Witness List Display

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WITNESS LIST

Public Health Committee

March 24, 2009 - 8:00 AM

HB 492

For:

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Paynter, Susan (Suzii) (Christian Life Commission Baptist General Convention of TX)

On:

Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)

Weddington, Susan (Elizabeth Seale, President/CEO OneStar Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

Lewis-Nourzad, Lisa (Goodwill Industries)

On:

Johnson, Jeff (Resource HHSC)

Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)

HB 492 - Committee Substitute (Davis)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Johnson, Karen R. (United Ways of Texas)

HB 888

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)

Keller, Merily (Self)

Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas (NAMI Texas))

Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)

Yanas, Christine (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

HB 890

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Court Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas (NAMI Texas))

HB 1067

For:

Keller, Merily (Texas Suicide Prevention Council)

Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Steve (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

Bryan, Christine (Southwest Mental Health Center)

Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)

Herman, Guy (Self)

Hinckson, Andrea (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)

Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

Lewis, Kathryn (Advocacy, Incoporated)

Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas (NAMI Texas))

Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

On:

Lackey, Sandra (TX Department of State Health Services)

Summers-Fox, Amanda (TX Dept of State Health Services)

HB 1404

For:

Freeman, William (Self)

For:

Timmins, Thomas (Northaven United Methodist Church)

On:

Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

HB 1409

For:

Wiesner, Dennis (H-E-B)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Business Council)

Culley, Robert (TrueCare Pharmacy)

Heal, John (TrueCare Pharmacy)

Reagan, Karen (Walgreens)

Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health-System Pharmacies)

On:

Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

Sims, Jack (TX. Dept. of State Health Services)

HB 1409 - Committee Substitute (Coleman)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Dragsbaek, Anna C. (Houston Area Immunization Partnership)

Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn.)

Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

HB 1422

For:

Mena, Mary (San Antonio College - Mortuary Science Dept.)

On:

Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Gonzales, Felix (San Antonio College Mortuary Science Department)

Moreno, Jose Luis (San Antonio College Mortuary Science Department)

Schwarz, Jedidiah (San Antonio Colgag Mortuary Sciece Department)

HB 1468

For:

Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)

Beaty, Paul (Self and Texas Funeral Director Association)

Piet, William (Self)

Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)

On:

Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allen, Russell (Self)

Davenport, Arlie (Self)

Estes, Claud (Texas Cemetery Association)

Killian, Wes (Self)

Martin, Steve (TFDA.)

Massey, David (Woodlawn Funeral Home & Cemetery)

Molitor, Rodney (Self)

Rouse, George (Self)

Seddio, Frank (Self)

Wilfong, Michael (Self)

HB 1785

For:

Bell, Esther (Self)

On:

Johnston, Stephanie (Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners (TBOTE))

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Hennigan, Mary (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)

On:

Gelfand, Augusta (Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners)

Maline, John (Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners)

HB 1802

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Williams, Stephen (City of Houston)

HB 1924

For:

McBeath, Don (Texas Organization Rural & Community Hospitals)

Against:

Davis, Paul (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)

On:

Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Pearson, David (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)

Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)

Against:

Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health-System Pharmacists)

HB 2030

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

On:

Vasquez, Andres (Health & Human Services Commission)

HB 2163

For:

Boydstun, Joshua (Self and Texas Family Support Services)

Breeding, John (Self and Texans for Safe Education)

DeWitt, RPH, Lauren (Citizen Commission on Human Rights)

Dolan, Moira (Medical Accountability Network)

Egan, Cody (Self)

O'Donnell, James (Self)

Philo, Amy (Self and Children and Adults Against Drugging America (CHAADA))

Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

Sherry, Duane (Self)

Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

Stowe, Krenie (Self)

Tafoya, Marcelo (League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC))

Against:

Bresnen, Steve (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

Santos MD, George (Federation of Texas Psychiatry, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, Texas Medical Society, Texas Society of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)

On:

Bailey, Brigitte (Self)

Bell MD, Charles (HHSC)

O'Keeffe, Cynthia (Office of the Attorney General - Resource)

Rogers MD, James (TX Dept of Family & Protective Services)

Rose, Jeff (Resource Witness - Office of Attorney General)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Balken, Catherine (Self)

Brauninger, Donald (Self)

Brauninger, Sarah (Self)

Cottle, David (Self)

Crosley, Krisha (Self)

Doty, Cheryl (Self)

Ellzey, Jon (United for Human Rights Texas)

For:

Fischer, Candace (Self)

Garcia, Jesse (Self)

Gow, Shannon (Self)

Jernigan, Jana (Self)

Johnson, Gwen (Self and Texas Health Freedom Coalition)

Lindsay, Cambrey (Self and Texas Family Support Services)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

Shahan, Hege (Self and Camelot Community Care)

Smith, Claudia (Self)

Against:

Bryan, Christine (Southwest Mental Health Center)

Keller, Merily (Self)

Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Mental Health & Mental Retardation Centers)

Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas (NAMI Texas)

Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

On:

Muse, Nina Jo (Department of State Health Services)

HB 2369

For:

Allen, Russell (Self)

Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)

On:

Muser, Joan (Self and Lots for Less)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beaty, Paul (TFDA)

Davenport, Arlie (Self)

Estes, Claud (T.C.A.)

Killian, Wes (Self)

Martin, Steve (TFDA)

Molitor, Rodney (Self)

Rouse, George (Self)

Seddio, Frank (Self)

Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Assoc.)

Wilfong, Michael (Self)

On:

Newberg, Stephanie (Texas Department of Banking)

HB 2382

For:

Dragsbaek, Anna C. (Houston Area Immunization Partnership)

Leach, Charles (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association & Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Casady, Shane (Driscoll Children's Hospital)

Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

Girard, Chuck (Texas Association of OB/GYNs)

Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

Love, Elizabeth (Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services)

Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

For:

Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

On:

Sims, Jack (TX. Dept. of State Health Services)

HB 2382 - Committee Substitute (Coleman)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)

HB 2383

For:

Dragsbaek, Anna C. (Houston Area Immunization Partnership)

Leach, Charles (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association & Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

On:

Sims, Jack (TX. Dept. of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)

Casady, Shane (Driscoll Children's Hospital)

Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

HB 2927

For:

Blythe, Sharon (Self and RAMP)

Foster, Golda (Self and Tom Green County Historical Commission)

Griggs, John (Self)

On:

Oaks, Lawerence (Texas Historical Commission)

Thrash, Joe (Tex. Historical Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)

Hollingsworth, David (Self)

Sterling, Ed (Texas Press Association & Texas Daily Newspaper Association)

Against:

Allen, Russell (Self and Texas Cemeteries Association)

Beaty, Paul (TFDA)

Martin, Steve (TFDA.)

Massey, David (Woodlawn Funeral Home & Cemetery)

Vallie, Bill (TFDA)

On:

Hite, Gerron (Texas Historical Commission)

Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

HB 3004

For:

Blackmar, Dawn (Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services - Veterinary Public Health)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Love, Elizabeth (Harris County)

Trimble, Robert L. (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Williams, Stephen (Texas Association Local Health Officials, City of Houston)

On:

Sidwa, Thomas (Department of State Health Services)

HB 3282

For:

Bandy, Sallia (Self)

Bartos, Jennifer (Self)

For:

Masters, Kelley (Self)

Against:

Buzbee, Patrick (Montgomery Co. Health Dept.)

Fuller, Kelly (Sweet Austin)

Jefferson, David (Tarrant County Public Health)

Mannion, Steve Mannion (Self)

Nadler, Hans (Nadlers Bakery; Greater SWest Retail Bakers Ass Retail Bakers of America, San Antonio Restaurant Assc.)

On:

Marlow, Deborah (TX Dept. of State Health Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bartos, Randy (Self)

Byer Rosner, Leslie (Self)

Chambliss, Jamie (Self)

Cromwell, Lora Ellen (Self)

Crosley, Krisha (Self)

Eads, James (Self)

Evans, Amy (Self)

Garza, Alma (Self)

Greening, Jennifer (Self)

Harper, Anne (Self)

Higgins, John (Self)

Higgins, Peggy (Self)

Humbert, Yvette (Self)

Lemaster, Grace (Self)

Miles, Cassi (Self)

Miles, Dustin (Self)

Perez, Leticia (Self)

Perez, Samuel (Self)

Pineda, Angela (Self)

Scott, Amber (Self)

Thayer, Marcia (Self)

Vineyard, Sherilyn (Self)

Against:

Barber, Kathy (Texas Retailers Association)

Briley, Richard (City of Garland)

Chessher, Jason (City of Garland Health Department)

Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)

Harvey, Alan (Self)

Killen, Steve (City of Garland)

Long, Francois (Self)

Mooney, Cindy (City of Garland Health Department)

Murphy, James (Self)

Olson, Aimee (Self)

Pali, Terri (Texas Public Health Association)

Powers, Lisa (City of Arlington)

Weber, Bronwen (Self)

Williams, Heather (Self)

Against:

Williams, Stephen (Texas Association of Local Health Officials)

HCR 88

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Dragsbaek, Anna C. (Houston Area Immunization Partnership)

Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)

Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

On:

Sims, Jack (TX. Dept. of State Health Services)