WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 20, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
On:
Eddleman, Sonja (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
On:
Jordan, Kristi (HHSC)
Turner, Rachel (HHSC)
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
For:
Brandon, Patrick (Walgreens)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Janis (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Chiarello, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists)
Deshields, Holly (Walgreens)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmicies)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Read, Doug (NACDS and HEB)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Rose, Denise (ResCare)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
For:
Callison, Clare (Self; American Pets Alive)
Michel, Lorri (Texas Pets Alive!)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Powers, Jessica (Self; American Pets Alive!)
Shenefiel, Lee Ann (Best Friends)
Swingle, Suzy (Self)
Valls-Trelles, Pat (Self; Bastrop County Animal Advocates)
Wilson, Charlotte (Self)
Wright, Faith (American Pets Alive)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alaswad, Ahmad (Fort Bend County)
DeMerchant, Ken (Fort bend county)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
On:
Garcia, MPH, Imelda (Department of State Health Services)
On:
Hanke, June (Self; Harris Health System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Del Bosque, Nora (March of Dimes)
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Edwards, Carol (Self)
Fuentes, G. (Self)
Gil, Gwen (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
McGarry, Mignon (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Texas District)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects - Champions for Safe Children)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Callas, Ray (Self; Texas Medcial Association and Texas Public Health Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Lakshmanan, Rekha (Self; The Immunization Partnership)
Romo, Joel (Association of Texas EMS Professionals)
Wisko, Mike (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Garcia, MPH, Imelda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Hoke, Greg (Biotechnology Innovation Organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hudman, Justin (Amgen)
Kowalski, Tom (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Walker, Kwame (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
On:
Fernandez, Rick (Self; Walgreens Co.)
For:
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Reed, Gabriella (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Prewitt, Mason (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
On:
Seals, Courtney (HHSC)
For:
Callas, Ray (Self; Texas Medcial Association and Texas Public Health Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Lakshmanan, Rekha (Self; The Immunization Partnership)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Garcia, MPH, Imelda (Department of State Health Services)
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo County Health & Human Services)
On:
Thomas, Dr. John (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Martinez, Mario A. (City of Brownsville)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Garcia, MPH, Imelda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo County Health & Human Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Martinez, Mario A. (City of Brownsville)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Garcia, MPH, Imelda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Bittenbinder MD, Tim (Texas Medical Assn and Baylor Scott & White Health)
On:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Forbes, Tom (Texas academy of family physicians)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
For:
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Del Bosque, Nora (March of dimes)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
McGarry, Mignon (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Texas District)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects - Champions for Safe Children)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Garcia, Kelly (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chiarello, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Cohen, Tammy (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmicies)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
On:
Benz, Allison (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
For:
Patrick, Rhonda (Self; Austin Travis County Sobriety Center)
Pozycki, Elaine (Prevent Opioid Abuse)
Vines, Victor (Self)
On:
Nunziato, Carl (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Angelo, Valente (Partnership for A Drug Free New Jersey)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Conover, Angela (American medicine chest challenge)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
For:
Alvarez, Rafael (St. Anthonys Home Healthcare Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
On:
Horton, Colleen (Self; Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Haddad, Roberto (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Moore, Matt (Self; Children's Health)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
McManus, Erin (HHSC)
Parrilla, Priscilla (HHSC)
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (HHSC)
For:
Benton, Craig (Self; Texas Chiropractic association)
Tays, Cynthia (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Against:
McGarity, Kristin (Self)
On:
Nunziato, Carl (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brannan, Ryan (Texas Physical Therapy Association)
Carter, Janis (National Association of Chaim Drug Stores)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Read, Doug (HEB and NACDS)
Rose, Denise (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
On:
Bush, W. Boyd (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ramirez, Lisa (HHSC)
For:
Cordes, Charles (Self)
Sanchez, Melissa (Alzheimers Association)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Martinez, Diana (Self; Texas Assisted Living Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Walker, Kwame (BIOGEN)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Del Bosque, Nora (March of dimes)
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Forbes, Tom (Texas academy of family physicians)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
McGarry, Mignon (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Texas District)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects - Champions for Safe Children)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Garcia, Kelly (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Meroney, Shannon (Self; Texas Association of Health Underwriters (TAHU))
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Garcia, Kelly (HHSC)
For:
Bazaldua, Oralia (Self)
Bergeron, Caroline D (Bexar County Community Health Collaborative)
On:
Morris, Angela (Self; Parkland Health & Hospital System)
Wagner, Teresa (Self; University of North Texas Health Science Center and SaferCare Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Lakshmanan, Rekha (Self; The Immunization Partnership)
Moore, Matt (Self; Children's Health)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ramirez, Erika (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
Smith, Andrew (University health system)
Smith, Jacob (Doctors for Texans)
Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Wyman, Lisa (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Schramka, Stephen (Self)
Against:
De Moor, Carrie (Self; Code 3 Emergency Partners and TAFEC)
Gillespie, DeAnna (Self; PHysicians Premier ER)
Guillory, Derek (Self)
Murph, Brian (Self)
Roe, Daniel (Self)
Sandel, Rhonda (Self; Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Stinnett, Elesa (Self)
On:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Woody, Jay (Self; Legacy ER and Urgent Care)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Business)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anthesiologists)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Forbes, Tom (Texas academy of family physicians)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Sanaie, Kandice (Cigna)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Addicks, Jeff (Self; Hospitality Health ER)
Anderson, Tucker (Code 3 Emergency Partners)
Beers, Jeffrey (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
On:
Jordan, Kristi (HHSC)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Turner, Rachel (HHSC)
Wyman, Lisa (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Sprinkle, Kathleen (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Franklin, Allison (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
Schelling, Emmett (Self)
Segovia, Andrea (Self)
Smoot, Samantha (Equality Texas)
Sturm, Nikole (Self; DSA queer coalition)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Trussell, Emily (Self)
Yoon, Alex (Self)
Against:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Mayes, TJ (Bexar County Opioid Task Force)
Read, Doug (HEB and NACDS)
Against:
McGarity, Kristin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Kennedy, Kris (Office of the Attorney General)
Nunziato, Carl (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Carter, Janis (National Association of Chaim Drug Stores)
Chiarello, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Deshields, Holly (Walgreens)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Bush, W. Boyd (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
For:
Agusti, Fiorela (Self)
Gillett, Aulby Larry (Self; Texas Association of the Deaf)
Swoboda, Michael (Texas Association of the Deaf)
On:
Scoggins, Bobbie (Texas School fot the Deaf)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
Rovers, Lindsay (HHSC)
For:
Todd, Eric (HealthPoint)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chiarello, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Forbes, Tom (Texas academy of family physicians)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)
Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Bush, W. Boyd (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
Nunziato, Carl (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
For:
Farrow, Larry (Tx & NM Hospice Org)
Golden, Candy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)
On:
Conces, Diana (HHSC)
For:
Wallace, Tracy (Self; East Dallas Persistent Women)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
On:
Garcia, Kelly (HHSC)
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
On:
McGarity, Kristin (Self)
Nunziato, Carl (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benton, Craig (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Tays, Cynthia (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Bush, W. Boyd (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Campos, Lorena (City of Dallas)
Embrey, Tammy (City of corpus christi)
On:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Garcia, MPH, Imelda (Department of State Health Services)
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