WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March  17, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  497
 
     On:
Milligan, Maureen (Texas Health and Human Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Longley, Dianne (TX Dept of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
HB  858
 
    For:
Stagner, Brian (Texas Psychological Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Dawson, Betty (Texas Association of Psychological Associates)
 
 
Ghio, Claudia (Texas Association of Psychological Associates Licensed Psychological Associate)
 
 
Parsons, Pamela  (Self)
 
 
Salazar-Cortez, Norma  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lee, Sherry (Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists)
 
 
Settles, Carl (Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Seay, Ollie (Texas Psychological Association)
 
 
White, David (Texas Psychological Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  1232
 
    For:
Dick, Joel (Alamo Area Youth M.O.V.E.)
 
 
Dick, Kenneth (Alamo Area Youth Move)
 
 
Mabrito, Terri (Bexar County Judges' Children's Diversion Initiative)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Specia, John  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Carmona, Mark (Center for Health Care Services)
 
 
Gunter, Samuel (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Lummus, Stephen (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Marlin, Justin (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care)
 
 
Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas (NAMI))
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
Smith, Donald (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, Merrylynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family & Protective Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  1310
 
    For:
Alexander, Lee Ann  (Self)
 
 
Clanton, MD, Mark (American Cancer Society)
 
 
Mauzy, Renee  (Self)
 
 
Raimer, Sharon  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Grant, William (Indoor Tanning Association)
 
 
Lucas, Diane (Palm Beach Tan and Indoor Tanning Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Capelo, Jaime (Patients FIRST Coalition)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Gray, James (American Cancer Society)
 
 
Holmes, Harry (Tex Health Coalition)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
 
 
HB  1358
 
    For:
Clanton, MD, Mark (American Cancer Society)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Balderrama, Sandra (CPRIT)
 
 
Sanders, Scott (CPRIT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Alexander, Lee Ann  (Self)
 
 
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
 
 
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Birch, Rebecca (Susan G. Komen for the Cure)
 
 
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Doyle, Kristen (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Hutton, Lauren (Lance Armstrong Foundation)
 
 
Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatalogical Society)
 
 
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
 
 
Pearce, Amber (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Ass'n)
 
 
Saenz, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
 
 
 
 
HB  1363
 
    For:
Alsip, Bryan (City of San Antonio)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bell, Gene (Texas Diabetes Council)
 
 
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Lummus, Stephen (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DeLeon, Cassandra (TX Dept of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  1363 - Committee Substitute  (Coleman)
 
     On:
De La Garza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1392
 
    For:
Williams, Josie R (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatological Society)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Longley, Dianne (TX Dept of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
HB  1487
 
    For:
Tyler, Bruce (Healthcare Improvement Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Millwee, Billy (Health & Human Services Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
De La Garza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
 
 
DeBeer, Allie  (Self)
 
 
Lummus, Stephen (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Velji, Glenda  (Self)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
HB  1672 - Committee Substitute  (Gonzales)
 
    For:
Guillory, Charleta (March of Dimes, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association & Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
 
 
HB  1672
 
     On:
Tanksley, Susan (TX Dept. of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Doyle, Kristen (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, Merrylynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
HB  1740
 
     On:
Kloeris, Chris (Texas Optometry Board)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Avery, Brenda (BJ) (Texas Optometric Asso.)
 
 
Calhoun, Frank (Johnson & Johnson)
 
 
May, Damian (Vistaron)
 
 
Ponder, Richard (Johnson & Johnson)
 
 
 
 
HB  1990
 
    For:
Bell, Gene (Texas Diabetes Council)
 
 
De La Garza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bell, Charles (TX. Health & Human Services Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Lummus, Stephen (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Pearce, Amber (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Assoc.)
 
 
Saenz, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
 
 
Van Praag, Jane L.  (Self)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
HB  2055
 
    For:
Littlefield, Rita (Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force)
 
 
Stubblefield, Marolyn (National Kidney Foundation)
 
 
Wiggans, Susan (Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DeLeon, Cassandra (Dept of State Healt Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  2196
 
    For:
Benavides-Vaello, Sandra (TX Assn of Community Health Centers)
 
    For:
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas)
 
 
Stagner, Brian (Texas Psychological Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Alexander, Laurie (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
 
 
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Lewis, Kathryn (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Lummus, Stephen (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Parker Coburn, Katie (TX Assn of Community Health Centers)
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, Merrylynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family & Protective Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  2330
 
    For:
Littlefield, Rita (Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force)
 
 
Stubblefield, Marolyn (National Kidney Foundation)
 
 
Wiggans, Susan (Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DeLeon, Cassandra (Texas Dept of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)