WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March  14, 2007 - 8:00 AM
HB  643
 
     On:
Sanders, Sherri (State Board of Dental Examiners)
 
 
Zukowski, Jim (Texas State Board of Dental Examiners)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bond, Oliver "Jay" (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  678
 
     On:
Betz MD MPH, Tom (Texas Dept of State Health Services)
 
 
Guerrero, Jane (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
Harris, Geraldine (DSHS / VSU)
 
 
Mayhall, M.D., C. Glen (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
 
 
Maxey, Glen (National Nurses Organizing Committee)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Watkins, Lynda  (Self)
 
 
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Pascoe, Neil (Tx DSHS)
 
 
 
 
HB  755
 
     On:
Harris, Geraldine (DSHS)
 
 
Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Grice, Karen (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)
 
 
Villasenor, Charles (Texas Funeral Directors Assn)
 
 
Welsh, Dinah S.  (Self and Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
HB  948 - Committee Substitute  (Gonzales)
 
    For:
Bower, Bruce  (Self and Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Tannert, Karen (DSHS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Zamrazil, Kristie (Tx Pharmacy Assn)
 
 
 
 
HB  948
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Pearce, Amber (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
 
 
 
 
HB  1373
 
    For:
Littlefield, Rita  (Self and Texas Renal Coalition)
 
 
O'Brien, Sister Michele  (Self)
 
 
Stubblefield, Marolyn W.  (Self and National Kidney Foundation (NKF))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Melton-Kissel, Jann (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Hooser, Greg (Texas Dietetic Association)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Moreno, Gabriela (Christus Health)
 
 
Reece, Laurie  (Self and Texas Transplant Soc.)
 
 
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
 
 
Romo, Joel (Texas Public Health Coalition)
 
 
Stubblefield, Samuel  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1398
 
    For:
DeChant, Thomas  (Self)
 
 
Green, Shelton (Texas Association of Business)
 
    For:
Haley MD, MPH, Robert (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Henry, Suzanne (Consumers Union)
 
 
Ross Colvin, Rebecca  (Self and Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital)
 
 
Stultz, Dan (THA - Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Watkins, Lynda  (Self)
 
 
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Betz MD MPH, Tom (Texas Dept of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Belk, Carolyn J.  (Self and The Methodist Hospital System)
 
 
Berger, Ed (SETON Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Bolton, Pamela J. (Texas Watch)
 
 
DeChant, Dorrine H.  (Self)
 
 
Jones, Marsha (Texas Children's Hospital)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Maxey, Glen (National Nurses Organizing Committee)
 
 
O'Brien, Sister Michele  (Self and Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare)
 
 
Pearson, David (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
 
 
Sinclair, Sarah  (Self and Memorial Hermann Helathcare System)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
Stuart, Charles (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
 
 
Wall, Matthew T. (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Guerrero, Jane (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
Pascoe, Neil (Tx DSHS)
 
 
 
 
HB  1412
 
    For:
Johnson, Allen  (Self and Montgomery County Hospital District)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bishop, Maxie (DSHS)
 
 
Logan, Brock (Commission on State Emergency Communications)
 
 
Shelton, Steve (East Texas Area Health Education Center University of Tx Medical Branch)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Curry, Kelly (Montgomery County Hospital District)
 
 
Dunsavage, Douglas (American Heart Association)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Pearson, David (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
 
 
 
 
HB  1443
 
     On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self)
 
 
Littlefield, Rita (Texas Renal Coalition)
 
 
O'Brien, Sister Michele  (Self and Christus Santa Rosa)
 
 
Reece, Laurie  (Self and Texas Transplantation Society)
 
 
Stubblefield, Marolyn W.  (Self and National Kidney Foundation (NKF))
 
 
Wall, Matthew T. (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lott, Bruce (Generic Pharmaceutical Association)
 
 
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Ross, Susan (Barr Labs)
 
 
Shields, Brad (Tx Society of Health System Pharmacists)
 
 
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
 
 
Zamazil, Kristie (Tx Pharmacy Assn)
 
 
 
 
HB  1585
 
    For:
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association)
 
    For:
Reagan, Karen (Texas Retailers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1683
 
Against:
Folsom, Tammy (Premier Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Parker Coburn, Katie (Tx Association of Community Health Centers)
 
 
Zamrazil, Kristie (Tx Pharmacy Assn)
 
 
 
 
HB  1706
 
Against:
Annis, Dr. Joe (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Garanflo, Jaime (Texas Medical Board (Director of Licensure & Customer Affairs))
 
 
McFarland, Jane (Texas Medical Board)
 
 
Patrick, Donald (Texas Medical Board)
 
 
Turner, Tim (Texas Medical Board Public Board Member)
 
 
 
 
HB  1739
 
     On:
Grice, Karen (Texas Funeral Directors Assn.)
 
 
Harris, Geraldine (DSHS)
 
 
Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1739 - Committee Substitute  (Jackson)
 
     On:
Villasenor, Charles (Texas Funeral Directors)
 
 
 
 
HB  1806
 
    For:
Aboumatar, Sami  (Self)
 
 
Allen, David  (Self)
 
 
Brackhahn, Allison  (Self)
 
 
Catoire, Henry  (Self)
 
 
Catoire, Tasha  (Self and Isabela Catoire)
 
 
Chacon, Monica M.  (Self)
 
 
Kane, Jeffrey  (Self)
 
 
Wilfong, Angus  (Self and Epilepsy Foundation of SE Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hartmann, Ron (Sandoz Pharmaceutical)
 
 
Lott, Bruce (Generic Pharmaceutical Association)
 
 
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Beardon, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Brackhahn, Chris  (Self)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Jamin, Janet S.  (Self)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Leon, Anna Maria  (Self)
 
 
Martin, Kimberly (Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas)
 
 
Martinez-Amos, Anna M.  (Self)
 
 
Rios, Merry N.  (Self)
 
 
Robbins, Shannon  (Self)
 
 
Stahlhut, Donna (Epilepsy Foundation SE Texas, Epilepsy Foundation Dallas/Ft Worth)
 
 
Verma, Amit  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Ross, Susan (Barr Labs)
 
 
Shields, Brad (Tx Society of Health System Pharmacists)
 
 
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
 
 
Zamrazil, Kristie (Tx Pharmacy Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
HB  1885
 
Against:
Watkins, Lynda  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Betz MD MPH, Tom (Texas Dept of State Health Services)
 
     On:
Guerrero, Jane (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
Mayhall, M.D., C. Glen (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America)
 
 
Pascoe, Neil (TX DSHS)
 
 
Wall, Matthew T. (Texas Hosp Assn)
 
 
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Maxey, Glen (National Nurses Organizing Committee)
 
 
O'Brien, Sister Michele  (Self and Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare)
 
 
Whalen, Ken (Tx Daily Newspaper Association Tx Press Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1953
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Reagan, Karen (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Zamrazil, Kristie (Tx Pharmacy Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Tannert, Karen (DSHS)
 
 
 
 
HB  1973
 
     On:
Garanflo, Jaime (Texas Medical Board (Director of Licensure & Customer Affairs))
 
 
Patrick, Donald (Texas Medical Board)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
O'Brien, Sister Michele  (Self and Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare)
 
 
Pearson, David (Tx Organization of Rural Community Hospitals)
 
 
Wall, Mathew T. (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
HCR 35
 
    For:
Bass, Kelli (American Cancer Society)
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Self and UCP Tx)
 
 
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
McPhail, Jennifer (ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Randall, Holly  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Theresa Lou  (Self)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and ADAPT of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lello, Angela (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Berger, Ed (SETON Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Bower, Bruce  (Self and Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
 
 
Kafka, Bob (Institute for Disability Access  ADAPT of Texas)
 
 
Langendorf, Jean  (Self and United Cerebral of Texas)
 
 
Littlefield, Rita (Texas Renal Coalition)
 
 
O'Brien, Sister Michele  (Self and Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare)
 
 
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
 
 
Stubblefield, Marolyn  (Self and National Kidney Foundation (NKF))
 
 
Suiter, Kim (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
 
 
Svadlenak, Steve (Texas Association of Public and Nonprofit Hospitals)
 
 
Welsh, Dinah  (Self and Texas Hospital Association)