WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            April 24, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 146

                 For:

                                 Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Browning, Jessica (THLN)

                                 Cadena, Carolyn (Self; Texas Pets Alive!)

                                 Prather, Nikki (Self)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)

                                 Rose, Denise (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                 Against:

                                 Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))

                                 Hayden, Lorraine (Texas Society for Biomedical Research)

                 On:

                                 MPH, Imelda (Laboratory and Infectious Disease Services, Department of State Health

                                 Services)

            HB 562

                 For:

                                 Wyatt, Anjanette (Self; Texas Association of Independent Pharmacy Owners: Clinical Care

                                 Pharmacy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Chiarello, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Association)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                                 Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Smith, Jacob (Doctors for Texans)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Staples, Mary (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

                 On:

                                 Graves, Annette (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

                                 Graves, Annette (Texas State Board of Pharmacy - Resource Only)

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            HB 2059

                 For:

                                 Peck, Jessica (Self; National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, UnBound Houston)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Our Revolution Texas)

                                 Burns, Sonja (Self)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Davison, Corey (Tenet Healthcare)

                                 Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Emergency Nurses Association)

                                 Street, Kaitlin (TexProtects)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General- Human Trafficking and Transnational/Organized

                                 Crime Section)

            HB 2133

                 For:

                                 Perez, Amber (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Against:

                                 Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bussey, Faith (Self)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 Lail, Joyce (Self; We the Parents)

                                 Mcmahan, Stacy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)

            HB 2250

                 For:

                                 Boutte, Matt (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Hillgartner, Sharon (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Lavin, Dianne (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners.  Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses of

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                 For:

                                 Texas)

                                 Spencer, Autumn (Self)

                                 Spencer, Autumn (Self; Ascension Texas; Ascension seton, Ascension providence and dell

                                 children’s)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                                 Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Ostrander, George (Self)

                                 Ostrander, Peggy (Self)

                                 Pierce, Jack (Self)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Self)

                                 Robinson, Kathy (Self)

            HB 2410

                 For:

                                 Myers, Martha (Self; Texas Nurses Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

            HB 2785

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

            HB 3304

                 For:

                                 Calhoun, Shannon (Self; Chair of board, Texas Health Services Authority)

                 On:

                                 Gooch, George (Texas Health Services Authority)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

            HB 3685

                 For:

                                 Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Wehmeyer, Mackenna (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

                                 Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

            HB 3862

                 Against:

                                 Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

            HB 3874

                 For:

                                 Cary, David (Self)

                                 Gallagher, Timothy (Self)

                                 Hicks MD, Albert (Self; Baylor Scott and White Health System)

                                 Snyder, Rick (Self; Texas Medical Association, American College of Cardiology,DC, Texas

                                 Chapter American College of Cardiology)

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Brad (Donate Life Texas and the Texas Donation Community)

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Capelo, Jaime (Self; Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)

                                 Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                 On:

                                 Hall, Dr. Manda (Community Health Improvement, Department of State Health Services)

            HB 3970

                 For:

                                 Boutte, Matt (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

                                 Robinson, Kathy (Self)

                                 Spencer, Autumn (Self; Ascension texas ; ascension Seton, Ascension providence and Dell

                                 childrens)

                                 Spencer, Autumn (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burns, Sonja (Self)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                                 Howden, Robert (Baylor Scott & White Health)

                                 Pierce, Jack (Self)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

            HB 4036

                 Against:

                                 Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

            HB 4137

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)

                                 Collins, Karen (Self)

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

            HB 4455

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Burns, Sonja (Self)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

                                 Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Nelms, Deborah (Self)

            HCR 76

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hansch, Greg (NAMI TX)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

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            HCR 117

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Our Revolution Texas)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self)

                                 Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)

            HCR 126

                 For:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Nelms, Deborah (Self)

                                 Pena, Angela (Self; Texas Advocates United for Sexual Health (TAUSH))

                 Against:

                                 Collins, Karen (Self)

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

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