WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April  21, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  233
 
    For:
Baldwin, Steve (TX Asso. o/t Deaf)
 
 
Collins, Billy  (Self)
 
 
Diaz, Esther (Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators)
 
 
Seeger, Mark (Communication Services for the Deaf)
 
 
Yacovone, Patricia  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Ellis, Randall (Legacy Community Health Services)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  852
 
    For:
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Millwee, Billy (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
Turrieta, Gilbert (Sanofi-Aventis)
 
 
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of TX)
 
 
 
 
HB  1233
 
    For:
Kazen, Oscar (Bexar County Probate Judges)
 
 
Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas)
 
 
Taylor, Sally (University Health System San Antonio)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lopez, Chris (Dept. State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bryan, Christine (Southwest Mental Health Center)
 
 
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Carmona, Mark (Center for Health Care Services)
 
 
Kern, Diana  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Mitchell, Beth (Advocacy, Inc)
 
 
 
 
HB  1795
 
    For:
Benson, Aide  (Self)
 
 
Kramer, Adrienne  (Self)
 
 
Morris, Nicole  (Self)
 
 
Morris, William  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Tanksley, Susan (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Benson, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Fellers, Erin  (Self)
 
 
Gonzales, Antonio  (Self)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie  (Self)
 
 
Kramer, Dustin  (Self)
 
 
Moore, Larissa  (Self)
 
 
Moore, Stephen  (Self)
 
 
Morris, Jeannette  (Self)
 
 
Morris, William  (Self)
 
 
Parks, George  (Self)
 
 
Parks, Patricia  (Self)
 
 
Perez, Cecilia  (Self)
 
 
Potthoff, Eugenia  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Donald (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Sanders, Morgan (March of Dimes)
 
 
 
 
HB  2627
 
    For:
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Millwee, Billy (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Jackson, Lisa (TX Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Richardson, Vanessa (Therapy 2000)
 
 
Riley, Jennifer (Therapy 2000)
 
 
Shelton, Dawn (PSA Healthcare)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  3233
 
Against:
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Peyson, Robin (NAMI  Texas)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Millwee, Billy (HHSC)
 
 
Taylor, Jeff (Texas Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  3234
 
    For:
Devore, Brian (Intel)
 
 
Dietrich, Brian (Intel Corp)
 
 
Gentry, Bob (Accolade Home Care and Hospice)
 
 
Hammon, Rachel (TX Association for Home Care)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ferrara, Matthew (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Clarx, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard (ResCare Home Care)
 
 
Kappel, Katy (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
Lannan Hosek, Cathy  (Self and Restorative Health Care)
 
 
Moe, Dianne  (Self)
 
 
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ghahremani, Kay (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
HB  3469
 
    For:
Caldwell, Katy (Legacy Community Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kloeris, Chris (Texas Optometry Board)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Avery, BJ (Texas Optometric Asso.)
 
 
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Coburn, Katie (TX Assn. of Community Health Centers)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  3739
 
    For:
Galland, China  (Self and The Love Cemetery Burial Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mathis, Claudean  (Self)
 
 
Mathis, Maye  (Self)
 
 
Mathis, Raymel  (Self)
 
 
Mathis, Sharon  (Self)
 
 
Mathis-Torme, Ruby  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Jones II, Woodrow W. (Project R.E.S.P.E.C.T, Inc)
 
 
 
 
HB  3739 - Committee Substitute  (Hopson)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Rogers, Johnnie B (Service Corporation Int'l)
 
 
 
 
HB  4393
 
    For:
Merryman, James (TMA Committee Rural Health, TMA HIT Committee)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ghahremani, Kay (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Kappel, Katy (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
 
 
 
 
SB  381
 
    For:
Davis, Paul (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
    For:
Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health System Pharmacists)
 
 
 
 
SB  968
 
     On:
Moore, Kathleen (Dept. of State Health Services Resource Witness)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)