WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 24, 1999-1:30P
HB 1051
For: Cummings, Marlene A. (Self)
DeLoach, Joe (Self)
Niemann, Jr., Fred (Texas Optometric Association)
Piccolo, Marc (Self and Texas Optometric Association)
Sorrenson, Laurie (Self and Texas Optometric
Association)
Against: Benold, M.D., Stephen (Texas Academy of Family
Physicians)
Gross, Ronald L. (Self and Ophthalmological Association)
Hinsaker, M.D., Jerry (Self and Texas Ophthalmological
Association)
Sloane, M.D., Robert (Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Aarons, Karen (Self)
Andrews, M.D., John H. (Self)
Andrews, Ph.D., Kay (Self)
Eyre, M.D., Byron L. (Self)
Guerrero, M.D., Martin (Self)
Leffert, M.D., Jonathan (Self)
Meadows, Cay (Self and Texas Medical Association
Alliance)
Minuth, Ann (Self)
Pinzon, Judy (Self)
Pinzon, M.D., Guillermo (Self)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Pedicatric Society, Texas Society
of Internal Medicine)
Sarre, Alicia (Self and Stephen G. Sarre, M.D.)
Slaughter, Patsy (El Paso County Medical Society)
Svarzbein, Sylvia (Self and El Paso County Medical
Society Alliance)
On: Ewald, Lois (Texas Optmetry Board)
HB 1388
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Rush, Carl H. (Family Health Foundation)
On: Millwee, Billy (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1513
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Owens, Eddie (Self and Texas Hospital Association,
Covenant Health System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Jones, Kelley (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On: Loyd, Jim (Texas Health Care Information Council)
HB 1864
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
Rush, Carl H. (Family Health Foundation)
On: Millwee, Billy (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1987
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Boucher, Terry (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
On: Levy, M.D., J.D., Bruce (Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners)
HB 2335
For: Dupaquier, C. Carol (Self and Texas Ophthalmic
Professionals Society)
Leal, Felix (Texas Ophthalmic Professionals Society)
Richardson, Jr., C. Bruce (Self and Texas Ophthalmic
Professionals Society)
Soper, John C. (Texas Ophthalmic Professionals Society)
Against: Schwartz, A.R. (Texas Association of Retail Optical
Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Mills, Stephen (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2453
For: Hanna, Mark J. (Texas Association of Optometrists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
HB 2641
For: Donovan, Jr., James D. (Amercaid Community Care)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas)
Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Self)
Against: Baccus, Roy (Self)
Blackburn, Audley (Self and Alliance Of and For Visually
Impaired Texas)
Brown, Robert (Blind Industrial Workers of Texas)
Cherry, Evelyn (Self)
Coverson, Anita (Self)
Crosby, Norma (National Federation of the Blind of
Texas)
Good, Patricia Francis (Self)
Green, Deborah (Texas Guardianship Advisory Board)
Guerra, Edward (American Council of the Blind of Texas)
Nooasco, Joe (Self)
Pearcy, Jeff (Texas Association of Blind Entrepreneurs)
Pearcy, Zena (Texas Association of Parents of Blind
Children)
Scott, Chuck (Self)
Shaidnagle, Joe (Self and National Federation of the
Blind)
Skelton, Jr., James O (National Federation of the Blind
of Texas - Houston)
Snyder, Ruth (Self)
Ward, Nancy (Self)
On: Gilbert, Don (Health and Human Services Commission)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Morris, Robert (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)
Salinas, Pam (Department of Economic Development)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cernoch, Jennifer M. (Texas Respite Resource Network)
Garcia, David (Self)
Hardy, Alan (American Association of Retired Persons)
Jones, Kelley (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Against: Baccus, Bobbie (Self)
Baker, Norma (Self and National Federation of the Blind)
Castro, Raymond (Self)
Crosby, Glenn (National Federation of the Blind)
Datray, Trace (Self)
Doiron, Lawre (Self)
Hall, Clint (Self)
Higgins, Evelyn (Self)
Moore, Andrea (Self)
Porter, Joyce (Self and National Federation of the
Blind)
Puffer, Diane (National Federation of the Blind of
Texas)
Ray, Jimmie Vernon (Self)
Scott, Carol (Self)
Scott, Pamela (Self)
Snuggs, Edmund E. (Self)
Snuggs, Nancy McBryde (Self and John "Alan" McBryde)
Sofka, James (Self)
Toelle, Nancy (Self and Alliance Of and For Visually
Impaired Texans)
Williams, Sherry (Self)
Zamarripa, Gloria (National Federation for the Blind)
On: Alexander, Cindy (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Martinez, Joseph A. (United Way of Texas)
HB 2641 Amendment (Maxey #1)
For: Carlile, M.D., Mary (Self and Texas Traumatic Brain
Injury Advisory Board)
Latham, Jeffrey W. (Texas Traumatic Brain Injury
Advisory Board)
Rossi, Sylvan (Self and Brain Injury Association of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Heiling, Elizabeth (Self)
Howe, Chip (Self and Brain Injury Association of Texas)
Longsine, William (Self)
Stepan, Sandra (Self and Brain Injury Association of
Texas)
Swift, Larry (Self and Brain Injury Association of
Texas, Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board)
Zitz-Evancih, Michael (Self)
HB 3199
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
On: Millwee, Billy (Texas Department of Health)
Zukowski, Jim (Texas Department of Health)
SB 413
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Speight, Susan (Texas Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy)
On: Schmidt, Bobby D. (Texas State Board of Examiners of
Marriage & Family Therapists)