WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
February 28, 2001-1:30P
HB 101 Committee Substitute (#1/Maxey)
For: Ghertner, Susan (Self and Breast Cancer Resource Center
of Austin, National Breast Cancer Coalition)
Jones, Terri (Self and WINGS, Methodist Healthcare
Ministries)
On: Denton, Judy (Texas Department of Human Services)
Freeland, David (Texas Department of Human Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Balla, Laura (The American Cancer Society)
Cernosek, Larry (The Rose)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Headrick, Kelly (American Cancer Society)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Rankins, Maria (Sisters Network Inc.)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
Young, Jenny (Texas Medical Association)
On: Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of Health)
Mendez, Margaret C. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 101 Committee Substitute (Maxey/#1)
For: Samuels, Marc (US Oncology and Texas Academy of Internal
Medicine)
HB 846
For: Domaschk, Dawn (Self)
Ellwanger, Jay (Self)
Golld, Heather (Self)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Richardson, Bruce (Opticians Association of Texas)
Shepherd, Amy (Self)
Against: Newman, OD, Clarke D. (Self and Texas Optometric
Association)
Piccolo, Marcus G. (Self and Texas Optometric
Association)
Sorrenson, Laurie (Texas Optometric Association)
Thorne, MD, George (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Walters, Thomas R. (Self)
On: Berryhill, Rebecca (Texas Department of Health)
DeLoach, O.D., Joe (Self)
Ewald, Lois (Texas Optometry Board)
Mills, Stephen (Texas Department of Health, Contact Lens
Permit Program)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hornickel, Deborah (Self)
Kniffen, Anthony (Self)
Against: Avery, BJ (Texas Optometric Association)
Bade-Wible, Annette (Self)
Cornett, John Todd (Texas Optometric Association)
HB 895 Committee Substitute (Coleman/#1)
On: Hale, Karen (Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Shannon, Reverend Angela (Self)
Trinh, Thanh (Self)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
On: Gladden, Patricia (Texas Department of Health)
McKimmey, Gerald F. (Texas Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation)
HB 896 Committee Substitute (Coleman/#1)
On: Brownridge, Rose (Texas Department of Health, Bureau of
HIV/STD Prevention)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
Shannon, Reverend Angela (Self)
Trinh, Thanh (Self)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
On: Stanley, Sharilyn K. (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1087
For: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Kern, Diana (Self and Nami Texas)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Mizcles, Amy (NAMI Texas)
On: Elrod, Susanne (Texas Center for Disability Studies, UT
Austin)
Schwartz, Jonas (Advocacy Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Fisher, Christine (Self and Texas Mental Health
Consumers)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers of Texas)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn A. (Texas AIDS Network)
Redmond, Leigh (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Shannon, Reverend Angela (Self)
Trinh, Thanh (Self)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
On: Cohen, Sharon (Texas Department of Health, Children with
Special Health Care Needs Division)
Roberts, Lori (Texas Department of Health - Children
with Special Health Care Needs)
HB 1156 Committee Substitute (Coleman/#1)
For: Belver, Carole (Self)
Realini, MD, MPH, Janet P. (Self)
Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning
Association)
On: McIlhaney, Joe (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ackerwow, Sarah J. (Self)
Albert, Mary T. (Self)
Alexander, Lynda Henry (Self)
Allen, Vicki (Self)
Alvaraolo, Yolunda (Self)
Ancina, Selma (Self)
Antomas, Anna (Self)
Antonoff, Aintre (Self)
Arredondo, Karina (Self)
Ashley, Barbara (Self)
Ausley, Robbie (Self)
Balusek, Cynthia S. (Self)
Barnes, Jamie (Self)
Barrett, Cynthia A. (Self)
Battle, Jennifer (Self)
Bell, Robert (Self)
Bellow, Vicki (Self)
Bilz, Reed K. (Self)
Bolding-Smith, Michelle (Self)
Boone, Cecilia (Self)
Brennan, Mary Ellen (Self and Planned Parenthood of
Houston)
Buckner, Brenda (Self)
Buckthal, Jeanne (Self)
Byers, Linda (Self)
Camacho, Jose E. (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Castro, Aymara (Self)
Catchman, Gladys W. (Self)
Cawlfield, Carla (Self)
Chimene, Carla (Self)
Cohen, Meryl (Self)
Colt, Mary Frances (Self)
Cote, Janice (Self)
Creighton, Patricia (Self)
Cullinane, Mary (Self)
Cumby, Glynda F. (Self)
Dallred, Carol (Self)
Dallred, Robin (Self)
Dalton, Brenda D. (Self)
Daniel, Anitra (Self)
Davalos, Jessica N. (Self)
Davis, Anneliese (Self)
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Dealey, Mandy (Self and Planned Parenthood of the Texas
Capital Region)
DeChant, Michele (Self)
DeMoss, MPH, Margaret (Self)
DiCoste, Patricia (Self)
Doucet, Lisha (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Durkin, Peter J. (Self)
Feltovich, Nick (Self)
Fernandez, Belinda (Self)
Fernandez, Leigh Ann (Self)
Fletcher, Joyce H. (Self and Planned Parenthood)
Ford, Sheila (Self and Planned Parenthood)
Foster, Monica (Self)
Frede, Martha (Planned Parenthood)
Geoghegan, Cynthia (Self)
Gibson, Cindy (Self)
Green, Linda (Self)
Greer, Andrea Chilton (Self)
Greiner, Beth (Self and Planned Parenthood)
Guares, Andrea (Self)
Hart, Dana (Self)
Harwood, Jaclyn (Self)
Havens, Adrian Neil (Self)
Hayes, Terry A. (Self)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers of Texas)
Herzog, Greg (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Hirtriter, Kellye H. (Self)
Holst, Judy (Self and Planned Parenthood)
Horn, Debra (Self)
Huffer, Lynne (Self)
Johnson, Kay (Self)
Johnson, Linda (Self)
Jones, Tamara (Self)
Joyner, Sylvia Pettis (Self and Planned Parenthood of
Houston)
Ketonen, Irene (Self)
Kidd, Lois W. (Self and Planned Parenthood)
Knight, Marilyn (Self)
Knobil, Julane H. (Self)
Kyle, Kimberlee (Self)
Langley, Sandra (Self)
Lars, Jessica (Self)
Lewis-Wynn, Dorethea (Self)
LeBlanc, Sylvia (Self)
Linton, Melaney (Self)
Lowery, Jane Sheffield (Self)
Magid, Sabina (Self)
Mandeville, Jennifer (Self)
Martinez, Jill (Self)
Massey, Jackson (Self)
Massey, Mackenzie (Self)
May, Linda K. (Self)
McCandless, Sally (Self)
McClain, Travis H. (Self)
McFall, Donna (Self)
McGaskey, Lucille (Self and Planned Parenthood of
Houston)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
McKibben, Luke (Self)
McLaren, Jessica (Self)
Merriam, Rosemary D. (Women's Health and Family Planning
Association of Texas)
Miller, Nora (Self)
Morian, Sallie (Self)
Morneau, Pamela (Self)
Moroney, Muffie (Self)
Munger, Lisa (Self)
Musgraves, Marsha (Self)
Nelson, Joe Love (Self)
Nelson, Joy (Self)
North, Lynne Gibbens (Self)
Olson, Linwood (Self)
Orr, Amber (Self)
Orr, Erica (Self)
Parics, Glenda (Self)
Parker, H. Neal (Self)
Patton, Rita K. (Self)
Payne, Gail (Self)
Perwien, Summer (Self)
Peschel, Lisa (Self)
Quintero, Chris (Self)
Ramirez, Alicia (Self)
Read, Cate (Self and Planned Parenthood)
Richardson, Parvin K. (Self)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Roberts, Ken (Self)
Ronck, Joan (Self)
Rosales, Christine A. (Self)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (Self)
Roy, Joyce M. (Self)
Rutherford, Michelle (Self)
Salinas, Dominga C. (Self)
Samuels, Marc (US Oncology)
Sanchez, Cecilia (Self)
Sanger, Lisa (Self)
Schulz, Rachel (Self)
Shannon, Reverend Angela (Self)
Shure, Judith (Self)
Silliphant, Laura (Self)
Smallwood, Pam (Self)
Smith, Grace (Self)
Smolensky, Sandra (Self)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Stanlen, Brenda (Self)
Stone, Pat (Self)
Supina, Joyce (Self)
Talarico, Tamara (Self)
Taylor, C.Lee (Self)
Taylor, Dawn (Self)
Terlikowski, Jessica (Self)
Terrazas, Marylou (Planned Parenthood)
Teykl, Emily (Self)
Thibaudeau-Graczyk, Eva (Self)
Tierney, Danielle (Planned Parenthood of the Texas
Capital Region)
Tiilikainen, Anu (Self)
Tippet, Tristan (Self)
Trinh, Thanh (Self)
Truong, Toni (Self)
Tucker, Sue M. (Self)
Tyler, Virginia (Self)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
Van Hoose, Monrovia (Self)
Vargas, Janie (Self)
Verleer, Chaja (Self)
Vuckovic, Dalibor (Self)
Vuckovic, Natalie (Self)
Waldie, Shari (Texas Association of Obstetrics and
Gynecology)
Wesch, Wendy (Self)
Wheeler, Anne (Self)
White, Rebecca (Self)
Whitted, Beth (Self)
Wilkinson, Jo Gayle (Self)
Willmore, Ellen (Self)
Witherspoon, Carolyn (Self)
Woodson, Trudy (Self)
Worthington, Juniel (Self)
Against: Conger, Jeanne (Concerned Women for America (CWA))
On: Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of Health)
Jones, Cindy (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1422 Committee Substitute (Oliviera et al./#1)
For: Albornoz, Fernando (Texas Lulac District Council 85)
Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of LaRaza)
Harrell, William (ACLU of Texas)
Jones, Jennifer (Project Link)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Sheppard, Nancy (Self and Seton Healthcare Network)
On: Denton, Judy (Texas Department of Human Services)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Attal, Chris Kazen (Catholic Diocese of Austin, Parish
Social Ministries)
Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network)
Camacho, Jose E. (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers Inc.)
Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference)
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers of Texas)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Perkins, Vicki (Christus Health)
Phipps, Candie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Thomas, Jeanette (Lulac State Executive Office)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
HB 1877
For: Domaschk, Dawn (Self)
Ellwanger, Jay D. (Self)
Gould, Heather (Self)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Richardson, Bruce (Opticians Association of Texas)
Shepherd, Amy M. (Self)
Against: Newman, Clark (Texas Optometric Association)
Piccolo, Marcus G. (Self and Texas Optometric
Association)
Sorrenson, Laurie (Texas Optometric Association)
Walters, Thomas (Self)
On: Berryhill, Rebecca (Texas Department of Health)
DeLoach, O.D., Joe (Self)
Ewald, Lisa (Texas Optometry Board)
Mills, Stephen (Texas Department of Health)
Thorne, G (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hornickel, Deborah (Self)
Kniffen, Anthony (Self)
Solomon, Robert C. (Self)
Against: Avery, Bj (Texas Optometric Association)
Badz-Wible, Annette (Self)
Cornett,M.D., John (Texas Optometic Association)
SB 126 Committee Substitute (Turner et al./#1)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Herzog, Greg (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
Phipps, Candie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine, East
Texas Medical Center)
Turner, Jill (Texas Farm Bureau)
On: Easley, Mike (Center for Rural Health Initiatives)
Moller, Lesa (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Silverman, Stacey (Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board)