WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 17, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Bruce, Maimuna (Telepharm)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
High, Carter (Self; Texas pharmacy association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Horne, Allen (CVSHealth)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initative)
McCord, Mia (Self; Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable
Health Care)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Welton, Caroline (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Cooncil)
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Barber, Kimberly (Self)
Ledbetter, Marlies (Self)
Wells, Michelle (Self)
Against:
Bales, David (Self; Texans for Cures)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Welton, Caroline (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lusson, Aimee (Self; Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Martin, Randy (Self; Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
Purser, Tim (Self; United supermarkets)
Studdard, Ellie (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Against:
Aronin, Patricia (Self; TX400)
Evans, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)
Malhotra, Anisha (Self; Texas 400)
Smith, Valerie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Americam College
of Physicians-Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Awofisayo, Oluwaseun (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Brizzolara-Dove, Emily (Texas 2036)
Campos, Dya (H-E-B)
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Chhadua, Raj (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Garza, Debbie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
High, Carter (Self; Texas pharmacy association)
Horne, Allen (CVSHealth)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jaime, Ivan (Walmart)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kralj, Nicole (National association of chain drug stores)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initative)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
McCord, Mia (Self; Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable
Health Care)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Nguyen, Sarah (Self)
Rutledge, Gray (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Cooncil)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
On:
Briggs, Eamon (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Holloway, Megan (Texas State Board of Pharmact)
For:
Franklin, Jack (Self)
Porter, Cliff (Self)
Against:
Cox, Rodney (Self)
High, Carter (Self; Texas pharmacy association)
Martin, Randy (Self; Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initative)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Storseth, Angela (US Oncology Network)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Welton, Caroline (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Dermatological Society)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Blizzard, Dan (Methodist Health System)
Chick, Craig (Richie’s Specialty Pharmacy)
Henry, Suzanne (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
McMurry, Sam (Texas Self Insurnace Association)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Cooncil)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Stevenson, Dr. Tim (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Aldred, Kristin (Self; Stericycle)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Howard, Jay (Sharps Compliance)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kralj, Nicole (National association of chain drug stores)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
De Golovine, Serge (Self; Texas Allergy Asthma and Immunology Society)
Vaca, Belinda (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Society for Gastroenterology & Endoscopy)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Stevenson, Dr. Tim (Department of State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chhadua, Raj (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Cox, Kelli (Walmart)
Garza, Debbie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Martin, Randy (Self; Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
Against:
Malhotra, Anisha (Self; Texas 400)
Rizvi, Saba (Self; Texas 400)
Smith, Valerie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Cahpter of the
Academy of Family Physicians, Americam College of Physicians-Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Awofisayo, Oluwaseun (Self)
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Henry, Suzanne (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
High, Carter (Self; Texas pharmacy association)
Jaime, Ivan (Walmart)
Kralj, Nicole (National association of chain drug stores)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lusson, Aimee (Self; Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initative)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
McCord, Mia (Self; Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable
Health Care)
Nguyen, Sarah (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Purser, Tim (Self; United supermarkets)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Studdard, Ellie (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Welton, Caroline (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Cooncil)
Against:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Childs, Tilden (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
On:
Briggs, Eamon (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Holloway, Megan (Texas State Board of Pharmact)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Solis, Eddie (Texas State Athletic Trainers Association)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
On:
Davis, Julie (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
For:
Geelhoed, Michael (Texas physical therapy association)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Sholar, Alina (Texas 400)
Widmer, Jimmy (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Welton, Caroline (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kean, Christine (Self; TSAOG)
Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Allen, Rick (Alle Family Funeral Options)
Hilderbran, Harvey (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lucas, Jimmy (Lucas Funeral Home)
Against:
Dickey, Ted (Self; Ted Dickey Funeral Home)
Kennerly, James (Texas Cemeteries & Crematories Assn)
On:
WHITE, JAMES (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carnes, Jay (Self; Texas Funeral Directors Association (TFDA))
Against:
Del bosque, Nora (Sci)
Hughes, Caressa (SCI)
Stephen, John (Self; Greenwood Funeral Home)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Solano, Ashley (Self; Texas Right To Life)
Willborg, Miranda (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans tor Life Committee)
On:
Carriker, Terri (Self; PTFK)
Casanova, Mark (Texas Medical Association, Baylor Scott & White Health Care System)
Farrell, Tommie (Self; Hendrick Health System. Texas Hospital Association)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Assocition)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Roughneen, Patrick (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Farnsworth, Samantha (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Morgan, Ashley (Texas Alliance for Patient Access (TAPA))
Parma, Rebecca (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Welton, Caroline (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Green, Calvin (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Stevenson, Dr. Tim (Department of State Health Services)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Tx New Mexico Hospice Organization)
For:
Stanford, Annella (Self; Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Stevenson, Dr. Tim (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Meier, Adam (Cicero Action)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Schlegel, Jackie (Self; Texans for medical Freedom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Henry, Wyatt (Family Freedom Project)
McCord, Mia (Self; Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable
Health Care)
Against:
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
On:
Chavez, Esther (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Lopez, Naomi (Goldwater Institute)
Lowe, Hannah (Self; L-CMD Research Foundation)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
Against:
Bales, David (Self; Texans for Cures)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initative)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Tx New Mexico Hospice Organization)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)
For:
Bell, Betsy (Self; Shatterproof)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Kaufman, Leah (Shatterproof)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Britt, Ariel (The Addiction Research Institute at Steve Hicks School of Social Work at UT
Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, DeAnn (Self)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Burdette, LeAnne (Self)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Chitti, Mina (Self)
De Luna, Daniela (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals & Association of Substance
Abuse Programs)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Samora, Jake (Self)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
On:
Amjad, Maaz (Self)
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
Strey, Kasey (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Kean, Christine (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Orthopaedic Association, TSAOG)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kinman, Jennifer (Texas Orthopaedic Assn)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Farley, Elizabeth (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Frazier, Kyle (Self)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Society for Gastroenterology & Endoscopy)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Assocition)
Massingill, Joshua (Texas Chiropractic Association)
Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Dermatological Society, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Sanaie, Kandice (Cigna)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
For:
Buchert, JD (Self; Texas collaboration of perioperative nurses)
De la Rosa, Mae (Self; Texas Collaboration of Perioperative Nurses)
Khalar, Renee (Self; TCORN)
Murdock, Darlene (Self; AORN, Association of peri Operative Registered Nurses)
On:
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Assocition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banach, Tara (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Howsley, Stephen (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN))
Pee, Andrea (Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
Tran, Phung (Self)
On:
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Livanos, Nicole (National Council of State Boards of Nursing)
Against:
Allred, MD, FASA, MBA, Anna (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, Texas Medical
Association)
Aronin, Patricia (Self; TX400)
Briggs, Richard (Self; Texas 400)
Childs, Tilden (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Radiological Society)
Hawthorne, Bob (Self)
Malhotra, Anisha (Self; Texas 400)
Sholar, Alina (Texas 400)
Tran, Theresa (TMA)
Widmer, Jimmy (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Dove, Emily (Texas 2036)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Assocition)
McCord, Mia (Self; Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable
Health Care)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Allen, Sara (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
DuRapau, Krista (Texas Pain Society)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Rizvi, Saba (Self; Texas 400)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food and Fuel Association)
Gonzales, J.R. (Self; Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce
(TAMACC))
Veale, Holly (Core-Mark)
Against:
Hammel, Schell (Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association)
Owen, Charlotte (Self; American Vapor Manufacturers Association)
Russell, Kathleen (Self)
Suriff, Darrell (Pastel Cartel / American Vape Company LLC)
On:
Wilson, Greg (Altria client services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Anton, Pauline (Self; Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce
(TAMACC))
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Reagan, Karen (McLane Company, Inc.)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Solis, Pedro J. (American Vapor Manufacturers)
For:
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Mohr Boleware, Alison (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas400)
De Luna, Daniela (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals & Association of Substance
Abuse Programs)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Owen, Charlotte (American Vapor Manuf. Association)
Suriff, Darrell (American Vape Corporation LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Hammel, Schell (SFATA)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Russell, Kathleen (Self)
Solis, Pedro J. (American Vapor Manufacturers)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Najera, Raymond (Self)
Najera, Richard (Self)
Najera, Trevor (Self)
Against:
Mears, Jarrad (City of Houston, BARC Animal Regulation & Care)
Mendelsohn, Cara (City of Dallas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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