WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 24, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Browning, Jessica (THLN)
Cadena, Carolyn (Self; Texas Pets Alive!)
Prather, Nikki (Self)
Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Rose, Denise (Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Against:
Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))
Hayden, Lorraine (Texas Society for Biomedical Research)
On:
MPH, Imelda (Laboratory and Infectious Disease Services, Department of State Health
Services)
For:
Wyatt, Anjanette (Self; Texas Association of Independent Pharmacy Owners: Clinical Care
Pharmacy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Chiarello, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Heal, John (Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Smith, Jacob (Doctors for Texans)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Staples, Mary (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
On:
Graves, Annette (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Graves, Annette (Texas State Board of Pharmacy - Resource Only)
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For:
Peck, Jessica (Self; National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, UnBound Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Our Revolution Texas)
Burns, Sonja (Self)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Davison, Corey (Tenet Healthcare)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Emergency Nurses Association)
Street, Kaitlin (TexProtects)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
On:
Lee, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General- Human Trafficking and Transnational/Organized
Crime Section)
For:
Perez, Amber (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Against:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bussey, Faith (Self)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hall, Terri (Self)
Lail, Joyce (Self; We the Parents)
Mcmahan, Stacy (Self)
Against:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
For:
Boutte, Matt (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Hillgartner, Sharon (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Lavin, Dianne (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners. Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses of
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For:
Texas)
Spencer, Autumn (Self)
Spencer, Autumn (Self; Ascension Texas; Ascension seton, Ascension providence and dell
children’s)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Ostrander, George (Self)
Ostrander, Peggy (Self)
Pierce, Jack (Self)
Randolph, Ian (Self)
Robinson, Kathy (Self)
For:
Myers, Martha (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
On:
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Gray, Connie (Self)
For:
Calhoun, Shannon (Self; Chair of board, Texas Health Services Authority)
On:
Gooch, George (Texas Health Services Authority)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
For:
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Wehmeyer, Mackenna (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Against:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
For:
Cary, David (Self)
Gallagher, Timothy (Self)
Hicks MD, Albert (Self; Baylor Scott and White Health System)
Snyder, Rick (Self; Texas Medical Association, American College of Cardiology,DC, Texas
Chapter American College of Cardiology)
Against:
Adams, Brad (Donate Life Texas and the Texas Donation Community)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Self; Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Community Health Improvement, Department of State Health Services)
For:
Boutte, Matt (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Robinson, Kathy (Self)
Spencer, Autumn (Self; Ascension texas ; ascension Seton, Ascension providence and Dell
childrens)
Spencer, Autumn (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burns, Sonja (Self)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Howden, Robert (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Pierce, Jack (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Against:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Gray, Connie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Golden, Nicole (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Burns, Sonja (Self)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hansch, Greg (NAMI TX)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Our Revolution Texas)
Gray, Connie (Self)
Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)
For:
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Pena, Angela (Self; Texas Advocates United for Sexual Health (TAUSH))
Against:
Collins, Karen (Self)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
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