WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 24, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
George, Trace (North Runnels Hospital District)
Henderson, John (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH))
Olivarez, Freddy (Self; Medical Arts Hospital)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
Parsi, Kia (Texas a&m health science center-rural and community health institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Cox, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Associatiom of Health Plans)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Moses, Kristilyn (Self; AAMA TSMA)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sabo, Jason (The Immunization Partnership)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Welsh, Dinah (Self; Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Major Kincade, Terri (Self)
Phillips, Jessica (Self; TETAF)
Quintana, Catherine (Self; Parkland Health)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Jacquelyn (Self)
Talman, Katie (Self)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice & Palliatve Care Organization)
On:
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bullock, Michael (Miles’ Mission)
Bullock Moore, Jennifer (Miles’ Mission)
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
O'Donnell, Amy (Texas Alliance for Life)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Welsh, Dinah (Self; Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Witt, Emily (Self)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
On:
Blanton, James (Health and Human Services Commission)
Hall, Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
McCray, Amber (Street Grace)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
Marshall, Dewey (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Purcell, Marci (Self)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Romo, Joel (Texas Ambulance Association)
Romo, Joel (Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Self)
Vasek, Heather (Acadian Ambulance Service)
On:
Borjes, Joy (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
McCray, Amber (Street Grace)
Moses, Kristilyn (Texas Society of Medical Assistants)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Marshall, Dewey (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Purcell, Marci (Self)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Self)
On:
Borjes, Joy (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Stevenson, Tim (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Jones-Smith, Tiffany (Self; Texas Kidney Foundation)
Odom, John (Self; CHRISTUS Health)
Svenson, Ashley (Self; Texas Society of Genetic Counselors)
On:
Brice, Katie (TDLR)
Myers, Brandy (TDLR)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Del Bosque, Nora (March of Dimes)
Valdez, Jerry (Myriad Genetics)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Against:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
For:
Bazaldua, Adam (Self; City of Dallas)
Duncan, Anna (VOCAL-TX)
Gradford, Judy (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs & Tx Healthy Minds Coalition)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Dream.Org)
Kaufman, Leah (Shatterproof)
Weaver, Cole (Self; CWA Local 6154)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Knustrom, Eric (The Cenikor Foundation)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas center for justice and equity)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Seago, John (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Stallman, Bo (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Tomas, Ananda (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Witt, Emily (Self)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; Jack Jack’s Pack Street Dog Rescue)
For:
Cox, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Gerber, Dr. David (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Rose, Denise (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry, Texas Dermatological Society, Texas Allergy,
Asthsma and Immunology Society)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
For:
Cox, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
On:
Uecker, Steve (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Against:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
On:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
For:
Bland, Leticia (Self; Texas academy of Physician Assistants)
Scott, Margaret (Self; Texas Academy of Physician Assistant)
Against:
Aronin, Patricia (Self; TX400 and Texas Physicians for Patients PAC)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
Navai, Neema (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Bresnen, Amy (Association of Dental Support Organizations)
Clements, Doug (Teladoc)
Cox, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Denise (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rose, Denise (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Academy of Audiology)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Against:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
For:
Biggar, Staci (Self)
On:
Thomas, Kendra (The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Against:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
For:
Bohnenblust, Cynthia (Self)
Cox, Heidi (Self; The Gladney Center for Adoption)
Gregorcyk, Amy (Self; Support texas adoptee rights)
Kostetsky, Nick (Self; STAR)
Peters, Joellen (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Scott, Dawn Marie (Self; Adoption Knowledge Affiliates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Purcell, Marci (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Marla (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Against:
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
On:
Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)
Hall, Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Bumpus, Serena (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Forbus, Lori (Texas Nurses Association)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Martinez, Dollye (Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Brannan, Ryan (National council of state boards of nursing)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Witt, Emily (Self)
On:
Farris, James (Department if State Health Services)
Turner, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Avila Edwards, Dr. Kim (Self; Texas Medical Association; Texas Pediatric Society; Texas
Public Health Coalition)
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Berel-harrop, Sarah (Self)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Assofc of School Boards)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Green, Shelton (Texans for Safe and Drug Free Youth)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
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