WITNESS LIST

State Affairs Committee
April 16, 2003 - 8:00A


HB 4
       FOR:       Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  Bunn, Nichol (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &
                         Dicker), Dallas, TX
                  Crowe, Michael (Texas Assisted Living Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  Dalrymple, Steve (Baptist Community Services),
                         Amarillo, TX
                  Gahm, Brad (Baylor Health Care System; TAPA),
                         Dallas, TX
                  Gill, John T. (Texas Medical Association), Dallas,
                         TX
                  Hamermesh, Frances W. (Self), Austin, TX
                  Hurley, James D. (TAPA), Atlanta, GA
                  Kiser, Roger W. (Texas Medical Directors
                         Association), Longview, TX
                  Lear, Homer (TSHL), San Antonio, TX
                  McFarland, Bob (American Insurance Association &
                         AIG), Austin, TX
                  McWhorter, Jr., Archer (Texas Hospital Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  Menendez, Isabel C. (Medical Imaging Diagnostic
                         Assoc. & Others), Portland, TX
                  Olson, Helen Frances (Self), Austin, TX
                  Regier, Michael (SETON Healthcare Network), Austin,
                         TX
                  Spencer, C. William (Texas Healthcare Coalition),
                         Arlington, TX
                  Sprinkle, G.K. (Texas Ambulance Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  Summers, Edward L. (Self), Austin, TX
                  Thompson, Jay A. (Medical Protective Company),
                         Austin, TX
                  Trabulsi, Jr., Richard J. (Texans for Lawsuit
                         Reform), Houston, TX
                  Wall, Matt (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX
       AGAINST:   Desai, Nimish (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
                  Fletcher, Howard (Self), Dripping Springs, TX
                  Gwyn, Cecil (Self), Groom, TX
                  Hampton, Hartley (Texas Trial Lawyers Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  James, Reggie (Consumers Union S.W. Regional
                         Office), Austin, TX
                  Keith, Darrell (Self), Fort Worth, TX
                  Kimber, John (Self), Amarillo, TX
                  Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch), Austin, TX
                  Lanier, Mark (Lanier Law Firm), Houston, TX
                  Lombardo, Sherra (Self), Mckinney, TX
                  Marth, Kim (Self), Colleyville, TX
                  Matwijiw, Evan (Self), League City, TX
                  Mays, Kim (Self), Wylie, TX
                  McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
                  Mithoff, Richard (Texas Trial Lawyers), Houston, TX
                  Montoya, Julia (Self), Amarillo, TX
                  Nygard, Shannon (Self), Richmond, TX
                  Perdue, Jr., Jim M. (Self), Houston, TX
                  Pinson, Barbara (Self), Grand Saline, TX
                  Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
                  Sweeney, Paula (TTLA), Dallas, TX
                  Valdez, Stephanie (Self), McKinney, TX
                  Williams, Stacy (Self), Houston, TX
       ON:        Presley, Philip (Texas Department of Insurance),
                         Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
       For:       Anderson, Clifford Chris (Retama Manor Nursing
                         Center), Corpus Christi, TX
                  Beck, Brian (Metro Ambulance Svc), Schertz, TX
                  Beck, Susan B. (Metro Ambulance), Schertz, TX
                  Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin, TX
                  Clark, Lisa (Metro Ambulance, Inc.), Schertz, TX
                  Colbert, Cynthia (Catholic Health Assn. of TX),
                         Austin, TX
                  Coronado, Rogelio (Mariner Health Care), Corpus
                         Christi, TX
                  Diamond, Stephen B. (MetroCare EMS), Beaumont, TX
                  Finch, Daniel (Harris County Medical Society),
                         Houston, TX
                  Furr, La Mon (Mariner Healthcare), Weslaco, TX
                  Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association), Austin,
                         TX
                  Hankins, Jack C. "Corby" (Institutional Securities
                         Corporation), Dallas, TX
                  Hardee, Mary (Mariner Healthcare, Inc.), Corpus
                         Christi, TX
                  Harracksingh, Rachel B. (Life Ambulance Service), El
                         Paso, TX
                  Jamison, Mazie M. (Children's Medical Center of
                         Dallas), Dallas, TX
                  Lyons, Jim (Texas Ambulance Assoc.), Marlin, TX
                  McKenna, Linda (Valley Baptist Health System),
                         Harlingen, TX
                  McLendon, W. Edward (Self), Richardson, TX
                  Meador, Charlotte D. (Cornerstone Retirement
                         Community & Methodist Retirement Community),
                         The Woodlands, TX
                  Namboodiri, Hari K. (Mariner Health Care, Inc.),
                         McAllen, TX
                  Nichols, Bobbie (Golden Age Manor), Dublin, TX
                  O'Brien, Sister Michele (Christus Santa Rosa
                         Healthcare), San Antonio, TX
                  Read, Candace (Texas Healthcare Assn. & Stebbins
                         Five), Kilgore, TX
                  Rios, Jaime (Americana Ambulance), San Antonio, TX
                  Schauer, Tim (Memorial Hermann Health Care System),
                         Houston, TX
                  Schmidt, Karn (Texas Long Term Care Pharmacy), White
                         House, TX
                  Shuttleworth, J. Sterling (Rankin-Shuttleworth,
                         Inc.), Norcross, GA
                  Spencer II, Clark W. (Texas Health Care Coalition),
                         Canton, TX
                  Thomason, David (Texas Association of Homes and
                         Services for the Aging), Austin, TX
                  Tolman, Russell K. (Cook Children's Health Care
                         System), Ft. Worth, TX
                  Vestal, Guy (Community Portable X-Ray Service Inc.),
                         Plano, TX
                  Williams, David (Las Palmes Nursing Home- McAllen),
                         McAllen, TX
       Against:   Flores, Maria Luisa (Mexican American Bar
                         Association of TX), Austin, TX
                  Gallagher, Mike (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.),
                         Houston, TX
                  Lombardo, Kristi (Self), Garland, TX
                  Lott, Lenore (TX Advocates for Nursing Home
                         Residents), Austin, TX
                  Matthews, Matt (National Citizens' Coalition for
                         Nursing Home Reform & TX Advo. for Nur. Home
                         Residents), Austin, TX
                  O'Reilly, Lou (TX Advocates for Nur. Home
                         Residents), Dallas, TX
                  Townsend, Kimberly (Self), Plano, TX
                  Williams, Georgia (TX Advocates for Nursing Home
                         Residents), Mesquite, TX
       On:        Smith, Shelley (Self), Rockport, TX