WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 13, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Hawk, Austin (Self)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Koegler, Brenda (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Miloy Clemmer, Nancy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Zayas, Coral (Self)
Against:
Linahan, Alice (Self; Women On the Wall)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Young, Jerome (Self)
On:
Van boven, Robert (Self)
Williams, Tiffany (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Melissa (Self)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Blood (Self)
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Texas pediatrics society for hb 252 only, doctors for change for all bills)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Chin, Haelee (Self)
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Dorland, Julie (Self)
Dossman, Elizabeth (Self)
Flanagan, Mark (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Friese, Jan (Texas School Counselor Association)
Grissom, Darren (TX PTA)
Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Hoover, Helen (Self)
Hou, Nova (Self)
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For:
Howell, Jason (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Jones (Self)
Jones, Adam (The Flippen Group, iteachTexas, Commit Partnership, Early Matters Dallas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lin, Amanda (Self)
Lin, Sophie (Self)
Lowery, Ryan (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mellor-Crummey, Lauren (Self)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Monterrey, Ana (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Austin ISD, Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of
Community Schools)
Reddy, Rajadhar (Self)
Rizvi, Aylia (Self)
Robinson, Marc (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals central texas)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Sobel, Lindsay (Self; Teach Plus Texas)
Soeung, Melinda (Self; Doctors For Change)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Walker, Nancy (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Wang, Amy (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Winckler, Britanny (Self)
Wong, Christopher (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Wu, Nathaniel (Self)
Yan, Sally (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Busby, William (Self)
Bussey, Faith (Family Rights Advocacy)
Cardona, Laura (Self)
Garcia, Mercedes (Self)
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Against:
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
LeFebvre, Jean (Self)
Lucas, Jesse (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
McMahan, Stacy (Self)
Schlomach, Katy (Self)
Stewart, Eric (Self)
Stewart, Stacey (Self)
Whittier, Eric (Self)
Wood, Richard (Self)
On:
Hoffman, Shannon (The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Nguyen, Lillian (HHSC)
For:
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Poynor, Lisa (Association of Substance Abuse Programs of Texas)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
On:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Grissom, Darren (TX PTA)
Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
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For:
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Nichols, Colby (Austin ISD, Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of
Community Schools)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Wang, Amy (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Wong, Christopher (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Wu, Nathaniel (Self)
Yan, Sally (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Busby, William (Self)
Garcia, Mercedes (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self; Women On the Wall)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
McMahan, Stacy (Self)
On:
Nguyen, Lillian (HHSC)
For:
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Texas pediatrics society for hb 252 only, doctors for change for all bills)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blood (Self)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Chin, Haelee (Self)
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Dorland, Julie (Self)
Flanagan, Mark (Self)
Fowler, Perry (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gotschall, Ruth (Self)
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For:
Grissom, Darren (TX PTA)
Hench, Marina (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Hoover, Helen (Self)
Hou, Nova (Self)
Jones (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
Lin, Amanda (Self)
Lin, Sophie (Self)
Lowery, Ryan (Self)
Massey, Shelby (American Heart Association)
Mellor-Crummey, Lauren (Self)
Reddy, Rajadhar (Self)
Rizvi, Aylia (Self)
Robinson, Marc (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Soeung, Melinda (Self; Doctors For Change)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Wang, Amy (Self)
Winckler, Britanny (Self)
Wong, Christopher (Self)
Wu, Nathaniel (Self)
Yan, Sally (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Kahn, Ashley (Self; Deeds not words- student)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Kreuzer, Donna (Self; Pphatx)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
On:
Young, Jerome (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Melissa (Pphatx)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Blood (Self)
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Texas pediatrics society for hb 252 only, doctors for change for all bills)
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For:
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Cavazos, Elaine (Director, Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance)
Chin, Haelee (Self)
Crisp, Kaycee (Self; Circle Up, United Methodist Women)
Daigle, Laura Lee (Self; Circle Up UMW)
Del Bosque, Nora (March of dimes)
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Dorland, Julie (Self)
Dow, Jim (Self)
Dow, Melanie (Self)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Flanagan, Mark (Self)
Fowler, Perry (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Hartman, Marijo (Self)
Hoover, Helen (Self)
Hou, Nova (Self)
Jones (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kerker, Juliana (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Texas District)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
Liggett, Lindsay (Self; Circle Up:United Methodist Women)
Lin, Amanda (Self)
Lin, Sophie (Self)
Lowery, Ryan (Self)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Mellor-Crummey, Lauren (Self)
Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Reddy, Rajadhar (Self)
Rizvi, Aylia (Self)
Robinson, Marc (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Soeung, Melinda (Self; Doctors For Change)
Swogger, Tegra (Circle Up)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Wang, Amy (Self)
Winckler, Britanny (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wong, Christopher (Self)
Wu, Nathaniel (Self)
Yan, Sally (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
Martinez, Viveca (HHSC)
For:
Aldous, Suzie (Self)
Casias, Sophia (Bexar county NAS Collaborative)
Cleveland, Lisa (Self; The Bexar County NAS Collaborative)
Isaac, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Mitchell, Diana (Self; Alpha Home, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bottomley, Lina (Self; Alpha Home)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gibbens, Veronica (Self; Alpha Home)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Kerker, Juliana (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Texas District)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Smith, Andrew (University health system)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Ramirez, Lisa (HHSC)
For:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
For:
Milland Santiago, Antonio (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ambrose, Ryan (MHHS)
Fogle, Jordan (Self)
Graham, Ann S (Self; Texans for the Arts)
Gregg, Aaron (Alzheimer's Association)
Haddad, Roberto (DHR Health)
Harris, Kama (Self)
Kane, Gabriela (Self; Texans for the Arts)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kuester, Doris (Self)
Kuester, Martin (Self)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lawrence, Mary (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Arnold, Ashley (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Zimmermann, Denise (Self)
Against:
Linahan, Alice (Self; Women on the Wall)
On:
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Welch, Alycia (Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health University of Texas at Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Blood (Self)
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Texas pediatrics society for hb 252 only, doctors for change for all bills)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
De Sosa, Linda (Self)
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Dorland, Julie (Self)
Dossman, Elizabeth (Self)
Flanagan, Mark (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Grissom, Darren (TX PTA)
Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Hoover, Helen (Self)
Hou, Nova (Self)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Jones (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lin, Amanda (Self)
Lin, Sophie (Self)
Lowery, Ryan (Self)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mellor-Crummey, Lauren (Self)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Nichols, Colby (Austin ISD)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)
Reddy, Rajadhar (Self)
Robinson, Marc (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Soeung, Melinda (Self; Doctors For Change)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
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For:
Turner, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Winckler, Britanny (Self)
Wong, Christopher (Self)
Wu, Nathaniel (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Ita, Trina (HHSC)
For:
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Crisp, Kaycee (Self; Circle Up, United Methodist Women)
Daigle, Laura Lee (Self; Circle Up UMW)
Dow, Melanie (Self)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hartman, Marijo (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kerker, Juliana (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Texas District)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Kreuzer, Donna (Self)
Liggett, Lindsay (Self; Circle Up:United Methodist Women)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Swogger, Tegra (Circle Up)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Martinez, Viveca (HHSC)
Parma, Rebecca (Texas Right to Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association)
Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Nguyen, Lillian (HHSC)
For:
Longoria, Abel (Self; Hospitality Health ER)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Business)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anthesiologists)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Romero, Jason (Self; Indivisible Texas)
Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Turner, Rachel (HHSC)
For:
Laubach, Wendy (Self)
Sandel, Rhonda (Self; Texas Association Of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Longoria, Abel (Self; Hospitality Health ER)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Vane, Mark (Schertz-Cibolo Emergncy Center LLC)
Against:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Turner, Rachel (HHSC)
For:
Howell, Jason (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Ramirez, Lisa (HHSC)
For:
Arnold, Ashley (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Barbre, Stephanie (Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Dossman, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Hulsey, Cassandra (Texa Association of School Psychologists)
Kermani, Mitra (Self)
Nisenbaum, Miriam (Self; NASW Texas Chapter)
Smith, Jeanene (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapists)
Sokolosky, Stephanie (Self; Texas association for psychological associates)
Against:
Douglas, Frances (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Fincher, Cynthia (Self)
Folensbee, Rowland (Self)
Gardner, Bonny (Self; Texas psychological association)
Godfrey, John (Self; TPA)
Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Assn)
Hill, David (Self; Capitol Area Psychological Association)
Lockart, Elle (Self; Fort Worth Area Psychological Association)
Rockett, Jennifer (Self; TPA; Jennifer Rockett, PhD,PLLC; Nexus Psychology,PLLC; Brazos
Valley Psychology Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Zupanick, Corinne (Self)
On:
Romig, Robert (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Scoma, Anthony (TSBEMFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Melissa (Self)
Francis, Will (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ghio, Claudia (Self; Texas Association of Psychological Associates)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McHenry, Bill (Self)
Miloy Clemmer, Nancy (Self)
Rider, Kathy (Self; Texas Society for Clinical Social Work)
Sauceda, Nataly (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Villalin, Katey (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapist)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Allensworth, Kay (Texas Psychological Asso)
Brothers, Gail (Self)
Holden, William (Self; TPA)
Houchins, PhD, Susan C (Self; Capitol Area Psychological Association)
Kremer, Thomas (Self; Texas psychological Association)
Vendl, Jo (Self)
Vendl, Jo (Self)
Yenne, Elise (Self)
On:
Branaman, Tim (Tx state bd of examiners of psychologists)
Jordan, Kristi (HHSC)
Palomares, Ronald (Self; Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists)
Speer, Tim (HHSC)
Spinks, Darrel (Tx state bd of examiners of psychologists)
Taylor, Christopher (Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Berger MD, Michelle (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Page, Sheila (Texas Association of Amer Physicians and Surgeons)
Against:
Broder, Lawrence (Self)
Hemphill, Coleman (Self)
Massey, Richard (Self)
McMalley, Damaris (Self)
Young, Jerome (Self)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
Fajardo, Erick (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Goode, Megan (Texas Medical Board)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anthesiologists)
Dittmar, Brian (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
For:
Clawson, Shelley (Self; TXBDC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Jay (Sanofi US)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Frazier, Kyle (Kyle Frazier consulting)
Frazier, Tucker (Grifols, Inc.)
For:
Gutierrez, Carlos (Consumer healthcare products association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Carter, Janis (Mational Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kowalski, Tom (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
On:
Bodisch, Robert (Texas State Guard)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Romero, Jason (Self; Indivisible Texas)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
For:
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Blood (Self)
Chin, Haelee (Self)
Crisp, Kaycee (Self; Circle Up, United Methodist Women)
Daigle, Laura Lee (Self; Circle Up UMW)
Ding, Erica (Self; Doctors for Change)
Dorland, Julie (Self)
Dow, Jim (Self)
Dow, Melanie (Self)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Flanagan, Mark (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Haddad, Roberto (Doctors Hospital at Renaissnace (DHR Health))
Hartman, Marijo (Self)
Hoover, Helen (Self)
Hou, Nova (Self)
Jones (Self)
Kerker, Juliana (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Texas District)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kreuzer, Donna (Self)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee
Chair)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Liggett, Lindsay (Self; Circle Up:United Methodist Women)
Lin, Amanda (Self)
Lin, Sophie (Self)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Mellor-Crummey, Lauren (Self)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Reddy, Rajadhar (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Soeung, Melinda (Self; Doctors For Change)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Swogger, Tegra (Circle Up)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Wang, Amy (Self)
Winckler, Britanny (Self)
Wong, Christopher (Self)
Wu, Nathaniel (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Martinez, Viveca (HHSC)
Parma, Rebecca (Texas Right to Life)
For:
Canepa, Alex (Sustainable Food Center)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas right to know)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Against:
Jeansonne, Scott (Harris County Public Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Masters, Kelley (Self)
Mount, Shirley (Self)
Mueller, Carolina (Self; Central Texas Young Farmers Coalition)
Smiley, Andrew (Self; Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Environmental Health Association)
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Franklin, Shelia (Self)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Hopkins, Norma (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tea party)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
Shaw, Jean (HHSC)
For:
Beachler, Danielle (Self)
Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Grissom, Darren (TX PTA)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Knaupe, Gregg (American Lung Association)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Thomason, Alyssa (Self; Doctors for Change)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
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