WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 6, 2011 - 8:00 AM

             

            HB 114

                 For:

                                 Rodas, Claudia (American Cancer Society)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Berndt, Trey (AARP)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (Self)

                                 Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatalogical Society)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

            HB 1034

                 On:

                                 Winter, Raymond (Office of Attorney General)

            HB 1138

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Jose E (Tx. Assn of Community Health Centers.)

                                 Realini, Janet (Healthy Futures Alliance, Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society,

                                 Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Realini, Janet ((Cont'd) Texas Assoc. Ob-Gyns Texas Chapter of Amer. Congress of Ob-Gyns)

                                 Risser-Sperry, Rachael (Self)

                                 Stukenberg, Amanda (Womens Health & Family Planning Family Planning of the Coastal

                                 Bend)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Community Care)

                 Against:

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                 On:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Hadley, Bryan (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Barwick, Ronald (Texas Panhandle Family Planning & Health Centers)

                                 Belver, Carole (Self)

                                 Calcote, ML (Texas Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists)

                                 Campbell, Wilda (Self; League of Women Voters)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Ellis, Randall (Legacy Community Health Serv.)

                                 Hagerty, Fran (Women's Health & Family Planning Assoc. of TX)

                                 Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)

                                 Potter, Joseph (Self)

                                 Sable, Ellen (Self)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Scurzi, Bonnie (Self)

                                 Shaw, Tama (Hill Country Community Action Assn, Inc Womens Health and Family Planning

                                 Assn & Texas, President)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Turicchi, Paula (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

                                 Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Zuniga, Martha (South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation and Women's Health &

                                 Family Planning Asscoc'n)

                 Against:

                                 Everett, Carol (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Horne, Emily (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Martone, John (Self)

                                 Muzyka, Danny (Self)

                                 Muzyka, Elizabeth (Self)

            HB 1248

                 For:

                                 Banker, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Cappelli, David (Self)

                                 Perez, Maria (Northeast ISD)

                                 Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Cammarata, Rita (Texas Dental Association)

                                 Peppard, Mark (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)

                                 Steinhauer, William (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentists)

                 On:

                                 Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Stansbury, Jennifer (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bullard, Diane (North East ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kerber, Dr. Lisa (Children at Risk - Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Rudd, Jim (Texas Society of Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgeons)

            HB 1478

                 For:

                                 Barwick, Ronald (Texas Panhandle Family Planning & Health Centers)

                                 Potter, Joseph (Self)

                                 Realini, Janet (Healthy Futures Alliance, Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society,

                                 Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Realini, Janet ((Cont'd) Texas Assoc Ob-Gyns American Congress of Ob-Gyns (TX Chapter))

                                 Shaw, Tama (Womens Health and Family Planning Assn of Texas, President Hill Country

                                 Community Action Assn, Inc.)

                                 Turicchi, Paula (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

                                 Zuniga, Martha (South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation and Women's Health &

                                 Fam. Plan. Assoc'n)

                 Against:

                                 Everett, Carol (Self)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Belver, Carole (Self)

                                 Calcote, ML (Texas Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists)

                                 Camacho, Jose E (TX. Assn of Community Health Centers)

                                 Campbell, Wilda (League of Women Voters)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Ellis, Randall (Legacy Community Health Services)

                                 Hagerty, Fran (Women's Health & Family Planning Assoc. of TX)

                                 Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)

                                 Sable, Ellen (Self)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Scurzi, Bonnie (Self; Women's Health & Family Planning Assn of TX Bell County Public

                                 Health Dist)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Stukenberg, Amanda (Womens Health & Family Planning Assoc Family Planning of the

                                 Coastal Bend)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Community Care)

                                 Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Horne, Emily (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Martone, John (Self)

                                 Muzyka, Danny (Self)

                                 Muzyka, Elizabeth (Self)

            HB 1720

                 On:

                                 Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Wilson, Douglas (HHSC - OIG - resource)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                                 Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)

                 On:

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)

            HB 2092

                 For:

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 On:

                                 Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                                 Majek, Mark (Texas Board of Nursing)

                                 Thomas, Katherine (Texas Board of Nursing)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Birdwell, Gretchen (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)

                                 Green, Pamela (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Hanak, James (Self)

                                 Huddleston, Cheri (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

                                 Morrow, Janet (Self)

                                 Shields, Brad (Tx Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Shields, Brad (Tx Society of Health System Pharmacies)

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Organization of Nurse Executives)

                                 Urdiales-Alleman, Monica (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Valdez, Jerry (Career Colleges & Schools of Texas)

                                 Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Zolnierek, Cindy (Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of TX)

            HB 2245

                 For:

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Holcomb, John (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Academy of

                                 Family Practice)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Health Care Alliance)

                                 Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatalogical Society)

                                 Saenz, Gabriela (Christus Health)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Community Care)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

            HB 2272

                 For:

                                 Higdon, Larry (Texas Speech - Language - Hearing Association)

                                 Isett, Carl (Livingston Hearing Center)

                                 Sirmon-Fjordbak, Bess (Texas Speech-Language - Hearing Association)

                 On:

                                 Brannon, Patricia (State Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology)

                                 Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)

                                 Parsons, Joyce (State Board of Examiners for Speech - Language Pathology and Audiology)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shields, Brad (TX Academy of Audiology)

                 On:

                                 Fajardo, Erick (Sunset Advisory Commission)

            HB 2273

                 For:

                                 Isett, Carl (Livingston Hearing Centers)

                 Against:

                                 Pospisil, Scott (Texas Hearing Aid Association)

                                 Trost, Amy (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Fajardo, Erick (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Parsons, Joyce (State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing

                                 Instruments)

            HB 2368

                 On:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)

            HB 2478

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Jose E (Tx. Assn of Community Health Centers)

                 Against:

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)

                                 Holcomb, John (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Academy of

                                 Family Practice)

                                 Knaupe, Gregg (TORCH)

                                 Rice, Chuck (Texas Org. of Rural and Community Hospitals TORCH)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

            HB 2576

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)

            HB 2576 - Committee Substitute (Naishtat)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Marsha (Cook Children's Medical Center)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2722

                 On:

                                 Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Weizenbaum, Jon (DADS-Dept of Aging & Disability Services)

            HB 3744

                 For:

                                 McVey, Timothy (Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission, TX & Hospital Coalition of

                                 South Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Guest, John (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)

                                 Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Nolting, Kevin (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rocha, Israel (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance & Hospital Coalition of South Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

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