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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 11, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 785

                 For:

                                 Nehrbass, Daniel (Nightlight Adoptions)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                 Against:

                                 Cook, Ashlee (Self)

                 On:

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)

            HB 1155

                 For:

                                 Castro, Lee (Self; TFDA)

                                 Earthman, Joseph (Self)

                                 Wilson, Joseph (Self; Bio-Response Solutions, Inc)

                 Against:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                 On:

                                 McCoy, Janice (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

                                 Yellott, Claudia (UT Southwestern)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Cook, Ashlee (Self)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Bruce (UT Southwestern)

            HB 2249

                 For:

                                 Bocchini, Claire (Self; Texas pediatrics society)

                                 Graves, Riki (Self)

                                 Holbrook, Lisa (Texas PTA)

                                 Lakshmanan, Rekha (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Lucas, Shannon (Self; March of Dimes)

                                 Pomeroy, Lisa (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, and Texas Public

                                 Health Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Schwind, Karen (Self; TSNO)

                                 Siegel, Jane (Self; The immunization Partnership)

                                 Suh, Jinny (Self; Immunize Texas)

                                 Thomas, Chanthini (Self; TSNO)

                                 Waller, Lacy (Self)

                                 Winnike, Allison (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Caruso, Stefani (Self)

                                 Cheskiewicz, Jennifer (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Daley, Carol (Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Davis, Rachel (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Ealey, Sheila (Self)

                                 Hager, Daphne (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Hardy, Rebecca (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Hull, Lacey (Self; Texans for vaccine choice)

                                 Klayman, Dr steven (Self)

                                 Lail, Joyce (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Lewis, Jennifer (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Neusse Barlow, Chelsea (Self; Texans For Vaccine Choice)

                                 Polvado, Gracie (Self; Texans for vaccine choice)

                                 Polvado, Noah (Self; Texans For Vaccine Choice)

                                 Richardson, Dawn (Self; Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education and National Vaccine

                                 information Center)

                                 Schlegel, Jackie (Self; Texans for vaccine choice)

                                 Shahan, Stephanie (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Siegel, Shawn (Self)

                                 Siegel, Shawn (Self; Grandparents for vaccine truth)

                                 Surrells, Amanda (Texas for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Surrells, Amanda (Self; Texas for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Tollefson, Dawn (Self)

                                 Troberman Miller, Shelly (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Woodruff, Andrea (Self; Texas For Vaccine Choice)

                 On:

                                 Zumbrun, Janna (Texad Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Appel, Louis (Self)

                                 Armstrong, Georgia (Self; People's Community Clinic)

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Bocchini, Anna (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Bourland, Gordon (Self)

                                 Burton, John (Self)

                                 Cannon, La Vonia (Self; Walgreens)

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (Self; Pfizer)

                                 Cheng, Albert (Harris County Public Health)

                                 Cleary-Kemp, Jessica (Self)

                                 Clifton, Kaitlyn (Self)

                                 Coursen, Laura (Self)

                                 Dolan, Edwin (Self)

                                 Dutta, Ankhi (Self)

                                 Elliott, Helen (Self)

                                 Escobar, Manuel (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Fritz, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Garza, Holly (Self)

                                 Gdula, Jeff (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund Texas)

                                 Hall, Patricia (Self)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Healey, Crystal (Self)

                                 Hemme, Vivian (Self)

                                 Heygood, J.C. (Self)

                                 Johnson-Patagoc, Kate (Self)

                                 Joyner, Jamil (Self)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Kerber, Lisa (Self)

                                 Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists--Texas district)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Chuldren at risk)

                                 King, Katherine (Self)

                                 Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kowalski, Thomas (Texas healthcare and bioscience institute)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Lam, Wilson (Self)

                                 Lazar, Zack (Self)

                                 Lescinskas, Erica (Self)

                                 Marquez, Lucila (Self)

                                 Mccoy, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Monterrey, Ana (Self)

                                 Raimer, Ben (Self)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Rohr-Allegrini, Cherise (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sabo, Jason (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Self)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Swamy, Padma (Self)

                                 Townsend, Paul (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Tran Escobar, Hong (Self)

                                 Valadez McStay, Rosie (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 White, Amy (Self)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                                 Ziari, Alison (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Amidon, Abram (Self; Texans for vaccine choice)

                                 Beyer, Darcie (Self)

                                 Boor, Dayna (Self; Texans For Vaccine Choice)

                                 Burke, Ashley (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Burke, Walter (Self)

                                 Cheskiewicz, Scott (Self)

                                 Clark, Ashley (Self; Texans for vaccine choice)

                                 Cook, Ashlee (Self)

                                 Davis, Caroline (Self)

                                 Flemings, Larock (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Gessner, Jacquelyn (Self)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 Hollis, Charles (Self)

                                 Hollis, Katherine (Self)

                                 Hughston, Kim (Self)

                                 LeViseur, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Loyd, Krystal (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Matthews, Carmen (Self)

                                 Minnis, Julie (Self)

                                 Neusse, Cindy (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Neusse, Richard (Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Perkins, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Schlomach, Katy (Self)

                                 Shaw, Christine (Self)

                                 Simpson, Kristin (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self)

                                 Williams, Julie (Self)

                                 Williamson, Kristin (Self)

                                 Young, Dorothy (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2425

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Stevens, Alan (Baylor scott and white health and Texas hospital association)

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Texas department state health services)

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jim (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition & Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Gregg, Aaron (Alzheimer's Association)

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

                                 Kowalski, Thomas (Texas healthcare and bioscience institute)

                                 Murphy, Kaitlyn (American Heart Association)

                                 Nichols-Segers, Simone (National MS Society)

                                 Quintana, Gwendolyn (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Austin Affiliate Advocacy

                                 Committee)

                                 Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)

                                 Rose, Denise (AstraZeneca)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

                                 Taylor, Latosha (Self)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                 On:

                                 Huss, Jon (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2743

                 For:

                                 Cannon, La Vonia (Self; Walgreens)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)

                                 Cook, Ashlee (Self)

                                 Durapau, Krista (Texas Pain Society)

                                 Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Kralj, Nicole (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Neusse, Richard (Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Schwind, Karen (Self)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Wiesner, Dennis (Self; Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                 On:

                                 Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

            HB 2791

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Durapau, Krista (Texas Rural Health Association)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Cook, Ashlee (Self)

                 On:

                                 Zumbrun, Janna (Texad Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2818

                 For:

                                 Franceschini, Katey (Texas Association Marriage and Family Therapy)

                                 Kennington, Mathis (Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy)

                                 Smith, Jeanene (Self; Texas association for marriage and family therapy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)

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

                                 Layton, Sherri (Self; Texas Association of Addiction Professionals; Association of Substance

                                 Abuse Providers)

                 Against:

                                 Taylor, Latosha (Self)

                 On:

                                 Francis IV, George (Texas State Board of Examiners Marriage Family Therapists)

                                 Smothermon, Jennifer (Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2886

                 For:

                                 Fremgen, Laurie (Self; Association of Texas Midwives)

                                 Neusse Barlow, Chelsea (Self; Family Rights Advocacy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition & Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Leal, Roland (Association of Texas Midwives)

                                 Wilson, Wendy (Consortium of Certified Nurse-Midwives)

                 On:

                                 Winston, Mary (TDLR)

            HB 2896

                 For:

                                 Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Richardson, Andrea (Bluebonnet Trails Community Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Quintana, Gwendolyn (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Austin Affiliate Advocacy

                                 Committee)

                                 Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)

                                 Theiss, John (Self; Mental health america of texas)

                                 Townsend, Paul (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

            HB 2898

                 For:

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Nisenbaum, Miriam (NASW Texas Chapter)

                                 Smith, Jeanene (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)

                 Against:

                                 Ainslie, Daphny (Self; Texas Psychological Associatiom)

                                 Brothers, Gail (Self; Texas psychological association)

                                 Burks, Robin (Self)

                                 Burks, Robin (Self; Texas psychological association)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Cansler, David (Self; Texas psychological association)

                                 Douglas, Frances (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Engel, Kristie (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Flynn, Michael (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Gardner, Bonny (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Griffin, Andrew (Self; Tpa)

                                 Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Hall, Cheryl (Self; Texas Psychological Accociation)

                                 Hersh, Brooke (Self)

                                 Lockart, Elle (Self; Texas Psychoogists)

                                 Lockart, Elle (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 McBride, William (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 McCoy, Joseph (Self; TPA)

                                 Middleton, Anna elisabeth (Self; Capital area psychological association)

                                 Mooney, Megan (Self)

                                 Vendl, Jo (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)

                                 Layton, Sherri (Self; Texas Association of Addiction Professionals; Association of Substance

                                 Abuse Providers)

                                 Romig, Robert (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Spinks, Darrel (TX State Bd. of Examiners of Psychologists)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dawson, Betty (Frances E.) (Self; Texas Association of Psychological Associates)

                                 Ferrara, Matthew (Self)

                                 Foster, Illysa (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Ghio, Claudia (Self; Texas Association of Psychological Associates)

                                 Graham, Shelley (Self; Texas Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse)

                                 Hanna, Mark (Texas Society for Clinical Social Work)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

                                 Taylor, Latosha (Self)

                                 Zagouris, Andoni (Self)

                                 Zagouris, Lynne (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Allensworth, Kay (Self; Texas Psychological Associatiom)

                                 Arredondo, Kim (Self)

                                 Gentry, Lauren (Self)

                                 Jennings, Alta (Self)

                                 Mcbride, Bonny (Self)

                                 Porter, Edward (Self)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Sperry, Robert (Self; Texas Psychological Assn.)

                                 White, David (Texas Psychological Association)

                 On:

                                 Davis, Julie (Sunset)

                                 Davis, Julie (Sunset)

                                 Francis IV, George (Texas State Board of Examiners Marriage Family Therapists)

                                 Granberry, Amy (Association of substance abuse programs)

                                 Parham, Lee (TDLR)

                                 Pierce, Aaron (Self; Texas Council on Sex Offender Treatment)

                                 Smothermon, Jennifer (Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists)

                                 Speer, Timothy (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Speer, Timothy (Dept of State Health Services)

            HB 3152

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Self)

                                 Weigel, Alicia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Nachbar, Michael (Self; Left Up to Us)

            HB 3266

                 For:

                                 Flynn, Michael (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Gardner, Bonny (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Koegler, Brenda (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Lockart, Elle (Self; Texas Psychoogists)

                                 Lockart, Elle (Self; Texas psychological Association)

                                 Mooney, Megan (Self)

                                 Vendl, Jo (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                 On:

                                 Catoe, Ellen (Self; Texana Center)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allensworth, Kay (Self; Texas Psychological Associatiom)

                                 Arredondo, Kim (Self)

                                 Brothers, Gail (Self; Texas psychological association)

                                 Cansler, David (Self; Texas psychological association)

                                 Douglas, Frances (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Engel, Kristie (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Gentry, Lauren (Self)

                                 Hall, Cheryl (Self; TPA)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)

                                 Mcbride, Bonny (Self)

                                 McBride, William (Self; Texas Psychological Association)

                                 McCoy, Joseph (Self; TPA)

                                 Middleton, Anna elisabeth (Self; Capital area psychological association)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

                                 Sperry, Robert (Self; Texas Psychological Assn.)

                                 Theiss, John (Self; Mental health america of texas)

                                 White, David (Texas Psychological Association)

                 Against:

                                 Porter, Edward (Self)

                 On:

                                 Spinks, Darrel (TX State Bd. of Examiners of Psychologists)

            HB 3296

                 For:

                                 Martin, Ellen (Texas Nurses Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cates, Andrew (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition & Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Schwind, Karen (Self)

                                 Thomas, Chanthini (Self)

                                 Wilson, Wendy (Consortium of Certified Nurse-Midwives)

            HB 3576

                 For:

                                 Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo County Health & Human Services Department)

                 On:

                                 Winnike, Allison (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Bocchini, Claire (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists--Texas district)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lam, Wilson (Self)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 Peek, Alexandra (Self)

                                 Rohr-Allegrini, Cherise (Self)

                 On:

                                 Zumbrun, Janna (Texad Department of State Health Services)

            HB 3885

                 For:

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Kureska, Robert (Signature Healthcare &Texas Hospital Assoc)

                 On:

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)

                                 Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Wright, Eric (Signature Healthcare)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

            HB 4237

                 For:

                                 Hurtado, Rene (Self; Emergence health network)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)

                                 Ellsesser, Stephen (Self; Emergence Health Network)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

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

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Quintana, Gwendolyn (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Austin Affiliate Advocacy

                                 Committee)

                                 Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                                                                                              11


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Dole, Robert (Health and Human Services Commission)

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