WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
May 2, 2001-8:30A
SB 43 Committee Substitute (Zaffirini/#1)
For: Donovan, Jr., James D. (Americaid Community Care)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
Camacho, Jose E. (TX Assn. of Community Health Centers,
Inc.)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of TX (UWT))
Cliett, Chuck (Community First Health Plans)
Daly, Richard (TX Catholic Conference)
Davis, Helen Kent (TX Medical Association)
Douglas, Wanda (TX Nurses Association)
Friedholm, DeAnn (TX Chapter - March of Dimes)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers / Texas)
Kolodzey, Patricia (TX Hospital Association)
Perryman, Kevin (Self and TX Medical Association, TX
Pediatric Society, TMAA & TX Academy of Family
Physicians)
Phipps, Candie (TX Pediatric Society)
Ruffing, Therese (TX Association of Public & Not For
Profit Hospitals)
Rummel, Leah (TX Association of Health Plans)
Rushing, Linda (TX Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Samuels, Marc (TX Academy of Internal Medicine)
Stone, Sam (TX Academy of Physician Assistants)
SB 144
For: Kanz, Dr. Kevin D. (Self and Texas Chiropractic
Association)
On: Cain, Dr. Gary K (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hardy, Richard (Accident and Injury Pain Centers Group)
On: Vaughn, DC, Cynthia (Self)
SB 145
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hardy, Richard (Accident and Injury Pain Centers Group)
Kanz, Dr. Kevin D. (Self and Texas Chiropractic
Association)
On: Cain, Dr. Gary K (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
Vaughn, DC, Cynthia (Self)
SB 152
On: Vaughn, DC, Cynthia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hardy, Richard (Accident and Injury Pain Centers Group)
Kanz, Dr. Kevin D. (Self and Texas Chiropractic
Association)
On: Cain, Dr. Gary K (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
SB 171
On: Vaughn, DC, Cynthia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hardy, Richard (Accident and Injury Pain Centers Group)
Kanz, Dr. Kevin D. (Self and Texas Chiropractic
Association)
On: Cain, Dr. Gary K (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
SB 285 Committee Substitute (Delisi/#1)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Headrick, Kelly (American Cancer Society)
Phipps, Candie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Samuels, Marc (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine)
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
Young, Jenny (Texas Medical Association)
On: Stanley, M.D., Sharilyn K. (Texas Department of Health)
Weiss, PhD, Nancy (Texas Department of Health)
Wiegman, Linda (Texas Department of Health)
SB 439
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Castaneda, Jr., Tristan "Tris" (Texas Association of
Addiction Professionals)
On: Cole, Kirk (Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse)
SB 539
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hill, Jeffry R. (State Board of Dental Examiners)
SB 651
On: Vaughn, DC, Cynthia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hardy, Richard (Accident and Injury Pain Centers Group)
Kanz, Dr. Kevin D. (Self and Texas Chiropractic
Association)
On: Cain, Dr. Gary K (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
SB 751
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
Rushing, Linda (Texas Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
On: Altenhoff, DDS, Linda M. (Texas Health Steps/Texas
Department of Health)
SB 1156
For: Alikacem, Martha (Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX)
Donovan, Jr., James D. (AmeriGroup, Texas, Inc.)
Feigel, M.D., Alex (TX Medicaid Association)
Moss, Jr., Jesse (Lone Star State Medical Association)
Perryman, Kevin (Self and TX Med. Assn., TX Ped. Soc.,
TX Acd. of Fam. Phys., Primary Ped. Med. Assn. &
MIS-QS-LLC)
Against: Reagan, Karen (TX Retailers Association & TX Federation
of Drug Stores)
Rumsey, Louis (Self)
On: Cliett, Chuck (Community First Health Plans)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Gallardo, Bertha A. (HCA System in El Paso, Las Palmas
Del Sol Regional Healthcare System)
Gonzales, David (TX Pharmacy Assn.)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Vasek, Heather (TX Association for Home Care)
Wayne, M.D., Richard (Christus Santa Rosa Children's
Hospital)
Yancey, Shirley A. (TX Health Resources and TX Hospital
Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
Courtney, Skip (Self)
Daly, Richard (TX Catholic Conference)
Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
Phipps, Candie (TX Pediatric Society)
Rummel, Leah (TX Assocation of Health Plans)
Rushing, Linda (TX Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
On: Gladden, Patricia (TDH)