WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
May  19, 2009 - 8:00 AM
SB  8
 
    For:
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Alexander, Archie  (Self)
 
 
Holcomb, John (Texas Medical Association Texas Pediatric Society Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
 
 
Sternberg, Manfred (Texas Health Services Authority)
 
 
 
 
SB  10
 
Against:
Fickel, Ann (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Kouri, Richard (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Barnes, Bill (Texas Retired Teachers Association)
 
 
Holcomb, John (TMA, TPS, TAFP)
 
 
Kukla, Robert (Employees Retirement System)
 
 
Lee, Tim (Texas Retired Teachers Assn)
 
 
Sanderson, Josh (Association of TX Professional Educators)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
West, Starr (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Flores Jr, Enrique (United Auto Workers)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
 
 
SB  269
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Reagan, Karen (Walgreens)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Tannert, Karen (Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
SB  343
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Albornoz, Sari (Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Arnold, Jay (Texas PTA)
 
 
Dunsavage, Douglas (American Heart Association)
 
 
Gray, James (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
 
 
Guffey, Jessica (Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Winslow, Jessica  (Self and Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Golson, Kathy (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
 
 
 
SB  344
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Albornoz, Sari (Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Arnold, Jay (Texas PTA)
 
 
Borowski, Robert (Texas Impact)
 
 
Dunsavage, Douglas (American Heart Association)
 
 
Gray, James (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
 
    For:
Guffey, Jessica (Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Smiley, Andrew (Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Winslow, Jessica (Sustainable Food Center)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Brewer, John (DSHS)
 
 
Wilson, John (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
SB  345
 
     On:
Wallace, Charles (Texas Dept of State Health Services as a Resource on Tuberculosis)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Borowski, Robert (Texas Impact)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo Co. Health & Human Service.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Luna, Vilma (Texas Home Health)
 
 
 
 
SB  571
 
     On:
Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Olivarez, Eduardo (Hidalgo Co. Health & Human Services)
 
 
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
York, Van (Borden County)
 
 
 
 
SB  705 - Committee Substitute  (Zerwas)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
 
 
SB  705
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care)
 
 
Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Williams, Janice (Texas League of Women Voters)
 
 
 
 
SB  821
 
    For:
Wright, Donna (Texas Radiological Society)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Compton, Marcelene  (Self and Texas Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants)
 
 
Oberoi, Bhawna  (Self and Texas Society of Radiology Practioner Assistants & Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ellenbogen, Paul (Texas Radiological Society and the American College of Radiology)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Sanders, Vicki  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Jackson, Lisa (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
 
 
Martinez, Oscar  (Self)
 
 
 
 
SB  1127
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Business Council)
 
 
Reagan, Karen (Walgreens)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Arnold, Kerstin (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
SB  1171
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ehresman, Walter (Dept. State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
SB  1409
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)
 
 
Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
SB  1645
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Business Council)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Shields, Brad (Amerisourse Bergin)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Vasquez, Andy (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
SB  1853
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
Beck, Richard (TX Pharmacy Business Council)
 
 
Kemptner, Sara (H-E-B)
 
 
Martin, Jim (Texas Pharmacy Association)
 
 
Reagan, Karen (Walgreens)
 
 
Shields, Brad (TX Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Arnold, Kerstin (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
 
 
 
 
SB  1879
 
    For:
Rollins, Jennifer (Texas Society of Genetic Counselors)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Capelo, Jaime (PatientsFIRST Coalition)
 
 
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Assn)
 
 
Gutierrez, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Settler, Christina (Texas Society of Genetic Counselors)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Garanflo, Jaime (Texas Medical Board)
 
 
Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)
 
 
 
 
SB  2384
 
     On:
Prosperie, Susan (DSHS Department of State Health Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
McGhee, Paige (The Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
SB  2476
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Johnson, Allen  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bedrich, Leigh Anne  (Self and North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council; Trauma SVC Area E)
 
 
Bowden, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Matthews, Ryan (Texas Ambulance Assn)
 
 
Petrill, Brian  (Self)
 
 
Sprinkle, GK (Texas Ambulance Assoc.)
 
 
Wait, Dudley (Texas Ambulance Association)
 
 
Welsh, Dinah (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
 
 
 
 
SCR 42
 
    For:
Gilligan, Lillie  (Self and TX Public Health Foundation TX Dept. of Health TX Health Foundation Retired Employees)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Shields, Brad  (Self)