WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 26, 2003-8:00A
HB 21
For: Hyatt, Deborah (Texas Federation of Families for
Children's Mental Health)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill/Texas)
Seay, Kathi (Self)
Against: Breeding, John (Self and Texans for Safe Education)
Mitchell, Beth (Advocacy Inc)
Prough, Andrew (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Sepulvado, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Laursen, Victoria (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
HB 834
On: Hale, Karen (Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental
Retardation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill/Texas)
HB 965
For: Hood, Clark (Self and Cardiac Science)
Paschal, Dan (Self)
On: Arnold, Jim (Texas Dept of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Miller, Lisa Ivie (American Red Cross-TX Managers)
Smith, Eileen (American Heart Association)
HB 1077
For: Lielinski, Paul (Self and Texas Cemetery Association)
Richards, Judy (Self and Preston Richards)
Against: Carter, Janis (TFDA Funeral Directors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hubener, Ann (Self)
Massey, Wayne (Self)
Rogers Jr., Johnnie (Service Corporation International)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizens Member)
HB 1920
For: Brown, Ari (Texas Pediatric Society Texas Medical
Association)
Coleman, Carrie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Against: Richardson, Dawn (PROVE)
On: Stanley MD, Sharilyn (TDH)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
Boom MD, Julie (Self and Texas Childrens Hospital Texas
Pediatric Society)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas (CHARIOT))
Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System)
Head, Aron (Amerigroup Texas Inc)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Vaccines)
Hopkins Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children)
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center of Dallas)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Laca, Gaspar (Glaxo Smith Kline)
McMahan, Susan (Self)
Milley, Frankie Lynn (Self)
Penrod, Jane (Self)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Valadez McStay, Rosie (Texas Children's Hospital)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
Against: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Hill, Allison (Self)
King, James (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
HB 1921
For: Boom MD, Julie (Self and Texas Children's Hospitals
Texas Pediatric Society)
Fergie, Jaime (TMA)
Milley, Frankie Lynn (Self)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life & Health
Insurers)
Against: Hill, Allison (Self)
King, James (Self)
Richardson, Dawn (PROVE)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
On: Stanley MD, Sharilyn (TDH)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas (CHARIOT))
Coleman, Carrie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System)
Head, Aron (Amerigroup Texas Inc)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Vaccines)
Hopkins Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children)
Jacques, Holly (Merck & Co Inc)
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center of Dallas)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Laca, Gaspar (Glaxo Smith Kline)
McMahan, Susan (Self)
Penrod, Jane (Self)
Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)
Schnabel, Charlie (Self)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Valadez McStay, Rosie (Texas Children's Hospital)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
Yanez-Correa, Ana (LULAC TX)
Against: Clark, Ken (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
HB 1926
Against: Richardson, Dawn (PROVE)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
Boom MD, Julie (Self and Texas Children's Hospital Texas
Pediatric Society)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas (CHARIOT))
Chatelle, Melody (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System)
Head, Aron (Amerigroup Texas Inc)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Vaccines)
Hopkins Craven, Susan (Texans Care For Children)
Jacques, Holly (Merck & Co Inc)
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center of Dallas)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Laca, Gaspar (Glaxo Smith Kline)
Milley, Frankie (Self)
Penrod, Jane (Self)
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Valadez McStay, Rosie (Texas Children's Hospital)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
Yanez-Correa, Ana (LULAC Texas)
Against: Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Hill, Allison (Self)
King, James (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
On: Coombes, Phyllis (Comptroller's Office)
Cox, Cathryn (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Stanley, MD, Sharilyn (TDH)
HB 2985
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
On: Dodson, Gay (Health Professions Council)
Patrick, Donald (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Smith, Tom 'Smitty' (Public Citizens Member)
Wall, Matt (Texas Hospital Association)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
On: Horton, Charles (Health Professions Council)
SB 40
For: Langley, Lynn (Self and Texas Medical Association)
McMahan, Susan (Self)
Against: Richardson, Dawn (PROVE)
On: Stanley MD, Sharilyn (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Boom MD, Julie (Self and Texas Children's Hospital Texas
Pediatric Society)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas (CHARIOT))
Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System)
Head, Aron (Amerigroup Texas Inc)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Vaccines)
Jacques, Holly (Merck & Co, Inc)
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center of Dallas)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Milley, Frankie (Self)
O'Brien, Sister Michele (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa)
Penrod, Jane (Self)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Urritio, Marcela (National Council of La Raza)
Valadez McStay, Rosie (Texas Children's Hospital)
Villareal, Armando (United Farm Workers of America)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
Yanez-Correa, Ana (LULAC-Texas)
Against: Clark, Ken (Self)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Hill, Allison (Self)
King, James (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
SB 43
Against: Richardson, Dawn (PROVE)
On: Stanley MD, Sharilyn (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
Boom MD, Julie (Self and Texas Children's Hospital)
Chatelle, Melody (Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions of Texas (CHARIOT))
Feather, Robert (Cook Children's Health Care System)
Head, Aron (Amerigroup Texas Inc)
Hoke, Greg (Wyeth Vaccines)
Hopkins Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children)
Jacques, Holly (Merck & Co Inc)
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center of Dallas)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
McMahan, Susan (Self)
Milley, Frankie (Self)
O'Brien, Sister Michele (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Healthcare)
Penrod, Jane (Self)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Urritia, Marcela (National Council of La Raza)
Valadez McStay, Rosie (Texas Children's Hospital)
Villareal, Armando (United Farm Workers of America)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
Against: Gerstenschlager, Merrylynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Hill, Allison (Self)
King, James (Self)
Wilson, Jim (Self)
SB 263
For: Byrne DAS, MD, Roger (Texas Dental Association)
Henson, Harold (Texas Dental Hygiene Educators'
Association)
Morgan CDT, Gary (Self and Dental Laboratory Association
of Texas)
Simecek, RDH, Deborah (Texas Dental Hygienists' Assoc)
On: Schmidt M.Ed, Bobby (Texas State Board of Dental
Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Blanton, Patricia (Texas Dental Association)
Findley, John (Texas Dental Association)
Thomasson, Cliffa (Texas Dental Assistants Association)
Wineinger, Joanne (Self and Texas Dental Assistants
Association)
On: Walraven, Joe (Sunset Advisory Commission)