WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March  31, 2009 - 8:00 AM
Loan Repayment Programs for Health Care Providers
 
     On:
Berry, Connie (Texas Department of State Health Services Texas Primary Care Office)
 
 
Cruz, Theresa (Office of Rural Community Affairs State Office of Rural Health)
 
 
Long, Michelle (HHSC Children's Medicaid Loan Repayment Program)
 
 
Moller, Lesa (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
 
 
 
 
HB  168
 
    For:
Bradshaw, Gayle  (Self)
 
 
Cline, Nancy (Texas Dental Hygienists' Association)
 
 
Wicks, Carla  (Self)
 
 
Wright, Gary  (Self and TDHA)
 
 
Wright, Rebecca (Texas Dental Hygiene Educators' Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Garza, Alma (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Jeske, Arthur (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Peppard, Mark (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Theiss, Ron (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Heisler, Jennifer  (Self)
 
 
Stitt, Maribeth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  456
 
    For:
Cline, Nancy (Texas Dental Hygienist's Association)
 
 
Landrum, Michelle  (Self)
 
 
Reynolds, Stuart  (Self)
 
 
Stevens, Jennifer  (Self)
 
 
Stitt, Maribeth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Steinhauer, William (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Theiss, Ron  (Self and Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Heisler, Jennifer  (Self)
 
 
Wright, Rebecca (Texas Dental Hygiene Educators' Association)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  490
 
     On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX.)
 
 
Kelley, Rita (Bell County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Curry, Kelly (Texas Indigent Health Care Assn)
 
 
Maberry, Jan (Texas Department of State Health Services Resource Witness)
 
 
 
 
HB  1128
 
    For:
Zolnierek, Cindy (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnston, James "Dusty" (Texas Board of Nursing)
 
 
 
 
HB  1169
 
    For:
Camacho, Jose E. (TX Association of Community Health Centers)
 
    For:
Owens, Mackie (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Jackson, Lisa (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Moore, Robin (East Texas Community Health Services)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Berry, Connie (Texas Department of State Health Service Texas Primary Care Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  1357
 
    For:
Kutsen, Michael (ER Centers of America, Inc.)
 
 
Mahon, Kirk  (Self and Legacy ER)
 
 
McGee, John (ER Centers of America, Inc)
 
 
Novak, Jacob "Jack" (First Choice Emergency Rooms)
 
 
Rankins, Robert  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Johnson, Allen (Montgomery County Hospital District)
 
 
Kennedy, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1876
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX. and Ellis County)
 
 
Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Camacho, Jose (TX. Assn of Community Health Centers, S)
 
 
Hinckson, Andrea (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
 
 
Margo Jr., Javier D "Jake" (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Moore, Robin (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
 
 
Owens, Mackie (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
 
 
Williams, Monte (UST Public Affairs)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Maples, Robert (Swisher International, Inc)
 
 
Roberson, Edwin (Swedish Match North America)
 
 
Ross, Shon  (Self and Tobacco Retailers of Texas Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Black, Rick (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Brauer, Andrea (National Association of Social Workers, Texas Chapter)
 
 
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
Jackson, Lisa (TX Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Kappel, Katy  (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Centers)
 
 
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
 
 
Saenz, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
 
 
Shields, Brad (TX Dental Hygienists Assoc.)
 
 
Smith, Tobie-Lynn  (Self)
 
 
Velji, Glenda  (Self)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
 
    For:
Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Assocation)
 
 
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Knisley, Jeff (American Lung Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1948
 
     On:
Lillibridge, Scott (Texas A&M Health Science Center)
 
 
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo Co. Health & Human Services)
 
 
Swienton, Raymond (U.T. Southwestern)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bays, Richard (Dept of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  2027
 
    For:
Holtzman, Sam (LifeGift Organ Donation Center)
 
 
Rollins, Bryan  (Self)
 
 
Sambilay, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Weathersby, Marie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Pustilnik MD, Stephen (Galveston County ME Texas Medical Examiner Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Graham, Catherine (LifeGift)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatalogical Society)
 
 
Propes, Jay (Texas Ophthalmological Assn.)
 
 
Reece, Laurie (Texas Transplantation Society)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Peacock, Elizabeth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2154
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Kappel, Katy  (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
 
 
HB  2183
 
    For:
Goetze, Art (Emergency Health Centre)
 
 
Sandel, Rhonda (Texas Emergency Care Centers)
 
 
Seay, Tim (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
 
 
Stultz, Dan (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Rankins, Robert  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fasanella, Anthony (Texas Emergency Care Center)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Johnson, Allen (Montgomery County Hospital District)
 
 
Orsak, Brian (St. Michaels Emergency Center LLC)
 
 
Shields, Brad (Texas Emergency Care Center)
 
    For:
Simons, George (Texas Emergency Care Center)
 
 
Strama, Keith (Emergency Health Centre)
 
 
Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kutsen, Michael (ER Centers of America, Inc)
 
 
Mahon, Kirk  (Self and Legacy ER)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGee, John (ER Centers of America, Inc)
 
 
 
 
HB  2205
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Lorenz, Shauna (Private Hospitals in Hidalgo, Kleberg, and Jefferson Counties)
 
 
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo Co. Health & Human Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Curry, Kelly (Montgomery County Hospital District)
 
 
Kelley, Rita (Bell County)
 
 
Lippincott, Elizabeth (CHRISTUS Health)
 
 
Saenz, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Nolting, Kevin (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
HB  2686
 
     On:
Millwee, Billy (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Feather, Robert K. (Cook Children's Heath Care System Robert K. Feather, Sr VP.)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
Margo Jr., Javier D Jake  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Tobie-Lynn  (Self)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Garza, Elisa (HHSC -(Office of Eligibility Services))
 
 
 
 
HB  2712
 
    For:
Frazier, Kyle (Northstar Healthcare)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Blake, Stephen (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Alexander, Donna (Northslar Healthcare Inc)
 
 
Castillo, John (Mid-Town Surgical Center)
 
 
Lake, Gregory (Palladium for Surgery Dallas)
 
 
Moragne, John (Palladium for Surgery - Houston)
 
 
Varela, Louis (PCCOT (Patient Choice Colaltion of Texas))
 
 
 
 
HB  2885
 
     On:
Thomas, Katherine (Texas Board of Nursing)
 
 
 
 
HB  3230
 
    For:
Armstrong, Tiffany  (Self)
 
 
Hughes, Geoffrey  (Self)
 
 
Joyce, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Nagelsmith, Laurie (Excelsior College)
 
 
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Tutunjian, Robbie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Rake, Vada (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
Simmons, Debora  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Thomas, Mary Beth (Texas Board of Nursing)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Caballero, Leticia (Texas Health Care Association)
 
 
Comedy, Don (The College Network)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Ivory, Mark (The College Network)
 
 
Tutunjian, Brad  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3408
 
    For:
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo Co. Health & Human Service)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Jackson, Lisa (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Sprinkle, GK (Texas Ambulance Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Johnson, Allen (Montgomery Co. Hospital Dist)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Curry, Kelly (Texas Indigent Health Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  3408 - Committee Substitute  (Coleman)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kelley, Rita (Bell County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3450
 
    For:
Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas Chiropractic College)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Flanagan, Jason (Texas Chiropractic College)
 
 
Green, Jesse (Parker Chiropractic College)
 
 
McWilliams, Dean (Parker Chiropractic College)
 
 
 
 
HB  3670
 
    For:
Black, Rick (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Roberts, Matt (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
Rubin, Paul (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
 
 
Sitton, Karen E (Texas Dental Assistants Association)
 
 
Tillman, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
 
 
Wineinger, Joanne (Texas Dental Assistants Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cline, Nancy (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
 
 
Stitt, Maribeth (Texas Dental Hygiene Educators)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bingham, William (Texas Dental Assoc)
 
 
Schnabel, Charlie (TX Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Heisler, Jennifer  (Self)
 
 
Wright, Rebecca (Texas Dental Hygiene Educators' Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3961
 
    For:
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnston, James "Dusty" (Texas Board of Nursing
)
 
 
 
 
HB  4324
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX. & Ellis County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver-Haired Legistature)
 
 
Kappel, Katy  (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
 
 
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
 
 
Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)
 
 
 
 
HB  4355
 
    For:
Luke, Ron (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Sportsman, Susan (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Nagelsmith, Laurie (Excelsior College)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Thomas, Katherine (Texas Board of Nursing)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Armstrong, Tiffany  (Self)
 
 
Hughes, Geoffrey  (Self)
 
 
Ivory, Mark (The College Network)
 
 
Joyce, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Tutunjian, Brad  (Self)
 
 
Tutunjian, Robbie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Fowler, Chris (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Bd)
 
 
Kishi, Aileen (Department of State Health Services - Center for Nursing Workforce Studies)
 
 
Thomas, Mary Beth (Texas Board of Nursing -)
 
 
 
 
HB  4471
 
    For:
Sportsman, Susan (Texas Nurses Association)
 
 
Stultz, Dan (TX Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Calvert, Raif (Independent Colleges & Universities of Texas ICUT)
 
 
Casso, Amy (La Fe Policy Research & Education Center)
 
 
Flores, Noelia (La Fe PREC)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Lippincott, Elizabeth (CHRISTUS Health Texas Border Coalition)
 
 
Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care)
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
Woodard, Gentry (Catholic Health Association of Texas & St. Joseph Health System)
 
 
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Fowler, Chris (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)