WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 31, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Fay, Dr. Kari (Texas Medical Association)
Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas)
Hamilton, Christopher (Self; Texas Health Action)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Hebbes Goings, Samuel (Department of State Health Services)
Jones, Latora (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Lenau, Kristen (Self; Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Nichols, Colby (HELP Center)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Strandberg, Katherine (Self; Every Body Texas)
On:
Erwin, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))
For:
Davis, Aaron (Self)
Mccruse, Quannecia (Self; Sickle cell association of houston)
Prince, Tonya (Self)
On:
Hall, Manda (Department of State Health Serviced)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Lenau, Kristen (Self; Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Morris, Kara (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Ramirez, Madison (Self; Child Abuse & Forensic Sevices)
Sweeney, Michael (Texas Association Againstl Sexual Assault)
On:
Downing, Nancy (Self; UNT Health Science Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
De La Garza, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Flanders, Caitlin (Every Body Texas)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Grimmer, Barbra (Texas Council on Family Violence)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self)
Lenau, Kristen (Self; Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Strandberg, Katherine (Self; Every Body Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Furnace, Samantha (Texas Right to Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Green, Shelton (American Academy of Physician Associates)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Insirance and Benefits Professionals (NABIP-
TX))
Porter, Clifford (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA))
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
For:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Lenau, Kristen (Self; Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Insirance and Benefits Professionals (NABIP-
TX))
Mitchell, Kathy (Self)
Porter, Clifford (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
For:
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Against:
Turley, Darren (Texas Association of Dairymen)
On:
Lucke, Ashley (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society)
Stevenson, Tim (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hooper, Samuel (Self; Institute for Justice)
Masters, Kelley (Self; Homemade Texas)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Paine, Jeff (Self)
Against:
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hall, Manda (Department of State Health Serviced)
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Self; Association of Dental Support Organizations)
Hudsmith, Scotte (Self; Association of Dental Support Organizations)
Shafer, Matt (Self; The Council of State Governments)
Tesch, Sandy (Texas dental hygienist association)
Against:
Roberts, Matt (Texas Dental Association)
On:
Sanchez, Ambika (Board of Dental Examiners)
Studdard, Lauren (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Association of Dental Support Organizations)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Green, Shelton (American Academy of Physician Associates)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Socail Workers- Texas Chapter)
Romo, Joel (Texas Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Academy of Audiology)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA))
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Spence, Logan (American Association of Dental Boards)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
For:
Ewing, Eleanor (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Ewing, Jessica (Self)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schreiber, Rachael (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Midstates Chapter)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Society)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Hall, Manda (Department of State Health Serviced)
For:
Hooper, Samuel (Self; Institute for Justice)
Lucero, Jada (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
McKnight, Sheila (Self; Cactus Butt Creations)
Villalobos, Elizabeth (Self)
Against:
Quinn, Brittani (Self; Mad Batter Cheesecakes)
Williams, Jonathan (Self)
On:
Stevenson, Tim (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Masters, Kelley (Self; Homemade Texas)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Paine, Jeff (Self)
For:
Reitzel, Caleb (Self; Precinct 1 Constable’s Office Montgomery County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
For:
Avery, Clay (Self; SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
DeLoach, Mike (Self; Lamb County)
Ebrom, Casey (Self; Karnes County EMS)
French, Carly (City of Seminole EMS)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Furrh, Michael (Texas EMS Alliance)
Hinkle, Khaki (Self; Texas ambulance association)
Morgan, Nicholas (Kinney County EMS)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Vandever, Josh (Self; Fayette County EMS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Autry, Evan (St. Luke’s Healthcare System)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Crownover, Buffy (Avel eCare)
De La Garza, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Duhon, Trey (Self; Waller County)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Ludwick, Chandler (ConocoPhillips)
Malinak, Frank (Lee county)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (Texas Ambulance Association)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Stallman, Bo (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Stephens, Stephen (Uvalde EMS)
Teal, James (Self; County Judge)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Yarbrough, Brian (Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Dasco, Mara (Self; Texas Dermatological Society)
Lee, Nicholas (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Mclaughlin, Cathy (Self; TX400)
Against:
Cornelius, Brian (Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Pettiet, Devin (Self; Texas chiropractic association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abouleish, Amr (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Allen, Sara (Texas radiological society)
Allen, Sara (Texas society of pathologists)
Flanders, Caitlin (Moms Advocating for Moms Alliance)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Dermatologocal Society; Federation of Texas Psychiatry; Texas Allergy,
Asthma & Immunology Society)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Cusak, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Insirance and Benefits Professionals (NABIP-
TX))
Pee, Andrea (Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
Thiersch, Alex (American Med Spa Association)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
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