WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 14, 2001-1:30P
HB 93
For: Kraft, Thomas (Self)
Parker, Carl (TruCare/Legend Pharmacy Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health System
Pharmacists)
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cacciatore, Gary (Cardinal Health, Inc., Pyxis
Corporation)
Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
On: Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Mendez- Lewis, Maria (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 99
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Parker, Carl (TRU Care Pharmacy Association)
Parker, PHD, Carolyn (Texas AIDS Network)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Samuels, Marc (E-Healthcare Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health System
Pharmacists)
On: Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
HB 100
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Parker, PhD, Carolyn (Texas AIDS Network)
Samuels, Marc (e- Healthcare Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health Systems
Pharmacists, Texas Hearing Industry of Texas)
HB 109
For: Cornett, Renee (Self)
Kidd, Jocelyn (Texas Dental Association)
Thorpe, Betty Ann (Texas Dental Assistans Association)
Wineinger, Joanne (Texas Dental Assistants Association)
Against: Dewald, Janice (Self)
Gutmann, Mary Lou (Self)
Palermo, Lois (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
Summerford, Debra (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Manwell- Jackson, Mary Agness (Self)
Against: Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Cole, Cheryl (Texas Dental Hygienist Association)
Elkins, Vava (Self)
Englehart, Lisa (The Greater Ft. Worth Dental Hygienists
Society)
Eusebio, Nicole (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Fontenot, Rebecca (Self)
Garza Brence, Linda (Self)
Henson, Harold (Self)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Melchor, Margo (Self)
Reuwer, Denise (Self)
Rice, Holly (Self)
Smith, Toni (Self)
On: Hill, Jeffry (State Board of Dental Examiners)
Kennedy, James (State Board of Dental Examiners)
HB 411 Committee Substitute (Maxey/1)
For: Allen, Tammy (Self)
Blinn, Nancy (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
Gutmann, Mary Lou (Self)
Summerford, Debra (Self)
Against: Dewald, Janice (Self)
On: Findley, John (Texas Dental Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Cole, Cheryl (Texas Dental Hygienist Association)
Euler, Eva (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Fontenot, Rebecca (Self)
Mata, Trina (Self)
McNeill, Brita (Self)
Reuwer, Denise (Self)
Smith, Toni Leigh (Self)
On: Felkner, Jerry (Texas Department of Health)
Hill, Jeffry (State Board of Dental Examiners)
Kennedy, James (State Board of Dental Examiners)
HB 611 Committee Substitute (Turner/1)
For: Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Dugi, Dan (Self)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Rupp, Michael (Self)
Walker, Craig (HealthCare Computers Corporation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Roy, Tom (JPS Health Network)
Turner, Jill (Texas Farm Bureau)
On: Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
HB 643
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
On: Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
HB 667
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
On: Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
HB 974 Committee Substitute (Maxey/1)
For: Prachyl, Dianna (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
On: Findley, John (Texas Dental Association)
Folke, Lars (Baylor College of Dentistry, TAMUS-HSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Mata, Trina (Self)
On: Felkner, Jerry (Texas Department of Health)
Hill, Jeffry (State Board of Dental Examiners)
Kennedy, James (State Board of Dental Examiners)
HB 1228 Committee Substitute (Maxey/1)
For: Findley, John (Texas Dental Health Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Englehart, Lisa (Greater Ft. Worth Dental Hygienists
Society)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Hernandez, Lisa (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Smith, Richard (Texas Dental Association)
On: Felkner, Jerry (Texas Department of Health)
Hill, Jeffry (State Board of Dental Examiners)
Kennedy, James (State Board of Dental Examiners)
HB 1615
For: Anderson, Ralph (Self)
Drobnica, John (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Dugi, Dan (Texas Medical Association, Texas Association
of Family Physicians)
Hobbs, Gregory (Scott and White Clinic)
Loggins, Tony (Self)
On: Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers,Inc.)
Patterson, Patty (Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
Phipps, Candie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Pediatric Society)
Samuels, Marc (US Oncology Association)
Schmitt, Cyndie (Texas Council of Community Mental
Health and Mental Retardation Centers, Inc.)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for HomeCare)
Walker, Craig (HealthCare Vision, Inc.)
Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)
On: Easley, Mike (Center for Rural Health)
Koops, Beverly (Texas Department of Health)
Kres, Janet (Texas Department of Health)
Langley, F.M. (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners)
Tessen, Rob J. (Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund)
HB 1801 Committee Substitute (Maxey/1)
For: Conroy, Gail (American TeleCare, Inc.)
Hobbs, Gregory (Scott and White Clinic)
Peddicord, Herschel (Hommed CCC)
Sanders, Verna (Self)
Stone, Nancy (Visiting Nurse Association of Houson,
Inc.)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for HomeCare)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ash, Victoria (Self)
Douglas, Wanda (Texas Nurses Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
Sanchez, Andy (Self)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
On: Koops, Beverly (Texas Department of Health)
Kres, Janet (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1954
For: Nelson, Joe (Texas Oysters Growers and Oyster
Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Ancira, Jesse (Comptroller's Office)
Reck, Michael (Comptroller's Office)
Stites, D'Anne (Texas Department of Agriculture)
HB 2298
For: Findley, John (Texas Dental Association)
Thorpe, Betty Ann (Texas Dental Assistants Association)
Wineinger, Joanne (Texas Dental Assistants Association)
Against: Bennett, Barbara (Texas State Technical College- Dental
Hygiene Program)
Blinn, Nancy (Self)
Cole, Cherly (Texas Dental Hygienist Association)
Cornett, Renee (Self)
Dewald, Janice (Self)
Glancy, Charles (Self)
Guignon, Anne (Self)
Gutmann, Mary Lou (Self)
Heinrich, Robyn (Self)
Jimenez, Julia (Self)
McMullen, Trazon (Self)
McNeill, Brita (Self)
Milam, Wana (Self)
Osborn, Connie (Self)
Prachyl, Dianna (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
Ray, Carolyn (Self)
Sheffield, Anna (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Bass, Stephanie (Self)
Brence, Linda Garza (Self)
Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Byrd, Mercedia (Self)
Cannavino Charlton, Jennifer (Self)
Crowden, Jennifer (Self)
Dalton, Rachel (Self)
Dudley, Kristi (Self)
Elisebio, Nicole (Self)
Elkins, Vava (Self)
Englehart, Lisa (Greater Ft. Worth Dental Hygienists'
Society)
Enrique, Andrea (Self)
Espinoza, Cynthia (Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society)
Euler, Eva (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Fontenot, Rebecca (Self)
Guzman, Meredith (Self)
Henson, Harold (Self)
Hinojosa- Duenez, Angelica (Self)
Huone Tran, Diem (Self)
Jones, Lorie (Self)
Knitter, Heather (Self)
Liggons, Bridgett (Self)
Lindsey, Holly (Self)
Livaudais, Numa Joseph (Self)
Lovely, Christy (Self)
Lupercio, Sarah (Self)
Manwell- Jackson, Mary Agnes (Self)
Matta, Trina (Self)
McAllister, Tabitha (Self)
McKeon, Lorie (Self)
Melchor, Margo (Self)
Page, Kimberly (Self)
Pierce, Cindie (Self)
Poe, Juli (Self)
Reuwer, Denise (Self)
Rice, Holly (Self)
Rusch, Maria (Self)
Satterfield, Laurie (Self)
Scott, Andrea (Self)
Semlinger, Barbara (Self)
Shirley, Jeannette (Self)
Shores, Holly (Self)
Smith, Christie (Self)
Smith, Toni Leigh (Self)
Spencer, Brandy (Self)
Steffenauer, Kendra (Self)
Stewart, Beth (Permian Basin Dental Hygienist
Association)
Still, Sara (Self)
Stoneking, Maria (Self)
Summerford, Debra (Self)
Terry Knox, Cynthia (Self)
Tesch, Sandra (Self)
Tuel, Karen (Self)
Waite, Bonnie (Self)
Ward, Jan (Self)
Wedgeworth, Karissa (Self)
Williams, Lynn (Self)
Zimmerer, Ashley (Self)
On: Hill, Jeffrey (State Board of Dental Examiners)
Kennedy, James (State Board of Dental Examiners)
HB 2467
For: Alvarez, Dionicio (Texas Pediatric Society, El Paso
County Medical Society)
Burleson, Dale (El Paso County Medical Society)
Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Chavez, Irene (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Farias- Hudson, Maria (Advance)
Gonzalez, Dr. Hector (Advance)
Graham- Casey, Pat (Cancer Consortium of El Paso and
West Texas Community Care Consortium)
Gutierrez, Carlos (Texas Pediatric Society)
Moreno, Jose (Community Voices- El Paso)
Murillo, Rosamaria (Advance)
Quintanilla, Jose (Self and McAllen Medical Center)
Rodriguez, Jose (El Paso County Attorney and El Paso
County)
Stephenson, Ken (Doctor's Hospital- Laredo, TX)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nueces in Advanced
Practice)
On: Gilbert, Don (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alvidrez, Albert (Ysleta Del Sur)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Candelaria, Filbert (Self)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas)
Dizmond, Tom (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Orrantia, JoAnn (Self)
Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso)
Rivas, Raul (Self)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sanchez, David (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Schwartz, Marc (Self)
Teran, Miguel (Commissioners'Court- El Paso County)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Wizeg- Barrios, Renee (Self and EPISO)
HB 2468
For: Alvarez, Dionicio (Texas Pediatric Society, El Paso
County Medical Society)
Burleson, Dale (El Paso County Medical Society)
Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Chavez, Irene (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Farias- Hudson, Maria (Advance)
Gonzalez, Dr. Hector (Advance)
Graham- Casey, Pat (Cancer Consortium of El Paso and
West Texas Community Care Consortium)
Gutierrez, Carlos (Texas Pediatric Society)
Moreno, Jose (Community Voices- El Paso)
Murillo, Rosamaria (Advance)
Quintanilla, Jose (McAllen Medical Center)
Rodriguez, Jose (El Paso County Attorney and El Paso
County)
Stephenson, Ken (Doctor's Hospital- Laredo, TX)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nueces in Advanced
Practice)
On: Gilbert, Don (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alvidrez, Albert (Ysleta Del Sur)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Candelaria, Filbert (Self)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas)
Dizmond, Tom (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Orrantia, JoAnn (Self)
Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso)
Rivas, Raul (Self)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sanchez, David (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Schwartz, Marc (Self)
Teran, Miguel (Commissioners'Court- El Paso County)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Wizeg- Barrios, Renee (Self and EPISO)
HB 2469
For: Alvarez, Dionicio (Texas Pediatric Society, El Paso
County Medical Society)
Burleson, Dale (El Paso County Medical Society)
Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Chavez, Irene (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Farias- Hudson, Maria (Advance)
Gonzalez, Dr. Hector (Advance)
Graham- Casey, Pat (Cancer Consortium of El Paso and
West Texas Community Care Consortium)
Gutierrez, Carlos (Texas Pediatric Society)
Moreno, Jose (Community Voices- El Paso)
Murillo, Rosamaria (Advance)
Rodriguez, Jose (El Paso County Attorney and El Paso
County)
Stephenson, Ken (Doctor's Hospital- Laredo, TX)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nueces in Advanced
Practice)
On: Gilbert, Don (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alvidrez, Albert (Ysleta Del Sur)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Candelaria, Filbert (Self)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas)
Dizmond, Tom (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Orrantia, JoAnn (Self)
Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso)
Rivas, Raul (Self)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Teran, Miguel (Commissioners' Court- El Paso County)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Wizeg- Barrios, Renee (Self and EPISO)
HB 2470
For: Alvarez, Dionicio (Texas Pediatric Society, El Paso
County Medical Society)
Burleson, Dale (El Paso County Medical Society)
Buzansky, Phyllis (Campaign for 100 percent Access)
Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Chavez, Irene (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Farias- Hudson, Maria (Advance)
Gonzalez, Dr. Hector (Advance)
Graham- Casey, Pat (Cancer Consortium of El Paso and
West Texas Community Care Consortium)
Gutierrez, Carlos (Texas Pediatric Society)
Moreno, Jose (Community Voices- El Paso)
Murillo, Rosamaria (Advance)
Rodriguez, Jose (El Paso County Attorney and El Paso
County)
Stephenson, Ken (Doctor's Hospital- Laredo, TX)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nueces in Advanced
Practice)
On: Gilbert, Don (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alvidrez, Albert (Ysleta Del Sur)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Candelaria, Filbert (Self)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas)
Dizmond, Tom (Self)
Floyd, Glenda (Self)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Orrantia, JoAnn (Self)
Perkins, Vicki (Christus Santa Rosa HealthCare)
Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso)
Rivas, Raul (Self)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sanchez, David (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Teran, Miguel (Commissioners' Court- El Paso County)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Wizeg- Barrios, Renee (Self and EPISO)
HB 2471
For: Alvarez, Dionicio (Texas Pediatric Society, El Paso
County Medical Society)
Burleson, Dale (El Paso County Medical Society)
Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Chavez, Irene (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Farias- Hudson, Maria (Advance)
Gonzalez, Dr. Hector (Advance)
Graham- Casey, Pat (Cancer Consortium of El Paso and
West Texas Community Care Consortium)
Gutierrez, Carlos (Texas Pediatric Society)
Moreno, Jose (Community Voices- El Paso)
Murillo, Rosamaria (Advance)
Rodriguez, Jose (El Paso County Attorney and El Paso
County)
Stephenson, Ken (Doctor's Hospital- Laredo, TX)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nueces in Advanced
Practice)
On: Gilbert, Don (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palmer, David (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alvidrez, Albert (Ysleta Del Sur)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Brightwell, Michelle (Self)
Candelaria, Filbert (Self)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas)
Dizmond, Tom (Self)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Mata, Trina (Self)
Orrantia, JoAnn (Self)
Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso)
Rivas, Raul (Self)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sanchez, David (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Teran, Miguel (Commissioners' Court- El Paso County)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Wizeg- Barrios, Renee (Self and EPISO)
HB 2700 Committee Substitute (Chavez/1)
For: Dugi, Dan (Texas Medical Association, Texas Association
of Family Physicians)
Hobbs, Gregory (Scott and White Clinic)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alvarez, Dionicio (Texas Pediatric Society, El Paso
County Medical Society)
Alvidrez, Albert (Ysleta del Sur)
Anderson, Ralph (Self)
Burleson, Dale (El Paso County Medical Society)
Camacho, Jose' (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers, Inc.)
Candeluria, Filbert (Self)
Chavez, Irene (Self)
Dizmond, Tom (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Feild, Frank (Brownsville Chamber of Commerce)
Graham-Casey, Pat (Cancer Consontium of El Paso)
Gutierrez, Carlos (El Paso Medical Society, Texas
Medical Association, El Paso Pediatric Society)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas)
Moreno, Jose (Community Voices- El Paso)
Orrantia, JoAnne (Self)
Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Rivas, Raul (Self)
Rodriguez, Jose (Self)
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Sanchez, David (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Shields, Brad (Texas Society of Health System
Pharmacists)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Walker, Craig (HealthCare Vision, Inc.)
Wizig-Barrios, Renee (EPISo)
On: Black, Kermit (Center for Housing of Urban Development)
Koops, Beverly (Texas Department of Health)
Kres, Janet (Texas Department of Health)
Langley, F.M. (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners)