WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 21, 2001-1:30P
HB 416
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Against: Stone, Sam (Texas Wholesale Druggists Association)
Taylor, Sandra (Texas Wholesale Druggists' Association,
National Healthcare Distribution Management
Association)
On: Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Whalen, Ken (Texas Daily Newspaper Association, Texas
Press Association)
On: Culmo, Cynthia (Texas Department of Health)
Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
HB 417Committee Substitute (Maxey/1)
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of Texas Retailers Association)
On: Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
O'Connell, Patrick (Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Whalen, Ken (Texas Daily Newspaper Association, Texas
Press Association)
On: Culmo, Cynthia (Texas Department of Health)
Keig, Lowell (Attorney General's Office)
Krause, Curtis (Pharmacia)
Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
HB 703
For: Carriker, Steven (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Rumsey, Ronald (Texas Pharmacy Association)
On: Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dieter, Alison (Texas Gray Panthers)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas)
Kelemen, George (AARP)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
HB 734
For: Carriker, Steven (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Phillips, Lillian (Self)
On: Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Kelemen, George (AARP)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
HB 795 Committee Substitute (Najera/1)
For: Carriker, Steven (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Kelemen, George (AARP)
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
HB 907
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Camp, Larry (Texas Office for Prevention of
Developmental Disabilities)
Levin, Ilan (Sunset Commission)
HB 915
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Keith, Matthew (UTMB Correctional Managed Health Care)
Powell, Marjorie (Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufactuers of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On: Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
HB 916
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Loyd, Jim (Texas Health Care Information Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ardoin, Ken (Pfizer)
Donaldson, Nub (Pfizer)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Hauser, Leo (Pfizer, Inc.)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals)
Jones, Robert (Novartis Corp)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on Behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
On: Gladden, Patricia (Texas Department of Health)
Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1094
For: Bower, Bruce (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hardy, Alan (AARP)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Powell, Margorie (Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ardoin, Ken (PFIZER)
Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Gray Panthers)
Donaldson, Nub (PFIZER)
Hauser, Leo (Pfizer, Inc.)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Ayerst Pharmacy)
Jones, Robert (NOVARTIS Corp)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
On: Gladden, Patricia (Texas Department of Health)
Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
HB 1116 Committee Substitute (Maxey/1)
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Against: Powell, Margorie (Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America)
On: Lopez Bauman, Naomi (Pacific Research Institute and
Hispanic Business Roundtable)
Wade, Jeffrey (Lexicon Genetics, Inc. and Texas Life
Science Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against: Chatelle, Melody (Texas Health Care Council)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
HB 1152
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Jimmerson, Beverly (Texas Health Quality Alliance)
HB 1231
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hardy, Alan (AARP)
Harmison, Joe (Texas Pharmacy Association)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Coombes, Phyllis (Comptroller's Office)
Powell, Margorie (Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
On: Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
Mendez- Lewis, Maria (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 1434 Amendment (Capelo/1)
For: Lewis, Alex (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Phipps, Candie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine)
Sprinkle, G.K. (American Lung Association)
On: Koops, Beverly (Texas Department of Health)
Salinas, Mario (Comptroller's Office)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
HB 1673
For: Brooks, Jeff (Association of Texas Medical Equipment
Dealers and T-Medical Systems, Inc.)
Shattuck, Greg (Shattuck and Associates and The
association of Texas Medical Equipment Dealers)
Shepperd, John (Self and Association of Texas Medical
Equipment Dealers)
On: Tennyson, Susan (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzalez, Robert (Self and Surgiquip Inc.)
Haack, Connie (Self and AOTMED)
HB 1967 Committee Substitute (Najera/1)
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Gray Panthers)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
On: Jimmerson, Beverly (Texas Health Quality Alliance)
Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
HB 1967 Committee Substitute (Uresti/1)
Harris, Bob (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2241
For: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Gray Panthers)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
On: Gladden, Patricia (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2406
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Umphress, John (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
HB 2455
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ardoin, Ken (Pfizer)
Donaldson, Nub (Pfizer)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hauser, Leo (Pfizer, Inc.)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals)
Jones, Robert (Novartis Corp)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of Texas Retailers Association)
Wall, Matt (Texas Hospital Association)
On: Culmo, Cynthia (Texas Department of Health)
Gladden, Patricia (Texas Department of Health)
Walton, Joe (Texas Department of Health)
HB 2648
For: Lewis, Alex (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sprinkle, G.K. (American Lung Association)
HB 2729
For: Bower, Bruce (Self)
On: Culmo, Cynthia (Texas Department of Health)
Martin, Jim (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Tennyson, Susan (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
HB 2807 Committee Substitute (Kitchen/1)
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Kastrin, Deborah (County of El Paso- Commissioners'
Court)
Lurie, David (City of Austin/Travis County Health and
Human Services Department)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network)
Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Gray Panthers)
Friedholm, DeAnn (Americaid Community Care)
Ireland, Jill (Self)
Jones, Susan (Texas Hospital Association)
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine)
On: Wertz, Linda (Health and Human Services Commission)
HB 2999 Committee Substitute (Uresti/1)
For: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Against: Powell, Margorie (Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America)
On: Gonzales, David (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores on behalf
of the Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network)
Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Landry, Richard (Paper Allied Industrial Chemical and
Energy)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Catholic Conference)
On: Gladden, Patricia (Texas Department of Health)
Jimmerson, Beverly (Texas Health Quality Alliance)
HB 3598
Against: Brooks, Jeff (Association of Texas Medical Equipment
Desles T- Medical Systems, Inc.)
Shattuck, Greg (Self)
Sheppard, John (Association of Texas Medical Equipment
Dealers)
On: Tennyson, Susan (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Reagan, Karen (Texas Retailers Association)
Against: Gonzalez, Robert (Self and SURGIQUIP INC.)
Haack, Connie (AOTMED)
HB 3601
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Reagan, Karen (Texas Retailers Association)
On: Tennyson, Susan (Texas Department of Health)
HCR 39 Committee Substitute (Najera/1)
On: Baker, Danny (Texas Association of Broadcasters)