WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 21, 1999-1:30P
HB 876
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Against: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
Shields, Brad (Charter Medical Corporation)
Against: Richardson, Jody (Tenet Health System)
Rozier, Richard (Ouorum Health Care)
Samuels, Marc (Southwest General Hospital, Trinity
Valley Medical Center, Sharpstown and Cypress
Fairbanks Hosp.)
HB 876Committee Substitute (Maxey)
For: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network)
HB 1371
For: Gryder, Jana (AIDS Outreach Center)
Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
On: Stanely, M.D., Sharilyn K. (Texas Department Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Jackson, Tonya (Self and AIDS Outreach Center)
Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.)
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas)
HB 1646
For: Kohler, Kevin P. (Retractable Technologies Inc.)
Legg, Houston (Precision Med Mark Inc.)
Love, Paula M. (Service Employees Int. Union, Local 100)
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas)
Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
Patterson, Jerry (Self)
Schatzlein, R.N., Katie (Self and Venetec)
Smith Sr., Harold N. (American Medical Devices Inc.)
Sutherland, R.N., Shannon (Self and Dr. Steve Bierman -
Venetec)
Against: Horne, Allen (Texas Hospital Association)
Rechimt, A.S.C.P., Melanie (Self and Texas Hospital
Association)
Teel, John H. (Self and Texas Association of Municipal
Health Officials, Texas Municipal League)
Urteaga, R.N., Judy (Harris County Hospital District,
Texas Hospital Association)
On: Morton, Margaret (Self)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Organization of Rural &
Community Hospitals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Against: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network)
Grant, R.N., B.S.N., Patti (Self)
Khoury, Raymond (Christus Health)
O'Brien, Sister Michele (Christus Santa Rosa)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
On: Stanley, Sharilyn K. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1971
Against: James, Reggie (Consumers Union S.W. Regional Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ivic, Mihael (Self)
Jackson III, Guy C. (Self)
Nelson, Ben (Self)
Nelson, Doris (Self)
Nelson, Jeri (Self)
Patterson, Jerry (Self)
Thompson, Richard (Self and Texas Oyster Growers and
Dealer's Association)
On: Simpson, Diane. M. (Texas Department of Health)
Wiles, Kirk (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2393
For: Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
On: Stanley, M.D., Sharilyn K. (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Genco, Frank (AIDS Services of Austin)
Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.)
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas)
Willmann, James H. (Texas Nurses Association)
HB 2524
Registering, but not testifying:
For: King, Karen (Self)
On: Cobos, Tony (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners)
HB 2621
For: Earwood, Herman (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Jacobi, John A. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2636
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Zukowski, Jim (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2805
For: Romero, Juanita (Palerteria Mexicana)
Against: Briley, Richard (Self and City of Garland, North Texas
Food Safety Council, Texas Environmental Health
Association)
Teel, John H. (Texas Association of Municipal Health
Officials, Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Herrera, Adiel (Palertia Polar)
Magalton, Martha (Palerteria Polar)
Romero, Juan T. (Palertia Mexicana)
On: McAndrew, Steve (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2824
On: Wall, Matthew T. (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Steeg, Susan K. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2953
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Walker, Craig Alan (Texas Organization of Rural &
Community Hospitals)
On: Tessen, M.S., Robt. J. "Sam" (Texas State Office of
Rural Health, Center for Rural Health Initiatives)
HB 2953 Committee Substitute (Gray)
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
HB 3216
On: Hurwitz, Ivan (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association)
Boucher, Terry (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Magie, D.O., Richar D. (Texas Medical Association)
Pruden, Shellie (Dallas County Medical Sociaty, 5,800
Physicians)
Pulaski, Tracy (Dallas County Medical Society, 5,800
Physicians)
Shields, Brad (Sweetwater Health Enterprises)
Weikel, Bonnie (Dallas County Medical Society, 5,800
Physicians)
HB 3217
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Boucher, Terry (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
On: Hurwitz, Ivan (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners)
HB 3254
On: Teel, John H. (Self and Texas Association of Municipal
Health Officials, Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.)
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
HB 3285
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association)
Magie, D.O., Richard (Texas Medical Association)
HB 3334
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Boucher, Terry (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
On: Dutton, R.J. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 3381
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Petersen, Ken (Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission)
HB 3454
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Boucher, Terry (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
HB 3527
For: Hooser, Greg (Texas & New Mexico Hospice Organization)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network)
Farrow, Larry A. (Texas & New Mexico Hospice
Organization)
Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association)
Khoury, Raymond (Christus Health)
O'Brien, Sister Michele (Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare)
Willmann, James H. (Texas Nurses Association)
HB 3527 Committee Substitute (Coleman)
For: Kral IV, Joseph A. (Texas Right to Life Committee, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)