WITNESS LIST

State Affairs Committee
March 21, 2005 - 1:30P


SB 215
      FOR:        Barker, Conni (De Pelchin Children's Center and the
                         Behavioral Health Provider Network of the
                         Houston area), Houston, TX
                  Berthelsen, Spencer (Texas Medical Association),
                         Houston, TX
                  Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association in Texas),
                         Austin, TX
      AGAINST:    Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
                         Insurers), Austin, TX
                  Springer, Stacy (Texas Small Business Alliance in
                         Austin), Austin, TX
      ON:         Bingham, Bill (Texas Department of Insurance),
                         Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Calvert, Raif (Texas Academy of Family Physicians),
                         Austin, TX
                  Calvert, Raif (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine),
                         Austin, TX
                  Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally
                         Ill of Texas), Austin, TX
      Against:    Green, Shelton (Texas Association of Business),
                         Austin, TX
                  Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),
                         Austin, TX
      On:         Pitts, Racheal (Txas Municipal League), Austin, TX

  Providing written testimony:
      On:         Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc), Austin, TX

SB 218
      FOR:        Banner, Bruce (Solomon Family), Austin, TX
                  Cardozo, Carol (Self), Austin, TX
                  Haisley, Lia (Solomon Family), Austin, TX
                  Rhodes, Lisa (Elinor Mire), Austin, TX
                  White, Connie (Self and Wayne White Family),
                         Tomball, TX
      ON:         Bingham, Bill (Texas Department of Insurance),
                         Austin, TX
                  Giralt, Sergio (MD Anderson Cancer Center), Houston,
                         TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Guayardo, Gracie (Leukemia and Lymphome Society),
                         Austin, TX
                  Kraft-Soniat, Linda (Self-Patient Advocate),
                         Houston, TX
                  Samuels, Marc (Texas Oncology Professional
                         Association), Austin, TX
      Against:    Green, Shelton (Texas Association of Business),
                         Austin, TX
                  Springer, Stacy (Texas Small Business Alliance in
                         Austin), Austin, TX

  Providing written testimony:
      Against:    Lachman, Barry MD (Texas Association of Health Plans
                         and Parkland Community Health Plan), Dallas,
                         TX
      On:         Pitts, Rachael (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

SB 481
      FOR:        Flournoy, Todd (Motion Picture Association of
                         America, Inc.), Washington, DC

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Schwartz, A.R. (South Central National Association
                         of Theater Owners), Austin, TX

SB 506
      FOR:        McDonald, Bob (USAA), San Antonio, TX
                  Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
                         Insurers), Austin, TX
                  Taylor Krier, Cyndi (USAA), San Antonio, TX
                  Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch), Austin, TX
      ON:         Goodman, William (Texas Department of Insurance),
                         Austin, TX
                  Jackson, Larry (Texas Department of Insurance),
                         Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas), Austin, TX
                  Weynand, John (USAA), San Antonio, TX

SB 522
      FOR:        Torres, Frank Chairman of the Board of Trustees
                         (Texas Statewide Emergency Services Pension
                         System), Raymondville , TX
      ON:         Deiters, Kevin (Fire Fighter Pension Commission),
                         Austin, TX
                  Fenlaw, Mark (Texas Emergency Services Retirement
                         System), Austin, TX
                  Ivie Miller, Lisa Commissioner (Office of the Fire
                         Fighter's Pension Commissioner), Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Choate, Oscar (Texas Statewide Emergency Services
                         Personnel R.F.), Mineral Wells, TX
                  Donaldson, Kyle (Texas Statewide Emergency Services
                         Fund-Trustee), Sonora, TX
                  Johnson, Helen Executive Director (State Firemen's
                         and Fire Marshal's Association), Austin, TX
                  Klesel, Rex (Texas Statewide Emergency Services
                         Retirement Fund), Alvin, TX
                  Scopel, Allen (Texas Statewide Emergency Services
                         Retirement Fund), Rosenberg, TX

SB 766
      FOR:        Counts, David (Self), Knox City, TX
                  Glasgow, Bob (Grand Lodge of Texas), Smithville, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Holt, David (Scurry Lodge 706), Snyder, TX