WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 24, 2023 - 8:00 AM
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brizzolara-Dove, Emily (Texas 2036)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
For:
Bai, Shan (Self; Southern USA Falun Dafa Association)
Chen, Hua (Self; Southern usa falun dafa association)
Ghani, Shariq (Minaret Foundation)
Kanat, Mehmet Omer (Uyghur Human Right Project)
Liu, Kejie (Self; Southern USA Falun Dafa Association)
Yu, Xinhui (Self; Southern USA Falun Dafa Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carroll, Chad (Donate Life Texas)
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Farnsworth, Ssmantha (Texas Right to Life)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Yu, Martin (Self)
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
On:
Gaines, Sonja (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Ambrose, Ryan (MHHS)
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For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters Association)
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Hospital Association)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Quintana, LaRessa (Community Health Systems)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municiplal Police Association)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Travis County Democratic Party)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health (Hidalgo County))
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Yarbrough, Brian (Universal Health Services, Inc.)
For:
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Morris, Tory (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Coatney, David (Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service)
Harvey, Courtney (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Peers, Lisa (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
For:
Stobnicki, Ben (Self; Texas Environmental Health Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Environmental Health Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)
For:
Pore, David (Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding)
Against:
Chick, Craig (Richie's Specialty Pharmacy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
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For:
Aurisano, Stephanie (Self; Memorial Hermann Healthcare System)
Conatser, Christopher (Self)
Against:
Ayres, Monica (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Gomez, Jose (Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights texas)
Lightfoot, Jan (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Valdez, Hailey (Self)
On:
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Vasek, Heather (Oceans Healthcare)
Against:
Casey, Brien (Self; Williamson County Deputies Association)
Johnson, Noel (Self; Williamson County Sheriffs Office)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Hart, Dennis (Self; Texas State Athletic Trainers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Brelayshia (Self)
Greeson, Jerry (Self)
Matthews, Randy (Self)
Pena, Ryan (Self; TSATA)
Zettler, Brian (Self; TEXAS STATE ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION)
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On:
Davis, Julie (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
For:
Shafton, Amanda (Self; APRN Alliance)
Weston, Cindy (Self; Texas nurse Practitioners, APRN Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Eastin, Emily (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Frazee, Jack (The Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Carroll, Chad (Donate Life Texas)
Cox, Greg (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Ghani, Shariq (Minaret Foundation)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
For:
Cavazos, Valerie (Self; Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Fowler, Alicia (Self)
McDonald, Katherine (Self)
Montes, Eva (Self; Texas Academy of PAs)
Against:
Mclaughlin, Cathy (Self; TX400)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Self; Texas400)
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Against:
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
For:
Mann, Justin (Self; CE Broker)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
For:
Gomez, Michael (El Paso County Attorney)
Khan, Afshan (Self; Tx400)
Kutcher Diaz, Roberto (Self)
Lopez, Pamela (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County, Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
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On:
White, James (Texas Funeral Srrvice Commission)
For:
Denton, Jason (Self)
Denton, Melinda (Self)
Denton, Noah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galant, Carl (Texas Dental Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Morehead, Tracy (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
For:
Coglan, Brett (Texas ambulance association)
Harracksingh, Rachel (Self; Life Ambulance and Texas Ambulance Association)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
Romo, Joel (Texas Ambulance Association)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County, Texas)
Vasek, Heather (Acadian Ambulance)
On:
Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)
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