WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 23, 2005-12:00A
HB 1015
For: Burney, PhD, J. Paul (Texas Psychological Association)
McPherson, Dr. Bob (Texas Psychological Association)
On: Aerne, Melissa (Sunset Commission)
Hernandez, Ph.D., Arthur (Texas State Board of Examiners
of Psychologists)
Shute, Geoffrey M. (Self and Texas Association of
Psychological Associates)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Lee, Sherry (Tx. St. Bd. of Examiners of Psychologists)
HB 1086
For: Carter, Janis (Texas Funeral Directors Assoc)
Gilligan, T. Scott (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
Smith, Scott (Texas Funeral Directors Assn)
Against: Bates, Jim (Funeral Consumers Alliance of North Texas)
Beresford, Chip (Self)
Hankins, Lamar (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas)
Wendell, Ware (Self)
Wolens, Steven (Self and Certain plaintiffs in suit
against SCI funeral homes)
On: Robbins, O.C. (Chet) (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hughes, Caressa (Service Corporation International)
Rogers Jr, Johnnie B. (Service Corporation
International)
HB 1135
For: Henning, Lori (Texas Assoc. of Goodwills)
Kafka, Bob (Adapt of TX)
Kern, Diana (Self and National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill of TX (NAMI Texas))
Schwartz, Jonas (Advocacy Incorporated)
Suiter, Kim (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
On: Casey, Dianne (Health and Human Services Commission)
Hawkins, Albert (Health and Human Services Commission)
Lottmann, Larry (Dept Assistive and Rehab Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans w/ Disabilities)
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
Holcomb, John (Self and Texas Medical Association)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
Maxwell, Susan M (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
HB 1155
For: Farr, Linda (Texas Dietetic Association)
Montgomery, Cathy (Self)
Poinsett, Hawley (Texas Dietetic Association)
Ricks, Felicia (Texas Dietetic Association Renal
Practice Task Force)
On: Peterson, Debbie (Dept of State Health Services
Professional Licensing)
Trost, Amy (Sunset Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hooser, Greg (Texas Dietetic Association)
HB 1435
On: Trost, Amy (Sunset Commission)
Zukowski, Dr. Jim (Texas State Board of Podiatric
Medical Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hanna, Mark J. (Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
On: Alonzo, Janie (Tx St Bd of Podiatric Medical Examiners)
Makan, Hemant (Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical
Examiners)
HB 1604
On: Harris, Geraldine R. (Texas Dept. of State Health
Services / Vital Statistics Unit)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
HB 1771
For: Hernandez, George B. (Bexar County Hospital District)
Holcomb, John (Self and Texas Medical Association)
SvadLenak, Steve (Texas Association of Public and
Non-Profit Hospitals)
Tonn, Larry (Tx Assoc. Voluntary Hospitals, Dallas
Medical Resource)
Turcotte, Michael (Gentiva)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care)
Willson MD, Charles F. (Texas Medical Association)
Against: Bowers, Chris (Superior Health Plan)
Brown, Bess (Self)
Buckwold, Dr. Fred (Evercare of Texas, LLC)
Rossberg, Cathy (Amerigroup)
Sullivan, Sandy (Evercare)
On: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Brown, Will (AARP-Texas)
Camacho, Jose E. (Tx. Assn of Community Health Centers,
Inc.)
Coleman, Pam (Tx Health and Human Services Commission)
Gibson, Linda (Comptroller's Office)
Hawkins, Albert (Health and Human Services Commission)
Horton, Colleen (Tx. Center for Disability Studies)
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of Tx)
Palmer, David (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
Capelo, Jaime (Pediatrix Medical Group)
Crowe, Michael (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Cutrer, Dr. Jennifer (Parkland Health and Hospital
System)
Hillier, R. King (Harris County Hospital District)
Hooser, Greg (Scott and White Hospital and Clinic)
Jamison, Mazie M. (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Moreno, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
Roy, Tom E. (JPS Health Network)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced
Practice)
On: Johnson, Gary (Comptroller's Office)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy Inc.)
Sanchez, Joe M. (AARP - Texas)
HB 2680
For: Ellzey, M.D., Robert F. (Self and Travis County Medical
Society, Retired Physicians of Texas)
Gunn, Cindy (Memorial Hermann Healthcare System)
Orr, Fred (Christ's Family Clinic)
Price, M.D., P. Clift (Texas Medical Association)
On: Garanflo, Jaime (Tx State Board of Medical Examiner's)
Peterson, Debbie (Dept of State Health Services
Professional Licensing)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Austin, Myra (CHRIST'S FAMILY CLINIC)
Camacho, Jose E. (Tx. Assn of Community Health Centers,
Inc.)
Moreno, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
Young, Jenny (Texas Dental Association)