WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
May 19, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Parker, Grant (Charlie Health Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, William (Cenikor Foundation)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals / Association of Substance
Abuse Programs)
Webb, Kellee (Self; Cenikor Foundation)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of substance abuse programs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals / Association of Substance
Abuse Programs)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Kelly, Mackenzie (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Against:
Morales, Daniel (Houston Methodist)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cox, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Elmore, Brooke (Self; Texas Academy of General Dentistry, Texas Dental Association)
Against:
Galambus, Justine (Self; Texas Dermatological Society)
Prather, Heidi (Self; Texas Dermatologic Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Ross, Susan (Texas Dental Association)
Against:
Reed, Kellie (Self; Texas Dermatological Society)
For:
Brancheau, Steve (Self; Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
Campbell, Neil (Self; TPMA)
VanPelt, Michael (Self; Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
Against:
Silva, Ezequiel “Zeke” (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruyn DPM, Andrew (Self; Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
Harkless, Lawrence (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of substance abuse programs)
Sanchez, Louie (Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
Spence, Logan (Tx. Podiatric Medical Assoc.)
Walters, Steven (Self)
Against:
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Yoder, Katherine (Parkland Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Against:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Vasek, Heather (National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
For:
Ackerson, Scott (Self; WestEast Design Social Impact Studio)
Bonura, John (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Dillard Gonzalez, Katherine (Self; Ladder Logik, LLC)
Gray, David (City of Austin)
Mendelsohn, Cara (Self; City of Dallas)
Nunneley, Mark (Ashford,inc)
Against:
Ayres, Monica (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Heimbaugh, Hannah (Self)
Vayda, Vesper (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Flatt, Bryan (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Beeny, Carol (Self)
Fischer, Candace (Self)
Fischer, Jeff (Self)
Norman, Alicia (Self)
Wadhwani, Savita (Self)
Whittier, Eric (Self)
On:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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