WITNESS LIST
Health & Human Services Committee
March 26, 2002 - 9:30A
Border Health
ON: Alvarez, Manny Chair (Border Physician Coalition),
El Paso, TX
Caballero, Raymond C. Mayor (City of El Paso), El
Paso, TX
Fleager, Richard Chairman (Team El Paso Healthcare
Council), El Paso, TX
Homedes, Nuria Associate Professor of Management
(University of Texas - El Paso Regional
Campus), El Paso, TX
McCormick, Joseph B. Assistant Dean (University of
Texas Houston, School of Public Health -
Brownsville Regional Campus), Brownsville, TX
Nickey, Laurance N. Member (U.S.- Mexico Border
Health Commission), El Paso, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Balcorta, Salvador CEO (Centro de Salud Familiar La
Fe), El Paso, TX
Border Health and Human Services Is
ON: Black, Kermit Director (Center for Housing and Urban
Development, Texas A&M University), College
Station, TX
Luna, David Border Affairs Division (Texas Health
and Human Services Commission), Austin, TX
Border Health, Immunizations, Borde
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Epps, Phyllis Griffin Research Professor (Health Law
and Policy Institute), Houston, TX
Border Mental Health
FOR: Montoya, Noah E. (Self), El Paso, TX
AGAINST: Sanchez, Siboney President (Consumer Government), El
Paso, TX
ON: Cichon, Gerald Attorney (Alicia Salas), El Paso, TX
DiValentino, Leo D. Family Member (NAMI - El Paso),
El Paso, TX
DiValentino, Mary Kay Board Member (National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill - El Paso), El
Paso, TX
Garcia, Debra C. Board Trustee (Mental Health Care
Advocate), El Paso, TX
Garcia, Maria Luisa Parent (Life Management/CHAMPS),
El Paso, TX
Gardea, Marina (The Citadel Group), El Paso, TX
Gonzales, Linda Parent (CHAMPS), El Paso, TX
Hale, Karen Commissioner (Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation), Austin, TX
Henegar, Dennis (The Citadel Group), El Paso, TX
Lopez, Robert Client (The Citadel Group), El Paso,
TX
McKimmey, Gerry Deputy Commissioner, Community
Services (Texas Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation), Austin, TX
Neill, Rosemary V. Board Chair (El Paso Community
Mental Health and Mental Retardation), El
Paso, TX
Pickman, Serena Administrator (N.C.E.D. Mental
Health Center), El Paso, TX
Ramos, Martha (Life Management), El Paso, TX
Rodriguez, Jose County Attorney (El Paso County
Attorney's Office), El Paso, TX
Salas, Alicia (The Citadel Group), El Paso, TX
Tures, Carol Founder (El Pasoans Against the Death
Penalty), El Paso, TX
Ybarra, Rick Director, Multicultural Services (Texas
Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Madrid, Chilo L. CEO (Aliviane, Inc.), El Paso, TX
On: McCorquodale, Doris (Self), El Paso, TX
Starr, Carl (Self), El Paso, TX
Providing written testimony:
On: Padilla, Ramon M. (Self), El Paso, TX
Schmitt, Cyndie Associate Director (Texas Council of
Community MHMR Centers), Austin, TX
Border/Children's Issues
On: Deckert, Myrna CEO (YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region),
El Paso, TX
Immunizations
ON: Boom, Julie Director of the Immunizations Project
(Texas Children's Hospital and the Children's
Hospital Association of Texas), Houston, TX
Magana, Jorge C. Local Pediatrician (El Paso Public
Health District), El Paso, TX
Sanchez, Eduardo Commissioner (Texas Department of
Health), Austin, TX
Stanley, Sharilyn Associate Commissioner (Texas
Department of Health), Austin, TX
Spanish/English Interpreter
ON: Hinds, Henry C. Spanish/English Interpreter (Self),
El Paso, TX
Welcoming Remarks
ON: de la Rosa, Jose Manuel Regional Dean (Texas Tech
Health Sciences Center - El Paso), El Paso,
TX
Manley, Jim Deputy Chief Administrator (El Paso
County Judge Dolores Briones), El Paso, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Gutierrez, Jr., Hector Public Affairs Consultant
(City of El Paso - Mayor Ray Caballero), El
Paso, TX