WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 7, 1999-1:30P
HB 105
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Holtermann, John W. (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
On: Alexander, Cindy (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Gladden, Patricia C. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 494
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Jones, Neal T. Buddy (Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers Association)
On: Alexander, Cindy (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Gladden, Patricia C. (Texas Department of Health)
Washington, Randy P. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 517
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Elrod, Susanne (Texas Disability Policy Consortium)
Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
Shields, Brad (Charter Behavioral Health Services)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public & Nonprofit
Hospitals)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Organization of Rural &
Community Hospitals)
On: Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of Health)
HB 518
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Elrod, Susanne (Texas Disability Policy Consortium)
Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public & Nonprofit
Hospitals)
On: Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of Health)
Hamilton, Kathleen (Texas Department of Health)
Tessen, Robert "Sam" (Center for Rural Health
Initiatives, State Office of Rural Health)
HB 714
For: Finitzo, Ph.D., Teresa (Hearing Health Institute)
James, Ed.D., Dessie (Self)
James, M.D., Vernon (Texas Medical Association, Texas
Pediatric Society)
James, Ph.D., Dessie (Self)
McLachlan, Kate (Self and Association of Texas Midwives)
Patlan, David E. (Self)
Pool, M.D., K.D. (Self)
Rarus, Tim (Self and Texas Association of the Deaf)
Scranton, M.D., Maria (Self)
Shields, Brad (Audiology Practices Inc.)
Timperlake, Benna (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Higdunt, Lawrence W. (Texas Speech-Language-Hearing
Association)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Tesmer, David J. (Texas Health Resources)
Against: Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Business & Chambers
of Commerce)
On: Hamilton, Kathleen (Texas Department of Health)
Minette, Rose A. (Texas Commission for the Deaf & Hard
of Hearing)
Selby, Gardner (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 714Committee Substitute (Maxey)
For: Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Herzog, Greg (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Organization of Rural &
Community Hospitals)
On: O'Neal, Jay (Texas Department of Health)
HB 885
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Douglas, R.N., Wanda (Texas Nurses Association)
Jarvis, Jeff (Self and Temple College)
Voskamp, Carl (Self)
Against: Campbell, Kenneth (Self and Southwest Sugical Assistants
Inc.)
Morris, Terry L. (Self and Southwest Surgical
Assistants, Inc., National Surgical Assistant
Association)
HB 897Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)
For: Harracksingh, Rachel B. (Texas Ambulance Association,
Life Ambulance Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Haussecker, Ron (Washington County EMS, Emergency
Medical Services Association of Texas)
Hebner, Dennis (Self)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Ambulance Association)
HB 1183
For: McLaughlin, Kate (Association of Texas Midwives)
Timperlake, Benna (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Against: Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Business & Chambers
of Commerce)
On: Coombes, Phyllis (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Hamilton, Kathleen (Texas Department of Health)
O'Neal, Jay (Texas Department of Health)
Selby, Gardner (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 1347
For: Connelly, Elizabeth Price (Self)
Daviscourt, Pamela (Self)
Fisher, Barbara Low (National Vaccine Information
Center)
Gehring Jr., James (Self)
Halbgewachs, Richard (Self)
Kline, Ruth (Self)
Manville, Nancy (Self)
Myers, Jackelyn S. (Self and Parents Requesting Open
Vaccing Education)
Rex, Rebecca (Self)
Richardson, Dawn (Self and Parents Requesting Open
Vaccine Education)
Robinson, M.D., Karl (Self)
Rodriguez, Joe Henry (Patzer Chiropractic)
Ruede, Laura J. (Self)
Ruth, Joy (Self)
Scheller, Suzanne (Self)
Serna, Marie (Self)
Sustaire, Shelly (Self)
Tianuru, M. (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
Against: Anderson, M.D., Ralph (Self)
Walea, Nancy (San Antonio Metropolitan Health District,
Immunizations Division)
On: Simpson, M.D., Diane (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bearfield, Connie (Self)
Boone, Trina P. (Self)
Brown, Bobby L. (Self)
Dill, Susan Silver (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Geyer, Robert (Self)
Graf, Tiffany (Chiropractic Arts Center)
Green, Kara (Self)
Green, Marjorie P. (Self)
Hues, Toledo (Self)
Huffman, Roxann (Self)
Huffman, Ruth (Self)
King, James (Self)
King, Tina (Self)
Kyle, Nelda (Self)
Lindell, Neva (NNFA - SW)
Moore, Douglas (Self)
Morell, Donna (Self)
Neal, Leah (Self)
Nelson, Annette (Self)
Power, Reba Kathryn (Self)
Prakash, Terri (Self)
Rex, Glenn (Self)
Sharp, Janice (Self)
Toshu, Deva (Self)
Towne, Loretta (Texas Congress of Parents & Teachers)
Willis, Michael (Self)
Wills, Elizabeth (Self)
Wilson, Angie (Self)
Wilson, Holly Hall (Self)
Word, J.P. (Texas Chiropractic Association)
Zea, Jennifer F. (Self)
Against: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network, A.I.S.D./Childrens
Hospital of Austin School Health Services Program)
Lemke, Brenda (Self and San Antonio Metropolitan Health
District)
HB 1381
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
On: Cowling, Vicki (Texas Department of Health)
Simpson, M.D., Daine (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1530
Against: Douglas, R.N., Wanda (Texas Nurses Association)
Grant, R.N., B.S.N., Patti (Texas Society of Infection
Control Practitioners, Texas Hospital Association)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Hooks, Charles (Self)
Horne, Allen (Texas Hospital Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Wall, Matthew T. (Texas Hospital Association)
HB 1556
For: Borys, Douglas J. (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilchrest, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
On: Simpson, M.D., Diane (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1653
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Phyisicians)
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Disability Policy Consortium)
Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
On: Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of Health)
Tessen, Robert "Sam" (Center for Rural Health
Initiatives, State Office of Rural Health)
HB 1719
For: Borys, Douglas J. (Self)
Against: Lindell, Neva (NNFA - SW)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gould, LMSW, Eileen (Self)
McDaniel, Gay (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Towne, Loretta (Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers)
On: Coody, Gary (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1725
On: Simpson, M.D., Diane (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Welsh, Dinah (Self and Texas Hospital Association)
Against: Bearfield, Connie (Self)
Boone, Trina P. (Self)
Brown, Bobby L. (Self)
Connelly, Elizabeth Price (Self)
Daviscourt, Pamela (Self)
Dill, Susan Silver (Self)
Gehring Jr., James (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Graf, Tiffany (Chiropractic Arts Center)
Hues, Toledo (Self)
Huffman, Roxann (Self)
Huffman, Ruth (Self)
King, James (Self)
King, Tina (Self)
Kline, Ruth (Self)
Manville, Nancy (Self)
Moore, Douglass (Self)
Myers, Jackelyn S. (Self)
Nelson, Annette (Self)
Prakash, Terri (Self)
Richardson, Dawn (Self)
Robinson, M.D., Karl (Self)
Rodriguez, Joe Henry (Patzar Chiropractic)
Ruede, Laura J. (Self)
Ruth, Joy (Self)
Scheller, Suzanne (Self)
Serna, Marie (Self)
Sharp, Janice (Self)
Sustaire, Shelly (Self)
Tianuru, M. (Self)
Toshu, D. (Self)
Villatoro, Madeleine (Self)
Wills, Elizabeth (Self)
Wills, Michael (Self)
Wilson, Angie (Self)
Wilson, Holly Hall (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
Zea, Jennifer F. (Self)
HB 1748
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Elkins, Jim (Texas Department of Health, Texas Center
for Infectious Disease)
Guckian, M.D., James (Self)
Helm, Jimmy (Texas Department of Health)
Kronenberg, Richard (University of Texas Health Center
at Tyler)
HB 1920
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Association
of Texas)
Hooks, Charles (Self)
Kamm, Bob (Travis County Commissioner Court on behalf of
Travis County)
Lemley, Thelma (Self and Southeast Texas Trauma Advisory
Council)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Ambulance Association, Texas
Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
On: Perkins, Kathryn C. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1970
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Courtney, Chuck (Texas Retailers Association)
Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacies SW)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health System
Pharmacists)
On: Dodson, R.Rh., Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Reyna, Cynthia (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
HB 2039
For: Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Branton, Charles (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2171
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alsud, WM Dewitt (Self and Nueces County Hospital
District)
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Hipp, Johnny F. (Self and Nueces County Hospital
District)
Horne, Allen (Texas Hospital Association)
Lewis, Carl (Neuces County Hospital District &
Commissioners Court)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public & Nonprofit
Hospitals)
On: Hampton, Hartley (Self and Texas Trial Lawyers
Association)
HB 2179
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Culmo, Cynthia (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2319
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
HB 2324
For: Brian, John (Self and Eastex EMS)
Crabtree, Ann (Self and Newton County First Responders,
Newton Volunteer Fire Department)
Haussecker, Ron (Washington County EMS, Emergency
Medical Services Association of Texas)
Hebner, Dennis (Emergency Medical Service Association of
Texas)
Mersiovsky, Sylvin M. (Self)
Scarborough, Gary (Self and Austin County EMS)
Against: Barnes, J. Nile (Self)
Hooks, Charles (Cypress Creek EMS)
Jarvis, Jeff (Self and Temple College)
Lemley, Thelma (Self)
Voskamp, Carl (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aston, Bill (Rio Grande Valley EMS Association)
Bailey, Ken (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Coghlan, Richard B. (Self)
Crabtree, Chris (Self and Newton County First
Responders, Newton Volunteer Fire Department,
Burkeville VFD)
Gomez, Donna (Self)
Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Holtermann, John W. (Self)
King, Jacqueline R. (Self)
Klussmann, Amy (Self)
Sprinkle, G.K. (EMSAT)
Vinton, Travis (Self)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Ambulance Association)
Against: Barnes, Brenda M. (Self)
On: Arnold, Jim (Texas Department of Health)
Perkins, Kathryn C. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2324 Committee Substitute (Capelo)
For: Harracksingh, Rachel B. (Texas Ambulance Association,
Life Ambulance Service)
HB 2448
Against: Mitchell, Beth (Advocacy, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Lasky, Lynn (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
HB 2669
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilchrest, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
On: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hosptial Association)
HB 2722
For: Richardson, Dawn (Self and Parents Requesting Open
Vaccine Education)
On: Cowling, Vicki (Texas Department of HEalth)
Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bearfield, Connie (Self)
Boone, Trina (Self)
Brown, Bobby L. (Self)
Connelly, Elizabeth Price (Self)
Daviscourt, Pamela (Self)
Dill, Susan Silver (Self)
Fisher, Barbara Loe (Self and National Vaccine
Information Center - Texas)
Gehring Jr., James (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Graf, Tiffany (Chiropractic Arts Center)
Hues, Toledo (Self)
Huffman, Roxann (Self)
King, James (Self)
King, Tina (Self)
Kline, Ruth (Self)
Lindell, Neva (NNFA - SW)
Manville, Nancy (Self)
Moore, Douglas (Self)
Myers, Jackelyn S. (Self)
Neal, Leah (Self)
Nelson, Annette (Self)
Prakash, Terri (Self)
Robinson, M.D., Karl (Self)
Rodriguez, Joe Henry (Patzer Chiropractic)
Ruede, Laura J. (Self)
Ruth, Joy (Self)
Scheller, Suzanne (Self)
Serna, Marie (Self)
Sharp, Janice (Self)
Sustaire, Shelly (Self)
Tianuru, M. (Self)
Toshu, Deva (Self)
Welsh, Dinah (Self and Texas Hospital Association)
Wills, Elizabeth (Self)
Wills, Michael (Self)
Wilson, Angie (Self)
Wilson, Holly Hall (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
Zea, Jennifer F. (Self)
On: Simpson, M.D., Diane S (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2827
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bearfield, Connie (Self)
Boone, Trina P. (Self)
Brown, Bobby L. (Self)
Connelly, Elizabeth Price (Self)
Daviscourt, Pamila (Self)
Dill, Susan Silver (Self)
Gehring Jr., James (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Graf, Tiffany (Chiropractic Arts Center)
Hues, Toledo (Self)
Huffman, Roxann (Self)
Huffman, Ruth (Self)
King, James (Self)
King, Tina (Self)
Kline, Ruth (Self)
Manville, Nancy (Self)
Moore, Douglas (Self)
Myers, Jackelyn S. (Self)
Neal, Leah (Self)
Nelson, Annette (Self)
Prakash, Terri (Self)
Richardson, Dawn (Self)
Robinson, M.D., Karl (Self)
Rodriguez, Joe Henry (Patzer Chiropractic)
Ruede, Laura J. (Self)
Ruth, Joy (Self)
Serna, Marie (Self)
Sharp, Janice (Self)
Sustaire, Shelly (Self)
Tianuru, M. (Self)
Toshu, D. (Self)
Villatoro, Madeleine (Self)
Wills, Elizabeth (Self)
Wills, Michael (Self)
Wilson, Angie (Self)
Wilson, Holly Hall (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
Zea, Jennifer F. (Self)
HB 2850
For: Vordendaumen, Tim L. (Self and Coalition of Texas Long
Term Care Pharmacies, Inc.)
On: Gonzales, David (Lengend Pharmacies SW)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Dodson, Gay (Self and Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Reyna, Cynthia (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
HB 2967
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Towne, Loretta (Texas Congress of Parents & Teachers)
On: Fuller, Joseph L. (Texas Department of Health)
Steeg, Susan (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2998
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
On: Saldivar, Nora (Texas Department of Health)
HB 3036
For: Scranton, M.D., Maria (Texas Medical Association, Texas
Pediatric Society)
Against: Fisher, Barbara Loe (Self and National Vaccine
Information Center, Texas)
Richardson, Dawn (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Rivas, M.D., Humberto (Texas Pediatric Society)
Towne, Loretta (Texas Congress of Parents & Teachers)
Against: Bearfield, Connie (Self)
Boone, Trina (Self)
Brown, Bobby L. (Self)
Connelly, Elizabeth Price (Self)
Daviscourt, Pamela (Self)
Dill, Susan Silver (Self)
Gehring Jr., James (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Graf, Tiffany (Chiropractic Arts Center)
Hues, Toledo (Self)
Huffman, Roxann (Self)
Huffman, Ruth (Self)
King, James B. (Self)
King, Tina (Self)
Kline, Ruth (Self)
Manville, Nancy (Self)
Moore, Douglas (Self)
Myers, Jackelyn S. (Self)
Neal, Leah (Self)
Nelson, Annette (Self)
Prakash, Terri (Self)
Rex, Rebecca (Self)
Robinson, M.D., Karl (Self)
Rodriguez, Joe Henry (Self and Patzer Chiropractic)
Ruede, Laura J. (Self)
Ruth, Joy (Self)
Scheller, Suzanne (Self)
Serna, Marie (Self)
Sharp, Janice (Self)
Sustaire, Shelly (Self)
Tianuru, M. (Self)
Toshu, D. (Self)
Villatoro, Madeileine (Self)
Wills, Elizabeth (Self)
Wills, Michael (Self)
Wilson, Angie (Self)
Wilson, Holly Hall (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
Zea, Jennifer F. (Self)
On: Simpson, M.D., Diane (Texas Department Health)
HB 3415
For: Jones, Ray (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Audiology Practices Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Higdon, Lawrence W. (Texas Speech-Language-Hearing
Association)
Pospisil, Scott (Texas Hearing Aid Association)
On: Schmidt, M.Ed., Bobby D. (State Committee of Examiner in
the Fitting & Dispensing of Hearing Instruments)
HB 3416
For: Jones, Ray (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Audiology Practices, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Higdon, Lawrence W. (Texas Speech-Language-Hearing
Association)
Pospisil, Scott (Texas Hearing Aid Association)
On: Schmidt, M.Ed., Bobby (State Committee of Examiners in
the Fitting & Dispensing of Hearing Instruments)
HB 3504
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Diaz, M.D., Mary Z. (South Texas Hospital - Texas
Department of Health)
Guckian, M.D., James (3504)
Helm, Jimmy (Texas Department of Health)
Reinarz, James Allen (Texas Department of Health)
HB 3505
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Welsh, Dinah (Self and Texas Hospital Association)
On: Daniels, Carol (Texas Department of Health)
Reinarz, James Allen (Texas Department of Health)
SB 43
For: Borys, Douglas J. (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilchrest, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
On: Simpson, M.D., Diane (Texas Department of Health)
SB 730
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Courtney, Chuck (Texas Retailers Association)
Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacies SW)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health System
Pharmacists)
On: Dodson, R.Rh., Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Reyna, Cynthia (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
SB 780
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Courtney, Chuck (Texas Retailers Association - Chain
Drug Store Members)
Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacies)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health System
Pharmacies)
Against: Hile, Dickie (Self and Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
On: Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Reyna, Cynthia (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
SB 968
For: Hillier, King (Texas Association of Public & Nonprofit
Hospitals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Daugherty, David (Harris County Hospital District)
Umphress, John (Texas Association fo Public & Nonprofit
Hospitals)
Against: Hile, Dickie (Self and Texas Trial Lawyers Association)