WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 16, 2003 - 8:00A
HB 4
FOR: Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association),
Austin, TX
Bunn, Nichol (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &
Dicker), Dallas, TX
Crowe, Michael (Texas Assisted Living Association),
Austin, TX
Dalrymple, Steve (Baptist Community Services),
Amarillo, TX
Gahm, Brad (Baylor Health Care System; TAPA),
Dallas, TX
Gill, John T. (Texas Medical Association), Dallas,
TX
Hamermesh, Frances W. (Self), Austin, TX
Hurley, James D. (TAPA), Atlanta, GA
Kiser, Roger W. (Texas Medical Directors
Association), Longview, TX
Lear, Homer (TSHL), San Antonio, TX
McFarland, Bob (American Insurance Association &
AIG), Austin, TX
McWhorter, Jr., Archer (Texas Hospital Association),
Austin, TX
Menendez, Isabel C. (Medical Imaging Diagnostic
Assoc. & Others), Portland, TX
Olson, Helen Frances (Self), Austin, TX
Regier, Michael (SETON Healthcare Network), Austin,
TX
Spencer, C. William (Texas Healthcare Coalition),
Arlington, TX
Sprinkle, G.K. (Texas Ambulance Association),
Austin, TX
Summers, Edward L. (Self), Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay A. (Medical Protective Company),
Austin, TX
Trabulsi, Jr., Richard J. (Texans for Lawsuit
Reform), Houston, TX
Wall, Matt (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Desai, Nimish (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Fletcher, Howard (Self), Dripping Springs, TX
Gwyn, Cecil (Self), Groom, TX
Hampton, Hartley (Texas Trial Lawyers Association),
Austin, TX
James, Reggie (Consumers Union S.W. Regional
Office), Austin, TX
Keith, Darrell (Self), Fort Worth, TX
Kimber, John (Self), Amarillo, TX
Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch), Austin, TX
Lanier, Mark (Lanier Law Firm), Houston, TX
Lombardo, Sherra (Self), Mckinney, TX
Marth, Kim (Self), Colleyville, TX
Matwijiw, Evan (Self), League City, TX
Mays, Kim (Self), Wylie, TX
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
Mithoff, Richard (Texas Trial Lawyers), Houston, TX
Montoya, Julia (Self), Amarillo, TX
Nygard, Shannon (Self), Richmond, TX
Perdue, Jr., Jim M. (Self), Houston, TX
Pinson, Barbara (Self), Grand Saline, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Sweeney, Paula (TTLA), Dallas, TX
Valdez, Stephanie (Self), McKinney, TX
Williams, Stacy (Self), Houston, TX
ON: Presley, Philip (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Clifford Chris (Retama Manor Nursing
Center), Corpus Christi, TX
Beck, Brian (Metro Ambulance Svc), Schertz, TX
Beck, Susan B. (Metro Ambulance), Schertz, TX
Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin, TX
Clark, Lisa (Metro Ambulance, Inc.), Schertz, TX
Colbert, Cynthia (Catholic Health Assn. of TX),
Austin, TX
Coronado, Rogelio (Mariner Health Care), Corpus
Christi, TX
Diamond, Stephen B. (MetroCare EMS), Beaumont, TX
Finch, Daniel (Harris County Medical Society),
Houston, TX
Furr, La Mon (Mariner Healthcare), Weslaco, TX
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association), Austin,
TX
Hankins, Jack C. "Corby" (Institutional Securities
Corporation), Dallas, TX
Hardee, Mary (Mariner Healthcare, Inc.), Corpus
Christi, TX
Harracksingh, Rachel B. (Life Ambulance Service), El
Paso, TX
Jamison, Mazie M. (Children's Medical Center of
Dallas), Dallas, TX
Lyons, Jim (Texas Ambulance Assoc.), Marlin, TX
McKenna, Linda (Valley Baptist Health System),
Harlingen, TX
McLendon, W. Edward (Self), Richardson, TX
Meador, Charlotte D. (Cornerstone Retirement
Community & Methodist Retirement Community),
The Woodlands, TX
Namboodiri, Hari K. (Mariner Health Care, Inc.),
McAllen, TX
Nichols, Bobbie (Golden Age Manor), Dublin, TX
O'Brien, Sister Michele (Christus Santa Rosa
Healthcare), San Antonio, TX
Read, Candace (Texas Healthcare Assn. & Stebbins
Five), Kilgore, TX
Rios, Jaime (Americana Ambulance), San Antonio, TX
Schauer, Tim (Memorial Hermann Health Care System),
Houston, TX
Schmidt, Karn (Texas Long Term Care Pharmacy), White
House, TX
Shuttleworth, J. Sterling (Rankin-Shuttleworth,
Inc.), Norcross, GA
Spencer II, Clark W. (Texas Health Care Coalition),
Canton, TX
Thomason, David (Texas Association of Homes and
Services for the Aging), Austin, TX
Tolman, Russell K. (Cook Children's Health Care
System), Ft. Worth, TX
Vestal, Guy (Community Portable X-Ray Service Inc.),
Plano, TX
Williams, David (Las Palmes Nursing Home- McAllen),
McAllen, TX
Against: Flores, Maria Luisa (Mexican American Bar
Association of TX), Austin, TX
Gallagher, Mike (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.),
Houston, TX
Lombardo, Kristi (Self), Garland, TX
Lott, Lenore (TX Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents), Austin, TX
Matthews, Matt (National Citizens' Coalition for
Nursing Home Reform & TX Advo. for Nur. Home
Residents), Austin, TX
O'Reilly, Lou (TX Advocates for Nur. Home
Residents), Dallas, TX
Townsend, Kimberly (Self), Plano, TX
Williams, Georgia (TX Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents), Mesquite, TX
On: Smith, Shelley (Self), Rockport, TX