WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 14, 2005 -10:00A
SB 601
ON: Clifton, Robert (Legislative Budgets Board), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bhatis, Khelar (AARP), Austin, TX
Hollingsworth, Jr., Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association), Austin, TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
Pearce, Amber (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience
Institute), Austin, TX
Sookiasian, Richard (Board of Hispanic Caucus
Chairs), Austin, TX
On: Dodson, Gay Executive Director (Texas State Board of
Pharmacy), Austin, TX
Zamrazil, Kristie (Texas Pharmacy Association),
Austin, TX
SB 698
FOR: Buley, Chris (Community First Health Plans), San
Antonio, TX
Green, Shelton (Texas Association of Business),
Austin, TX
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business),
Austin, TX
Matteson, Chad (Great-West Healthcare), Kingwood, TX
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans),
Austin, TX
ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE:
Rodgers, J. Darren (Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Texas), Dallas, TX
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE:
Hinchey, Bill Dr. (Texas Medical Association and
Texas Society of Pathologists), San Antonio,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Beiley, Charles (Texas Hospital Association),
Austin, TX
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters), Austin, TX
Pike, John (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Pruden, Shellie (Dallas Co. Medical Society, Tx
Medical Group Management Association),
Arlington, TX
Quigley, Mark (Texas Medical Group Management
Association; Texas ASC Society), San Antonio,
TX
On: Tredway, Ryan (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
For Committee Substitute:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Henderson, Chris (Texas Oncology, P.A.), Dallas, TX
Moore, John F. (Capital City Medical Group
Administrators), Austin, TX
Neff, Charles C. (Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants,
P.A.), Dallas, TX
Schlotter, William (Capitol Anesthesiology
Association), Austin, TX
Wurts, Jim (Covenant Health Systems), Lubbock, TX
SB 809
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Kennedy, Ted (AIG), Houston, TX
SB 852
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Barkan, Maxine (League of Women Voters of Texas),
Austin, TX
SB 1176
ON: Fuelberg, Ann (Employees Retirement System), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Gary (Texas Public Employees), Austin, TX
SB 1319
FOR: Yeiser, Jimmie (Self), Nacogdoches, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Floyd, Beaman (Texas Community College Teachers
Association), Austin, TX
Hempstead, Chuck (Texas Association of College
Teachers), Austin, TX
Yeiser, Linda (Self), Nacogdoches, TX
SB 1448
FOR: Hollingsworth Jr., Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional
Educators), Austin, TX
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Association of School
Administrators), Austin, TX
Kelly, Jack (Self), Austin, TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
SB 1532
FOR: Floyd, Beaman (Texas Association of School
Administrators), Austin, TX
Hollingsworth, Jr., Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional
Educators), Austin, TX
Kelly, Jack (TSTA), Houston, TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
SB 1738
FOR: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business),
Austin, TX
McCandless, Pati (UniCare and Texa Association of
Healthplans), Austin, TX
Morris, Charles Jay M.D. (United Healthcare, Texas
Association of Healthplans), Houston, TX
Nevitt, Theresa T. (My Clients, The Consumer),
Rockwall, TX
Pruitt, Colleen (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters), Lubbock, TX
Ware, Sheila (Aetna), Euless, TX
AGAINST: Neff, Charles C. (Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants,
P.A.), Dallas, TX
Quigley, Mark (Texas Medical Group Management
Association; Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), San Antonio, TX
Wurts, Jim (Covenant Health Systems - TX MGMA),
Lubbock, TX
ON: Beiley, Charles (Texas Hospital Association),
Austin, TX
Glenn, Eric (Self), Austin, TX
Schlotter, William (Capitol Anesthesiology
Association), Austin, TX
Stout, Mary Katherine (Texas Public Policy
Foundation), Austin, TX
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE:
Neff, Charles C. (Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants,
P.A.), Dallas, TX
AGAINST COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE:
Hinchey, Bill Dr. (Texas Medical Association and
Texas Society of Pathologists), San Antonio,
TX
Kottman, Robert M.D. (Self), San Antonio, TX
Parks, Craig (Texas Medical Group Management
Associates), Austin, TX
Roberts, Sam (ESP, LP (Emergency Physicians)),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Baker, Misty (Individual Health Insurance Agent),
Cedar Park, TX
Buffum, Ron (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters), Round Rock, TX
Lively, Lance (National Federation of Independant
Business), Austin, TX
Newton, Will (National Federation of Independant
Business), Austin, TX
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans),
Austin, TX
On: Bednar, Cindy (Department of State Health Services),
Austin, TX
Tredway, Ryan (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
For Committee Substitute:
Fowler, Jenny (Humana Inc.), Austin, TX
Green, Shelton (Texas Association of Business),
Austin, TX
McKissack, John (Babtist St. Anthony's Health
System), Amarillo, TX
Against Committee Substitute:
Capelo, Jaime (Pediatrix Medical Group), Austin, TX
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter, Amercian College of
Cardiology), Austin, TX
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists),
Austin, TX
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Henderson, Chris (Self), Dallas, TX
Moore, John F. (Austin Area OB/GYN and Capital City
Medical Group Administrators), Austin, TX
Pike, John (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Pruden, Shellie (Dallas County Medical Society and
Texas Medical Group Management Association),
Arlington, TX
Strandhagen, Tracy M.D. (Travis County Medical
Society), Austin, TX
SB 1788
FOR: Rodgers, J. Darren (Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Texas), Dallas, TX
AGAINST: Henderson, Chris (Texas ONcology, P.A.), Dallas, TX
Wurts, Jim (Covenant Health Systems and Texas MGMA),
Lubbock, TX
AGAINST COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE:
Hinchey, Bill Dr. (Texas Medical Association and
Texas Society of Pathologists), San Antonio,
TX
Strandhagen, Tracy M.D. (Travis County Medical
Society), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Gary (Texas Public Employees Association),
Austin, TX
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Healthplans),
Austin, TX
Against: Capelo, Jaime (Pediatrix Medical Group), Austin, TX
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter, American College of
Cardiology), Austin, TX
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists),
Austin, TX
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Moore, John F. (Austin Area OB/GYN and Capital City
Medical Group Administrators), Austin, TX
Neff, Charles C. (Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants,
P.A.), Coppell, TX
Pike, John (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Society), Austin, TX
Pruden, Shellie (Dallas County Medical Society and
Texas Medical Group Management Association),
Arlington, TX
Roberts, Sam (E.S.P., LP (Emergency Physicians)),
Austin, TX
Schlotter, William (Capitol Anesthesiology
Association), Austin, TX
On: Quigley, Mark (Texas ASC Society and Texas Medical
Group Management Association), San Antonio,
TX
Tredway, Ryan (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX