, Marcela (Self)

                                 Culpepper, Joe (Self)

                                 Culpepper, Lelia (Self)

                                 Ellzey, John (Self)

                                 Fischer, Candace (Self)

                                 Fischer, Jeff (Self)

                                 Jenner, Steven (Self)

                                 Jensen, David (Self)

                                 LeFebvre, Jean (Self)

                                 Moore, Norman (Self)

                                 Neikirk, George (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Owen, Bill (Self)

                                 Parsons, Brad (Self; TAG member)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Scouras, Deborah (Self)

                                 Wadhwani, Savita (Self)

                                 Whittier, Eric (Self)

                 On:

                                 Raymond, Kerry (Dept of State Health Services)

            HB 3781

                 For:

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 King, Read (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lakey, David (The University of Texas System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

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

                                 Hubbard, John (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                 On:

                                 Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)

            HB 3860

                 For:

                                 Bollinger, Paul (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Ellsesser, Stephen (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 On:

                                 Berry, Connie (Texas Department of State Health Services)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3903

                 For:

                                 Bonilla, Eva (Self; AARP)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                 Against:

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jim (American Lung Association)

                                 Austin, Laura (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Frey, Erin (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP)

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

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)

                                 Nichols-Segers, Simone (National MS Society)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 On:

                                 Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Hughes, Allison (Dept of state health services)

            HB 3974

                 On:

                                 Zolnierek, Cindy (Self; Texas nurses association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Physical Therapy Association)

                                 Leal, Roland (Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 On:

                                 Miller, E. Carol (DSHS Professional Licensing and Certification Unit)

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