WITNESS LIST
Health Services Committee
April 27, 1999-1:30P
HB 573
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Stluka, Robert (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants), Round
Rock
Stone, Sam (Tx. Academy of Physician Assistants), Austin
On: Taylor, Nora Cox (Center for Rural Health Initiatives/St.
Office of Rural Health), Austin
HB 1342
FOR: Martin, Fran (Texas Nurses Association), Arlington
ON: Thomas, Katherine (Board of Nurse Examiners), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Craig Alan Walker (Texas Organization of Rural & Community
Hospitals), Austin
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association), Austin
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),
West Columbia
HB 1400
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hubbard, John (Sunset Commission), Austin
Murphy, Terry (Texas Commission for the Blind), Austin
Ninaud, Chris (Sunset Advisory Commission), Austin
Whalen, Ken (Texas Commission for the Blind), Austin
HB 1401
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hubbard, John (Sunset Commission), Austin
Myers, David (Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing), Austin
HB 1643
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Baudoux, Lois (Herself, Music Therapy Services of Texas,
Marnie Paul Arts Cen.), Austin
Conant, Roger (Himself, Dr. J.D. Hudson, Judith Jelliron),
Manchaca
Gardner, Michael (Himself), Austin
Hadsell, Nancy Dr. (Herself), Denton
Harris, Janice (Herself), Garland
Henry, Dellinda (Music Therapy), Austin
HB 1987
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx. Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Freeman, Harold (Texas Medical Association), Austin
On: Levy, Bruce (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners), Austin
HB 2085
FOR: Bailey, Ken (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters), Austin
Bizzell, Lynn (Texas Fire Chief's Association), Austin
Cotner, Jodi (Baylor University Medical Center), Dallas
Gilligan, Lillie (Herself), Austin
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Shaheen, F. E. (Texas Ambulance Association), Levelland
Walker, Craig (Texas Organization of Rural & Community
Hospitals), Austin
ON: Archer, William (Texas Department of Health), Austin
George, Donna (Heart of Texas Regional Advisory Council Trauma
Council), Waco
Klein, Jorie (Trauma Nurses, Citizens of Texas), Dallas
Paetzold, Carl (Northwest Texas Healthcare System), Amarillo
Redus, Ronald Clark (Himself), Amarillo
Root, H. David, MD (Committee on Trauma of South Texas Chapter
of American College), San Antonio
Seale, Charlene (Trauma Service/Air Medical Service, Northwest
Texas Hospital), Amarillo
Steeg, Susan (Texas Department of Health), Austin
Stewart, Ronald M. (South Texas Regional Advisory Council for
Trauma), San Antonio
Washington, Randy (Texas Department of Health), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aston, Bill (Rio Grande Valley EMS Association), Harlingen
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Harracksingh, Rachel (Life Ambulance Service), Canutillo
Haussecker, Ron (Emergency Medical Services Association of
Texas), Brenham
Hebner, Dennis (Emergency Medical Service Association of
Texas), Harlingen
Miller, Lisa (State Fireman's & Fire Marshals' Association of
Texas), Austin
Sprinkle, G. K. (Emergency Medical Services Association of
Texas), Austin
On: Adcock, Douglas, BS (Northwest Texas Healthcare System,
Panhandle EMS System), Amarillo
Hubbard, John (Sunset Commission), Austin
Nickson, Mark (Northwest Texas Hospitals), Amarillo
Weatherall, Gene (Texas Department of Health), Austin
SB 458
FOR: Baker, Glenda (Herself), College Station
Higdon, Larry (Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association),
Austin
James, Dessie, Dr. (Herself as a grandparent and citizen),
Fair Oaks Ranch
James, Vernon, MD (TMA and TPS), San Antonio
Pool, K.D., MD (Himself, OZ Corporation), Dallas
Rarus, Tim (Texas Association for the Deaf), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Genco, Frank (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities), Austin
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Tesmer, David (Texas Health Resources), Los Colinas
Walker, Craig (Texas Organization of Rural & Community
Hospitals), Austin
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice),
West Columbia
On: Hamilton, Kathleen (Texas Department of Health), Austin
Myers, David (Texas Commission for the Deaf & Hard of
Hearing), Austin
O'Neal, Joy (Texas Department of Health), Austin
Selby, Gardner (Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin
SB 566
FOR: Evans, Richard Judge (Bandera County), Bandera
Farrell, Wayne (Texas Association of Local Health Officials),
Temple
Galvan, Robert (Texas Association of Municipal Health
Officials / TML), Fort Worth
Loe, Hardy Douglas, Dr. (Himself), Houston
Robinson, Jerry (County Health Department), Laredo
Yoas, Jessie (Texas Public Health Association), Austin
ON: Archer, William (Texas Department of Health), Austin
Patterson, Patti (Texas Department of Health), Austin
Provost, Glen (Texas Tech University Health Science Center),
Lubbock
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Glover, Sue (Texas Association of Counties), Austin
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League), Austin
Written materials submitted:
For: Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association), Austin
SB 1331
FOR: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin
Robinson, Jerry (County Health Department), Laredo
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx. Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Cernoch, Jennifer (Texas Respite Resource Network), San Antonio
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Disability Policy Consortium), Austin
Friedholm, DeAnn (Americaid Community Care), Austin
Genco, Frank (Tx. Planning Council for Develop. Disabilities),
Austin
Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas), Austin
Schmitt, Cyndie (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers,
Inc.), Austin
On: Haywood, Don (Texas Department of Human Services), Austin
Wertz, Linda (Health & Human Services Commission), Austin
SB 1347
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Weitz, Tim (Texas Physical Therapy Association), Austin
On: Maline, John (Exe. Coun. of Physical Therapy & Occupational
Therapy Examiners), Austin