WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 13, 2023 - 9:00 AM
For:
Avant, Heather (Self)
Fasipe, Titilope (Self)
Harris, André (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
DuRapau, Krista (Texas Pain Society)
GLENN, ERIC (Superior Health Plan)
Kamrath, Kyle (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopsthic Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Arrington, Kim (Self; Connected Path Recovery)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Layton, Sherri (Self; La Hacienda Treatment Center; and Texas Association of Addiction
Professionals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Winick, Seth (Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)
On:
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Gill, Hannah (NAMI TEXAS)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; RecoveryPeople)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ruiz, Jessica (Self; Oxford House, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Davies, Leah (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights TX)
Layton, Sherri (Self; La Hacienda Treatment Center; and Texas Association of Addiction
Professionals)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Mcelrath, Julie (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Winick, Seth (Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Hosaka, Tina (Health and Human Services Commission)
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Delfin, Claudia (Corazon Ministries)
Graziani, Cate (Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
Guerra, Stephanie (ViventHealth)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas association of school boards)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
DuRapau, Krista (Texas Pain Society)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Henry, Elizabeth (RecoveryPeople)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Layton, Sherri (Self; La Hacienda Treatment Center; and Texas Association of Addiction
Professionals)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pitts, John (Vivent Health)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County Commissioners Court)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wheeler, Hunter (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
H, Joyce (Self)
For:
Bramble, Curt (Self)
Haddow, Mac (American Kratom Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
H, Joyce (Self)
Hale, Kevin (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Carter-Griffin, Monee (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Cavazos, Valerie Dezarae (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Morrow, Jason (Self)
Patel, Carla (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Spencer, Autumn (Self; Texas Academy of Physician Assistants.)
Wimmer, Lesley (Opioid Treatment Coalition)
Against:
Aronin, Patricia (Self; Tx400, Texas Physicians for Patients PAC)
Joshi, MD, FASA, Girish (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Sholar, Alina (Tx400/Texas Physicians for Patients PAC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Bailey, Sarah (Self)
Barad, Mary (Self)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)
Emanuel, Tatiana (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Lopez, Rachel (Self)
Perez, Erin (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Poinsett, Royce (Greenlight)
Prickett, Kent (Texas Academy of PAs)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Weston, Cindy (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Against:
Davison, Cindi (Self)
DuRapau, Krista (Texas Pain Society)
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
For:
Austin, Tomia (As One Foundation)
Fasipe, Titilope (Self)
Harris, André (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
GLENN, ERIC (Superior Health Plan)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Kamrath, Kyle (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
On:
Ali, Aaron (Self; MedtoMarket)
Hubbard, John (Anatomical Board of the State of Texas)
McDivitt, Darren (Sunset Commission)
White, James (Texas Funeral Service Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fairbanks, Lauren (Donate Life Texas)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Bilich, Katherine (Self)
Crutchfield, Ashley (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Bass, David (Self)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, Texas Patient first foundation)
Brimberry, Matthew (Self)
Canciglia, J (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Harding, Roman (Self)
Hernandez, Joyce (Self)
Mckim, Michael (Self)
Miller, Elizabeth (Self)
Ziburkus, Jokubas (Self; Bluebonnet Wellness)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Byron (TexaRx)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Hale, Kevin (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Hays, Susan (Village Farms)
Holloway, Tom (Texas Neurological Society)
Okeke, Nkem (Self; Bluebonnet Wellness)
Pittman, Lisa (Self)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Richardson, Nico (Self; Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Townsend, Trent (Pharmacann)
Williams, Jesse (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wittenburg, Michelle (KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation)
Against:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Hall, Dr. Manda (Department of State Health Services)
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