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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            May 8, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            SB 53

                 For:

                                 Brian, John (Texas Ambulance Association)

                                 Carroll, Kate (Acadian Ambulance, Inc.)

                                 Sprinkle, Gk (Texas Ambulance Association)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Self; City of Schertz EMS)

                 On:

                                 Guerrero, Jane (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Harper, Michelle (HHSC Resource)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            SB 126

                 For:

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs of Texas)

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Malaspina, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas hospital association)

                                 Wygant, James (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 On:

                                 Allgeyer, Rick (HHSC Resource)

                                 Lacefield lewis, Lauren (Department of state health services)

                                 Martinez McKay, Mimi (DSHS)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 127

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Smith, Dan (Department of State Health Services)

            SB 153

                 For:

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Against:

                                 Garza, Sara (US Renal Care)

                                 German, Tony (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)

                                 Waters, Laura (Davita healthcare partners)

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Texas deprtment of state health services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)

                                 Ralls, Andrea (Fresenius Medical Care North America)

            SB 190

                 For:

                                 Bittenbender, Fritz (Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO))

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Greco, Kimberly (Amgen)

                                 Rhodes, Roxana (Self)

                                 Tharp, Louis (Global Healthy Living Foundation)

                                 Todd, Allen (Creaky Joints)

                                 Todd, Allen (Global Healthy Living Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Brynna (GPhA)

                                 Cook, Cheyanne (Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals)

                                 Horne, Allen (Cvs caremark)

                                 Moore, Jerry (Teva Pharmaceuticals)

                 On:

                                 Hortobagyi, M.D., Gabriel (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barton, Yvonne (AbbVie)

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Floyd, MD, Michael (Self)

                                 Hutto, Kathy (AstraZeneca)

                                 Johnson, Matt (Takeda pharmaceuticals usa)

                                 Kowalski, Tom (Texas healthcare and bioscience institute)

                                 Laca, Gaspar (GlaxoSmithKline)

                                 Lozano, Anna (Self)

                                 Noonan, Shari (Texas Urological Society)

                                 Peeler, Robert (UCB)

                                 Peeler, Robert (Allergan)

                                 Westmoreland, Bradley (Genentech)

                                 White, Richard (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Culley, Robert (Generic Pharmaceutical Associatiom)

                                 Harrold, Michael (Express scripts)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Huddleston, Cheri (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists)

                                 Stevens, Don (Novartis)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)

                                 Walker, Kwame (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Kerstin (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

            SB 227

                 For:

                                 Hunter, Laura (Obagi)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Kerstin (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board; Texas Physician Assistant Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Avery, Bj (Tuexas optometric asso)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

                                 Henderson, Justin (Texas Optometric Association)

                                 Hughes, Lisa (Texas Dermatological Society)

                                 Kowalski, Tom (Texas healthcare and bioscience institute)

                                 Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)

                                 Nikolaidis, Greg (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Piazza, Rocco (Self; Rocco C Piazza, MD, PLLC)

                 Against:

                                 Culley, Robert (Generic Pharmaceutical Associatiom)

                                 DalSilva, Joe (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Huddleston, Cheri (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists)

            SB 404

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Kerstin (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Huddleston, Cheri (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists)

                                 Marwitz, David A. (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Company)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas pharmacy business council)

            SB 519

                 On:

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

            SB 646

                 On:

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Lucas, Travis (Lone Star Circle of Care)

                                 Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                                 Ntonme, Jacques (Texas Appleseed)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Secrest, Leslie (Self; Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas hospital association)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 On:

                                 Lacefield lewis, Lauren (Department of state health services)

            SB 889

                 For:

                                 Crosby, Karrie (Self; Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board; Texas Physician Assistant Board)

            SB 944

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas hospital association)

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Texas deprtment of state health services)

            SB 978

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)

                                 Hollier, Lisa (American Congress of OBGYNs)

                                 Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn.)

                                 Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)

                                 Wright, Crystal (Self; Texas Medical Association/Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)

                 On:

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board; Texas Physician Assistant Board)

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