WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Health Committee
April 28, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For :
Aliff, Tanner (Self; Paragon Health Institute)
Armstrong, Nicholas (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Cook, Zachary (Self)
Das, Amiyo (Self; Lets Crush Medical Debt)
Garlapati, Neha (Self; Let’s Crush Medical Debt at Ut Austin)
Kulanthaivel, Vignesh (Self; Let’s Crush Medical Debt at UT Austin)
Patel, Shvet (Lets Crush Medical Debt)
Periyasamy, Guhan (Self; Let’s Crush Medical Debt at UT Austin)
Porter, Clifford (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rickert, John (Self)
Rushbanks, Eli (Self; Dollar For)
Sankpal, Shreyas (Let’s Crush Medical Debt at UT Austin)
Snodgrass, Christy (Self; Dollar For)
Valencia, Noah (Self; Let’s Crush Medical Debt)
Walker, Jared (Self; Dollar For)
Yokananth, Rishit (Self; Let’s Crush Medical Debt)
Against :
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Cascio, Charles (AARP TX)
Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)
Gonzales, Larry (Feeding Texas)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Jones, Roxanne (United Ways of Texas)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Mehta, Rahi (Self; Let’s crush medical debt)
Meroney, Shannon (NABIP-TX (National Assoication of Benefits and Insurance
Professionals Texas))
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Against :
Deline, Steven (Self)
Stelter, Anna (Texas Hospital Association)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health)
On :
Reed, Lindsay (Health and Human Services Commission)
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