WITNESS LIST
Health Services Committee
April 20, 1999-1:30P
HB 677
FOR: Kern, Diana (Herself), Austin
Scarano, Victor, MD, JD (The 7 Texas Academic Psychiatry
Chairmen), Houston
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bush, John (Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians), Austin
Freeman, Harold (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Against: Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
HB 1402
ON: Graham, Larry (Sunset Commission Staff), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),
West Columbia
On: Davis, Kristin (Sunset Commission), Austin
Levin, I. "Bud" (Sunset Advisory Commission), Austin
SB 146
FOR: Freeland, Herb (Texas Association of Naturopathic Physicians),
Austin
Looney, Ken (Texas Naturopathic Medical Association), San
Antonio
Sporn, Stephen, ND (Texas Association of Naturopathic
Physicians), Dallas
AGAINST: Barlow, Barbara (Herself), Coldspring
Block, Richard (Himself), San Antonio
Davis, Jeannie (Herbalists, Naturopathic Doctors, and
Consumers of Health Prod.), San Antonio
Descoteaux, Donna (Texas State Naturopathic Medical
Association - Austin Chap.), Austin
Edwards, Margaret (Herself), Kerrville
Holladay, Linda (Herself), Huntsville
Knauf, Carroll, ND (Himself), Conroe
McLaughlin, Marianne (Herself), Austin
Rodgers, Samuel (Himself), San Antonio
Rojo, Ruth (Texas State Naturopathic Medical Association), San
Antonio
Schwartz, Michael (Himself), San Antonio
Sheneman, Michael, Jr. (Himself), San Antonio
Wilkerson, Jerome (Himself), Austin
Ximenes, Rey, MD (Himself), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Freeland, Karen (Texas Assoc. of Naturopathic Physicians),
Austin
Keenan, Mary Jo (people who deserve licensed naturopathic
physicians), Dallas
Luna, Gerard (Texas Naturopathic Association), Austin
Against: Aslakson, Jill (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Banning, Tom (Tx. Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Busching, Julia (Herself), Austin
Herrera, Yolanda (Organization), San Antonio
Mackin, Cheryl Lowe (Her own professions, chiropractic and
naturopathic), Austin
Rose, Ryan (Himself), Austin
Salisbury, P. Edward (Himself), Austin
Streek, Karen (Herself), San Antonio
Weeks, Don (Himself), Onalaka
Wilkerson, Inna (Herself), Austin
On: Zukowski, Jim (Texas Department of Health), Austin
SB 377
FOR: Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Business & Chambers of
Commerce), Austin
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lasky, Lynn (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas),
Austin
Rivero, Hector (Humana), Austin
White, Michael (The Greater Houston Partnership), Austin
On: Johnson, Gary (Texas Comptroller's Office), Austin
SB 407
AGAINST: Benich, Barbara (Austin Regional Clinic and TMA), Austin
Brooks, Chet (Assn. of Health Information Outsourcing
Services), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Against: Banning, Tom (Tx. Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin
Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Assn.), Austin
SB 1086
ON: Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacies S.W.), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hutto, Kathy (Coalition of Texas Long Term Care Pharmacies,
Inc.), Austin
SB 1499
ON: Hillier, King (UTMB - Galveston), Galveston
SB 1524
FOR: Berlanga, Hugo (DuPont), Austin
ON: Brunner, Lane (Barr Laboratories, Inc.), Austin
Buell, Walter (Himself), Austin
Davis, Richard (DuPont Pharmaceuticals), Wilmington DE
Holbrook-White, Sheila (Texas Citizen Action, non-profit
consumer advocacy group), Austin
Price, Gerald (Barr Laboratories), Pomona NJ
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen's Texas Office), Austin
On: Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
La France, William (Dupont Pharmaceuticals), Austin
Stanhouse, William (DuPont), Austin
SB 1525
FOR: Hooser, Greg (Texas Dietetic Assn.), Austin
AGAINST: Overberg, Ron (Himself), Dallas
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Heffley, James (Himself), Austin
Kikel, Glenn (Private Citizen), Austin
Nail, Patricia (Herself/Texas Clinical Nutritionists),
Arlington
Roberts, Cary (Himself), Austin
On: Flippin, Donna (Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians),
Austin
SB 1614
ON: Daniels, Carol (Texas Dept. of Health), Austin
Diaz, Mary (TDH - STH), Harlingen
Hymel, Ray (Employees Retirement System), Austin
Walton, Joe (Texas Dept. of Health), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Guckian, James, Dr. (UT System), Austin