WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 13, 2011 - 8:00 AM

             

            HB 13

                 For:

                                 Berger, Brian (Self)

                                 Draenn, Donald (Self)

                                 Herrick, Devon M (National Center for Policy Analysis)

                                 Wohlgemuth, Arlene (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)

                                 Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Suehs, Thomas (TX Health & Human Services Commissioner)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)

                                 Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            HB 13 - Committee Substitute (Alvarado)

                 For:

                                 Manross, Lee (Texas Coalition of Health Insurance Agents)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

            HB 123

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Urrabazo, JP (Sanofi-aventis)

                                 Waldrop, Rebecca (Sanofi-aventis)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Central Health & Community Care)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)

                 On:

                                 Fasko, Roger (Texas Department of State Health Services)

                                 Kalanges MD MPH, Lauri (Texas Dept of State Health Services)

            HB 574

                 For:

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Sahni, Leila (Texas Children's Hospital, The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Terk, Jason (Texas Immunization Partnership, Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric

                                 Society, Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                 Against:

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                 On:

                                 Sims, Jack (Texas Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Armstrong, Georgia (Self)

                                 Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Emmett, Ed (Harris County, Texas)

                                 Fisher, Nancy (TX Assn. of Local Health Officials)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Lane, Lee (Texas Association of Local Health Officials)

                                 Matz, Laura (March of Dimes)

                                 Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Rose, Denise (Texas Hosp. Association)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Smith, Jason (Harris County, TX)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Central Health & Community Care)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)

                 Against:

                                 Richardson, Dawn (Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education, PROVE)

                                 Simpson, Susan (Self)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

            HB 834

                 For:

                                 Boese-Chambless, Suzette (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Salmeron, Henda (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Butler, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Gray, James (American Cancer Society)

                                 Hatch, Jennifer (Susan G. Komen for the cure)

                                 Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Perkins, Val (Texas Radiological Society)

                                 Rodas, Claudia (American Cancer Society)

                                 Rose, Denise (Texas Hosp. Association)

                                 Salmeron, Richard (Self)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)

            HB 834 - Committee Substitute (Laubenberg)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bibighaus, Lauren Hutton (Lance Armstrong Foundation)

                                 Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)

            HB 1349

                 On:

                                 Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

            HB 1708

                 For:

                                 Shaffer, Gary (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)

                                 Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)

                 Against:

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davenport, Arlie (Texas Cemeteries Assoc.)

                                 Grice, Karen (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Massey, David (TFDA)

            HB 2069

                 For:

                                 Chesler, Adam (Walgreens)

                 On:

                                 Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Bus. Council)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Dederichs, David (Express Scripts, Inc.)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 Heal, John (Texas True Care Pharmacies)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health System Pharmacists)

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Wiesner, Dennis (H-E-B)

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)

            HB 2286

                 For:

                                 Davenport, Arlie (Texas Cemeteries Assoc.)

                                 Shaffer, Gary (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Massey, David (Texas Funeral Directors Association)

                                 Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)

                 On:

                                 Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)

            HB 2515

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Patrick (TX Dept of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union/Safe Patient Project)

                                 Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

            HB 2812

                 Against:

                                 Mathis, Maye (Cemetery)

                                 Mathis, Sharon (Boggy Cemetery Restoration Group)

                 On:

                                 Robbins, Chet (TX Funeral Service Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance)

                 Against:

                                 Jackson, Ruth (Cemetery)

            HB 2940

                 For:

                                 Guinn, Paul (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Shaffer, Gary (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)

                                 Vallie, Bill (Texas Funeral Directors Association)

                 On:

                                 Lackey, Sandra (Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit)

            HB 3085

                 On:

                                 Vasek, Heather (TX Independent Emergency Room Association)

                                 Waldron, Patrick (TX Dept of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Free-Standing Emergency Centers)

            HB 3136

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Kerr, Andrew (Texas for Fiscal Responsibility)

                 Against:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3207

                 For:

                                 Rucker, Patrick (Self)

                 On:

                                 Davenport, Arlie (Greenwood - Mount Olivet)

            HB 3611

                 For:

                                 Blackwell, Thomas (PACSTX & D&S Residential Services)

                                 Elrod, Susanne (TX Council of Community Centers)

                                 White, Grace (MHMR of Tarrant County)

                 On:

                                 Gold, Marc (Dept of Aging & Disability Services (DADS))

                                 Thomas, Katherine (TX. Board of Nursing)

                                 Thomas, Mary Beth (Texas Board of Nursing)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carter, Janis (TX Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 Israel, Gordon (Draco Services, INC.)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Daybreak Group)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Southern, David (Self)

                                 Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                 Against:

                                 Wittie, David (Self; ADAPT of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Hester, Melinda (Texas Board of Nursing)

            HB 3611 - Committee Substitute (Kolkhorst)

                 For:

                                 Moore, S. Diane (Self; Private Providers Association of Texas)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hernandez, Richard (ResCare, Inc.)

            HB 3678

                 For:

                                 Gray, Tammy (Self; PCAN - Pharmacy Choice and Access Now)

                                 Perryman, Ray (Self; Research Funded by Pharmacy Choice and Access Now)

                                 Purcell, Gerry (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wiesner, Dennis (H-E-B)

                 Against:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Ginsberg, Seth (Global Healthy Living Foundation)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)

                                 Ryan, Tara (PhRMA)

                 On:

                                 Millwee, Billy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                                 Vasquez, Andy (TX Health & Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beck, Richard (TX Phamacy Business Council)

                                 Boydstun, Joshua (Self; TX Family Support Services)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co.)

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                 Against:

                                 Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Haeber, Julie (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Littlefield, Rita (Texas Renal Coalition)

                                 Lorenz, Geoff (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Milam, Susan (Natl. Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

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

                                 Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)

                                 Schrag, Wendy (Fresenius Medical Care)

            HB 3724

                 For:

                                 Littlefield, Rita (Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force)

                 On:

                                 Fasko, Roger (Texas Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)

                                 Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)

                 On:

                                 Kalanges MD MPH, Lauri (TX Dept of State Health Services)

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