WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 17, 2025 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Harris, Bruce (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society)
For:
Aliff, Tanner (Self; Paragon Health Institute)
Armstrong, Nicholas (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Porter, Clifford (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wolfson, Jonathan (Cicero Action)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
For:
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Gambill, Dr. Lauren (Self; Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Harris, Bruce (Self)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Council)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Wittenburg, Michelle (David’s Legacy Foundation)
Against:
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Angelle, D’Anna (VOCAL-TX)
Curry, Luke (Austin area urban league)
Hubble, Katie (Self; Close to Home, TX-500 CoC, San Antonio/Bexar County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Elizabeth, Mary (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Everett, Christopher (Self)
Harris, Bruce (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills (TAG))
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian Life Commission)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cain, Jessica (Self)
Harris, Bruce (Self)
Hildenbrand, Henry (Self)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self; TX IMPACT)
Neeley, Karen (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Riley, Kyle (Self; Texas Impact)
Stewart, Clayton (Self)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Furnace, Samantha (Texas Right to Life)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hall, Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bledsoe, Hunter (Self)
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Home Care and Hospice)
Byerly, Sloan (Texas Association of Home Care and Hospice)
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Harris, Bruce (Self)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, CLayton (Texas Medical Assocaition)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Lauer, Pam (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Dodge, Mercedes (Self; Texas Academy of Physician Assistant)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Carr, Snapper (Tx Mayors of Military Communities Coalition)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Vallot, Colette (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
On:
Carr, Kristy (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Joseph, Judith (Self; Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Home Care and Hospice)
Byerly, Sloan (Texas Association of Home Care and Hospice)
Carr, Snapper (Tx Mayors of Military Communities Coalition)
Dodge, Mercedes (Self; Texas Academy of Physician Assistant)
Harris, Bruce (Self)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Vallot, Colette (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
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