WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 18, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Kotsanis, Beverly (Self; Kotsanis Institute)
Martin, Mary (Self)
Martin, Mary (Self; Jennifer Perez)
Martin, Rickie (Self)
Paredes, Dorothy (Self)
Sloan, Karen (Self)
On:
Bales, David (Self; Texans for Cures)
Bales, David (Texans for Cures)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Self)
Blakemore, Allen (Self)
Bruce, Bonnie (Self)
Cernosek, Carmen (Self)
Deering, Heather (Self)
Flores, Aurora (Self)
Haney, Casey (Self)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self; Celltex therapeutics)
Hemphill, Coleman (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Jones, Adam (Self; KK125 Foundation)
Kimberly, Knox (Self)
Matz, Laura (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Self)
Pope, Clay (Self)
Scurlock, Stephen (Self)
Short, Jim (Self)
Stephens, V.A. (Self; KK125)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; KK125)
On:
Bredt, Robert (Texas Medical Board)
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)
Freshour, Scott (Texas Medical Board)
Huss, Jonathan (Dept of State Health Services)
Johnston, Monique (Texas medical board)
For:
Briones, Danny (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Cowley, Stefanie (Self)
Deering, Heather (Self)
Gannon, Catherine (Self)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self; Celltex therapeutics)
Harrell, Sam (Self)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Kotsanis, Beverly (Self; Kotsanis institute)
Martin, Mary (Self; Jennifer Perez)
Martin, Mary (Self)
Martin, Rickie (Self)
Thompson, Tracy (Self)
Walker, Preston (Self)
Ziegler, Jennifer (Self; Patients For Stem Cells)
On:
Bales, David (Self; Texans for Cures)
Bales, David (Texans for Cures)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bentley, Matthew (Self)
Blakemore, Allen (Self)
Bruce, Bonnie (Self)
Cernosek, Carmen (Self)
Delarosa, Julie (Self)
Flores, Aurora (Self)
Haney, Casey (Self)
Hemphill, Coleman (Self)
Jones, Adam (Self; KK125 Foundation)
Kimberly, Knox (Self)
Matz, Laura (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Self)
Meier, Carol (Self)
Paredes, Dorothy (Self)
Pope, Clay (Self)
Scurlock, Stephen (Self)
Sloan, Karen (Self)
Stephens, V.A. (Self; KK125)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; KK125)
On:
Bredt, Robert (Texas Medical Board)
Freshour, Scott (Texas Medical Board)
Huss, Jonathan (Dept of State Health Services)
Johnston, Monique (Texas medical board)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hollier, Lisa (Self; Texas Childrens Health Plan)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gonzalez, Leah (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children'sDefenseFund- Texas)
Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-Texas District, Texas
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of health Plans)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
On:
Carter, Gina (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Against:
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Jill (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Akay-Sullivan, Sinem (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Allen, Nicole (Self; Texas Counseling Association, TX Association for Counselor Education &
Supervision, University of North Texas)
Alvarado, Melissa (Self; TCA)
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Bacon, Katherine (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Barron, Josefina (Self)
Bolin, Channing (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Boswell, Jennifer (Self)
Cain, Rebecca (Self)
Cannon, Joy (Self; TCA)
Clare, Lacey (Self)
Crow, Monya (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Flores, Rachel (Texas counseling Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gamez, Elise (Texas Ambulance Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Glover, Heather (Self)
Gomez, Brenda (Self)
Guidry, Megan (Self)
Haugabook, Rachel (Self)
Holmberg-Abel, Darla (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Juarez, Irma (Self)
Juarez, Irma (Self)
Knustrom, Eric (Private providers association of Texas)
Lashua, Brittany (Self)
Lloyd-Hazlett, Jessica (Self)
Lowe, Paige (Self; TCA)
Macias, Janette (Self)
Macias, Janette (Self)
Mickelsen, Rachel (Self)
Mickelsen, Rachel (Self)
Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Jennifer (Self; TCA)
Odom, Jean (Self; TCA)
Perez, Rosenda (Self)
Pounds, Brandy (Self)
Reinertsen, Chanel (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Robertson, Derek (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rose, Denise (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Rose, Denise (ResCare)
Ross, LaTreece (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Schumann Tomlinson, Brandy (Self)
Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Snyder, Tori (Self)
Solt, Misty (Self)
Staton, Tonya (Self; TCA)
Stevens, Brittany (Self)
Sullivan, Jeffrey (Self; Texas counseling association)
Thompson, Gabrielle (Self)
Torgerson, Hannah (Self)
Ukiri, May (Self)
Walkee, Kate (Self)
Warmsley, Ana (Self)
White, Betty (Self)
Whitely, Ruth (Self)
Williams, Morgan (Self)
Williams, Sharonda (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Carlson, Johnna (Texas Children's Health Plan)
Evans, Kenya (Self)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
Snyder, Jami (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
For:
Douglas, Frances (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
White, David (Texas Psychological Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Connors, Michael (Self; Texas Physical Therapy Association)
Haydon, Donald (TPTA)
Hemphill, Coleman (Texas Right To Know)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Kotsanis, Beverly (Self)
Milligan, Mark (Self; Texas Physical Therapy Association)
Against:
Teuscher, David (Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Besselink, Allan (Self)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Against:
Ashley, Price (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Courtney, Jenna (Texas Radiological Society)
Herzog, Greg (Texas Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy and Texas Neurology
Society)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Jackson, Lisa (Coalition for Patient Safety)
Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Aikman, Harvey (Self; Texas State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. Chairman resourse)
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)
Doggett, Wally (Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental)
For:
Carter, Al (CVS Pharmacy)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
On:
Benz, Allison (Texas state board od pharmacy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Janis (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Hemphill, Coleman (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Against:
Gonzales, David (Alliance of Independent Pharmacies of Texas)
Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Ciuncil)
On:
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
For:
Sparkman, Catherine (Association of Surgical Technologists and local State Organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
For:
Broder, Lawrence (Self)
Against:
Teuscher, David (Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bredt, Robert (Texas Medical Board)
Freshour, Scott (Texas Medical Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
On:
Johnston, Monique (Texas medical board)
For:
Aikman, Harvey (Self; Chairman Texas State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners)
Connors, Michael (Self; Texas Physical Therapy Association)
Haydon, Donald (TPTA)
Haydon, Donald (Self; TPTA)
Vandehey, Dale (Department of Defense State Liaison Office)
For:
Boutte, Matt (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Teuscher, David (Texas Medical Association)
Van Boven, Dr Robert (Self)
Against:
Farmer, Tony (Self)
Kebodeaux Cook, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Page, Sheila (Self; Association of American Physicians and Surgeons)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
On:
Bredt, Robert (Texas Medical Board)
Broder, Lawrence (Self)
Doggett, Wally (Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental)
Fajardo, Erick. (Sunset Commission staff)
Freshour, Scott (Texas Medical Board)
Hemphill, Coleman (Texas Right To Know)
Hemphill, Sheila (Texas Right To Know)
Johnston, Monique (Texas medical board)
Kotsanis, Andrew (Self; Kotsanis Institute)
Kotsanis, Andrew (Self)
Kotsanis, Beverly (Self; Kotsanis institute)
Zadeh, Joseph (Self)
Zadeh, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology, Texas Academy of Physician
Assistants)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self; Celltex therapeutics)
Jackson, Lisa (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn.)
Sanders, Vicki (Self; Society of Radiology Physician Extenders, American Society of
Radiologic Technologists)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Goode, Megan (Texas Medical Board)
For:
Feehery, Matthew (Self; Texas Hospital Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness))
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
On:
Moller, Lesa (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Littlefield, Rita (Self; Texas Renal Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Bonnie (Self)
Gregg, Aaron (Fresenius Medical Care)
On:
Huss, Jonathan (Dept of State Health Services)
Zumbrun, Janna (Texas Dept of State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sloan, Karen (Self)
On:
Bales, David (Self; Texans for Cures)
Bales, David (Texans for Cures)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Self)
Bruce, Bonnie (Self)
Cernosek, Carmen (Self)
Deering, Heather (Self)
Delarosa, Julie (Self)
Flores, Aurora (Self)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self; Celltex therapeutics)
Hemphill, Coleman (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Jones, Adam (Self; KK125 Foundation)
Kimberly, Knox (Self)
Martin, Mary (Self)
Martin, Rickie (Self)
Matz, Laura (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Self)
Paredes, Dorothy (Self)
Pope, Clay (Self)
Scurlock, Stephen (Self)
Stephens, V.A. (Self; KK125)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; KK125)
On:
Huss, Jonathan (Dept of State Health Services)
Against:
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children'sDefenseFund- Texas)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assocation)
Kleibrink, Cam (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Kleibrink, Cam (Frontera Healthcare Network, Texas Association of Community Health
Centers)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Against:
Buchanan, Maggie Jo (Young Invincibles)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness))
Litzinger, Amy (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Lucas, Shannon (March of Dimes)
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
On:
Avila Edwards, Kimberly (Self; TExas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, ACOG-
TX, TAFP, TAOG)
Carter, Gina (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-Texas District, Texas
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Snyder, Jami (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
For:
Paredes, Dorothy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Self)
Bruce, Bonnie (Self)
Cernosek, Carmen (Self)
Deering, Heather (Self)
Delarosa, Julie (Self)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self; Celltex therapeutics)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Kimberly, Knox (Self)
Martin, Mary (Self; Jennifer Perez)
Martin, Mary (Self)
Martin, Rickie (Self)
Matz, Laura (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Self)
Pope, Clay (Self)
Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Scurlock, Stephen (Self)
Stephens, V.A. (Self; KK125)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; KK125)
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