WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
May  5, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  279
 
    For:
Kimmey-Walker, Lisa (Memorial Hermann Healthcare System & TX Association of School-Based Health Centers)
 
 
Knox, Retta  (Self and TX Association of School Based Health Centers Plainview Foundation for Rural Health Advancement Hart ISD School Based Health Center)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Millwee, Billy (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  2190
 
    For:
Mayes Jr, Wendell  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DeLeon, Cassandra (Resource for Dept of State Health Services Texas Diabetes Program/Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
 
 
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Bristow, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  2581
 
    For:
Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Business Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Erenbaum, Allen (Consumer Health Alliance)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kuntz, William (TDLR)
 
 
 
 
HB  3804
 
    For:
Guinn, Paul  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Lackey, Sandra (TX Department of State Health Services - Vital Statistics Unit)
 
 
 
 
HCR 91
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Pasteur, Bill (N.E. Tarrant Right to Life Educational Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Ramsey, Lesley (Texas Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates)
 
 
 
 
SB  7
 
    For:
Gilligan, Lillie (Painlabs & BioScience Human Milk Health Foods)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community Living)
 
 
Israel, Gordon (Draco Services, Inc.)
 
 
Schneider, Joseph (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society & Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bell, Charles (HHSC)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
Traylor, Chris (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gray, Ken  (Self)
 
 
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
Hurst, Nancy (Research Project "Human Milk Based Fortified for Preterm Infants")
 
 
Kitchen, Ann (Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC) Texas HIE Coalition)
 
    For:
Sookiasian, Richard (University Health System - San Antonio)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Thomason, David (Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Taylor, Jeff (Texas Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
SB  188
 
    For:
Brandon, Miles  (Self)
 
 
Chalk, Michael (St. Mark's Episcopal Church)
 
 
Harrell, Henry (Bexar Area Harm Reduction Coalition)
 
 
Lane, Neel (St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Outreach Committee)
 
 
Martin, William (James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University)
 
 
Schneider, Joseph (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society & Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Wilen, Susan (Bexar Area Harm Reduction Coalition)
 
 
Willborn, James  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hitt, Jeff (DSHS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Ellis, Randall (Legacy Community Health Services)
 
 
Evans, Mark (Trinity County)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Hardeo, Shirlen  (Self)
 
 
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
King-Fazio, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Love, Robert  (Self)
 
 
Mason, James (Texas Impact)
 
 
Neavel, Nancy (League of Women Voters)
 
 
Paz, Norma (South Texas Substance Abuse Recovery Services, STSARS)
 
 
Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care)
 
 
Peterson, Randall  (Self)
 
 
Riddles, Heath (Texas Advocacy Project (formerly Women's Advocacy Project))
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Sabo, Jason (Houston Area Immunization Partnership)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Waldron, Patrick (Texas Department of State Health Services)