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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            March 3, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            Improving the Health of Texans

                 On:

                                 Lakey, David (University of Texas System)

            HB 465

                 For:

                                 Armstrong, Georgia (Self; Peoples Community Clinic)

                                 Avila Edwards, Kimberly (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas

                                 Public Health Coalition)

                                 Bocchini, Claire (Self; Texas children's hospital)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self)

                                 Cushing, Blair (Self; Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Texas Osteopathic Medical

                                 Association)

                                 Dragsbaek, Anna (Self; The Immunization Partnership)

                                 Perez, Maria (Self)

                                 Schanbaum, Patsy (Self; The j.a.m.i.e. Group)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Caroline (Self)

                                 Flemings, Larock (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Greeley, Katie (Self)

                                 Hemphill, Coleman (Self)

                                 Hemphill, Sheila (Self)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Texas home school coalition)

                                 Peace, Susan (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent guidance center)

                                 Richardson, Dawn (PROVE and NVIC)

                                 Riggle, Keith (Self)

                                 Scheibe, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Tomlin, Roenia (Self)

                                 Turner, James (Self)

                                 Voetee, Donna (Self)

                                 Volz, Dawn (Self)

                                 Williams, Julie (Self)

                                 Williams, Julie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Patson, Kelly (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Lori (Self; Texas pediatric society)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Belk, Carolyn (Self)

                                 Berger, Michelle (Self; Travis County Medical Society and Texas Medical Assn)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (Self)

                                 Clarke, Sherry (Self; Tma/TMAA)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Texas Medical Alliance)

                                 Cowan, Robert (Self; TMA)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio Metro Health Dept.)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Cuellar Rojas, Adrianna (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Edwards, John (Self)

                                 Fay, Kari (Self; Texas medical association)

                                 Flores, John (Self; Denton County Medical society and Tma)

                                 Gest, Albert (Self)

                                 Glazener, Cathy (Self)

                                 Hall, Pamela (Self)

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)

                                 Handal, Gilbert (Self; TMA,TPS)

                                 Harford, Madeline (Self)

                                 Hassan, Mohamad (Self; Texas medical association)

                                 Helfand, Sarah (Self; Texas Medical Association)

                                 Highsmith, Eric (Self)

                                 Humphreys, James (Self)

                                 Hutto, Kathy (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Janke, Marilyn (Self)

                                 Kasper, Elaine (Self)

                                 Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District XI)

                                 Kohli, Gurneet (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Linnell, Marjan (Self)

                                 Lucas, Shannon (March of Dimes)

                                 Marchetti, Jason (Self; TMA)

                                 Moore, Jacob (Self; Texmed)

                                 Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)

                                 Ortiz, Gabriel (Self; TMA)

                                 Osbourn, Raymond (Self; TMA)

                                 Pazdral, George  H (Self; Texas  Medical Association)

                                 Pearse, Lee Ann (TMA)

                                 Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Health)

                                 Peterson, Mary (Self; Tma)

                                 Prentice, James A (TMA/TCMS)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Childrens Hospital)

                                 Settle, Halsey (Self; Travis County Medical Society and Texas Medical Assoc.)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Stafford, Jane (Self)

                                 Stafford, Wesley (Self)

                                 Swanson MD, Lisa (Self)

                                 Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Vijjeswarapu, Daniel (Texas pediatric society)

                                 Vijjeswarapu, Martha (Tma)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 Against:

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Boren, Ali (Self)

                                 Boren, Justin (Self)

                                 Dew, Rob (Self)

                                 Doychinova, Kelly (Self)

                                 Doyle, William r (Self)

                                 Duka, Olena (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynns (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Ghinga, Cristina (Self)

                                 Hardin, Luisa (Self)

                                 Hardin, Tim (Self)

                                 Hatfield, Krista (Self)

                                 Hendrickson, Carmen (Self)

                                 Highsmith, Eric (Self)

                                 Highsmith, Leasel (Self)

                                 Howell, Joan (Self)

                                 Howell, Larry (Self)

                                 Hultquist, Alyssa (Self)

                                 Hultquist, Nathan (Self)

                                 Jackson, Carol (Self)

                                 Jackson, Greg (Self)

                                 Love, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Maldonado, Amanda (Self)

                                 Martin, Virginia (Self)

                                 Martinez, Adrian (Self)

                                 Mccarthy, Nancy s (Self; Texas health freedom coalition)

                                 Minnis, Julie (Self)

                                 Overlander, Dan (Self)

                                 Palmer, Joe (Self)

                                 Parker, Erica (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Parker, Mike (Self)

                                 Peace, Kathleen (Self)

                                 Peace, Michael (Self)

                                 Pearson, Austin (Self)

                                 Pearson, Jenn (Self)

                                 Pebsworth, Paula (Self)

                                 Perkins, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Ray, Howard (Self)

                                 Ray, Rachael (Self)

                                 Ridgley, Aldas (Self)

                                 Rittenhouse, Margaret (Self)

                                 Roux, Kevin (Self)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Sanches, Justin (Self)

                                 Sanches, Lauren (Self)

                                 Simpson, Susan (Self)

                                 Sivyer, Daniel (Self)

                                 Sivyer, Natalie (Self)

                                 Van Zyl, Jean (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Pro-Life Texas)

                                 Volz, Melissa (Self)

                                 Williamson, Susan (Self)

                                 Young, Dorothy (Self)

            HB 467

                 For:

                                 Arrambide, Aimee (Healthy Futures Alliance)

                                 Cushing, Blair (Self; Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                 Against:

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Tabor, Corey (Self; Austin LifeGuard)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Avila Edwards, Kimberly (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas

                                 Public Health Coalition)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women voters of texas)

                                 Daverth, Gwen (Self; The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnacy)

                                 Fay, Kari (Self; Texas medical association)

                                 Hutto, Kathy (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District XI)

                                 Linnell, Marjan (Self)

                                 Saxon, Lucinda (Legacy Coummunity Health Services)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 Against:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Doyle, William r (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynns (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Hodge, Glenna (Self; Conservative Republicans of Texas)

                                 Overlander, Dan (Self)

                                 Parker, Allan (Self; The justice foundation)

                                 Peace, Susan (Self)

                                 Ridgley, Aldas (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Pro-Life Texas)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Kropp, Richard (Texas Department of State Health Services)

            HB 819

                 For:

                                 Jefferson, David (Tarrant County Public Health)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self)

                                 Fay, Kari (Self; Texas medical association)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Environmental Health Association)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Overlander, Dan (Self)

                                 Ridgley, Aldas (Self)

                                 Williams, Julie (Self)

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