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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            March 13, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 15

                 For:

                                 Briggs, Emily (Self)

                                 Brown, Charles (Self; Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine)

                                 Burch, Patricia (Self; Doctors Hospital at Renaissance)

                                 Cho, Frank (Self)

                                 Daskevich, Cris (Texas Children's Hospital & Children's Hospital Association of Texas

                                 (CHAT))

                                 Elliott, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Gianopoulos,MD, John (Self)

                                 Greer, Barbara (Self)

                                 Guillory, Dr. Charleta (Self; March of Dimes)

                                 Kelley, Margaret (Self; Texas Association of Obstericians and Gynecolgists)

                                 Morris, Brenda (Self)

                                 Nix, Michael (Self)

                                 Owens-Collins  MD, Sheila (Self)

                                 Speer, Michael (Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Stanley, Michael (Self; Pediatrix)

                                 Thoppil, John (Self)

                                 Toy, Eugene (Self)

                                 Woerner, Steve (Neonatal council)

                 On:

                                 Chassay, Mark (HHSC)

                                 Ferrara, Matt (HHSC)

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Hendler, Robert (Self; Tenet Healthcare Corporation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benson, Anastasia (Self)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Hollier, Lisa (Self; Texas Disrtict of American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 On:

                                 Cooper, Sam (Texas DEpt State Health Services)

                                 Guerrero, Jane (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 588

                 For:

                                 Hardin, Paul (Texas physical therapy association)

                 On:

                                 Gray, Gary (Physical Therapy Board - Chair)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Hurter, Nina (Tx board of pt examiners)

                                 Maline, John (Executive council of pt and ot examiners)

            HB 740

                 For:

                                 Guillory, Dr. Charleta (Self; March of Dimes)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Nguyen-Kennedy, Vi (Self; Bless Her Heart)

                                 Popp, Curtis (American heart association)

                                 Sievers, Tracy (Self)

                                 Speer, Michael (Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wolford, Carl (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Blosser, Jeremy (Self)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                 On:

                                 Melton-Kissel, Jann (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & white center for healthcare policy)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

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

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

            HB 772

                 For:

                                 Armstrong, Georgia (Self; Peoples Community Clinic)

                                 Brown, Ari (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna C (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Schanbaum, Patsy (Self; The JAMIE Group)

                 Against:

                                 King, Read (Self)

                 On:

                                 Allen, Kevin (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Rai, Saroj (Department of State Health Services)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Avila, Keveney (Children at Risk)

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-health Alliance)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methidist healthcare ministries)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & white center for healthcare policy)

                                 Johnson, Karen R (United ways of texas)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Lucas, Shannon (March of Dimes)

                                 Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)

                                 Rivera, Carlos (Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)

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

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 Against:

                                 Blosser, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, Ben (Texas home school coalition)

            HB 1491

                 For:

                                 Macaulay, Kent (Self; TX Dental Association)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Glenn (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bingham, William (Texas dental association)

                                 Johnson, Karen R (United ways of texas)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)

                                 Rudd, Tyler (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Coalition of Dental Service Organizations)

            HB 1738

                 For:

                                 Lee, Michael (Houston police department)

                                 Ntonme, Jacques (Self; Texas Appleseed)

                                 Thompson, Kris (Austin Police Department)

                                 Webb, Officer frank (Self; Houston police dept)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Burrows, Shari (Friendswood police department)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kamm, Bob (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Prashner, Dan (Self; Statutory probate judges)

                 On:

                                 Raymond, Kerry (DSHS)

            HB 1746

                 For:

                                 Hunter, Robert (Self; Texas society of pathologists)

                                 Wolf, Dwayne (Harris county institute of forensic sciences)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Miller, Robert (Texas Medical Center)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

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