WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 3, 2023 - 9:00 AM
For:
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association and Prism Health North Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorneys Office)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reid, Alfred (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
For:
Townsend, Jennifer (Self; Houston methodist)
Trinite, Brittany (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ambrose, Ryan (Mhhs)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Brennan, Jim (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Campa, Edward (Self)
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Graham, Ann (Texans for the Arts)
Harrison, Kate (Self; The Harrison Center for Music Therapy)
Hunter, Nelda (Cook Children’s Health Care System)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Jenkins, Tara (Self; Harmony in Dementia)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Cultural Trust)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Morales, Daniel (Self; Houston Methodist)
Perez, Abigail (Self)
Spratt, Molly (Self; Certification Board of Music Therapists, American Music Therapy
Association, Texas Music Therapy Task Force)
Wallens, Luke (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
On:
Copas, Jeff (Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation)
For:
Joseph, Judith (Texas Occupational Therapy Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Bezner, Michael (Self; Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
McElroy, Bobby J (44 Farms & Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Associatiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Essler, JC (Texas Poultry Federatio.)
Hebert, Bryan (Plant Based Foods Association)
Laney, J Pete (Texas Association of Dairymen)
Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)
Winegarner, Josh (Self; Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
On:
Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)
For:
Almond, Lila (Self)
Colletti, Lori (Self; Texas Speech Language Hearing Association)
Grantham, Marjorie (Self; Texas Academy of Audiology)
Higdon, Lawrence (Self; Texas speech language hearing associaion)
Tuten, Vickie (Self; Texas Academy of Audiology)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Academy of Audiology)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Whited, Chad (Texas assoc of otolaryngology)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Brice, Katie (Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation)
For:
Collins, Gregory (Self; Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
Fowler, Sidney (Self)
Hinckley, Dan (Self)
Nick, Michael (Self)
Stockman, James (Self; Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
Against:
Duke, Dr. Penelope (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Stevens, Troy (Self)
Against:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Capelo, Jaime (Self; TX400)
Carlo, John (Self)
DuRapau, Krista (Texas Pain Society)
Fuelberg, Curtis (Texas ophthalmological association)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Scott, Bruce (Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Against:
Lindsley, Michelle (Memorial Hermann Health System)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Evans, Michelle (Self; Independent Womens Network)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Meyer, Cole (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Against:
Clay, Reed (Texas Health Resources)
Hausenfluck, Amber (CHRISTUS Health)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Morales, Daniel (Houston Methodist)
Ottinger, Timothy (St. Luke’s Health)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health (Hidalgo County))
On:
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hodgson, Shawna (Self; Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition)
Johnson, Noel (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Jurenovich, Elizabeth (Self; Abrazo Adoption Associates)
Peters, Joellen (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Against:
Pojman, Joe (Texas alliance for life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cloninger, Sharon (Self)
Horn, Emma (Self)
Horn, Joyce (Self; STAR, Support Texas Adoptees Rights)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Purcell, Marci (Self; Adoption Knowledge Affiliates)
Scott, Dawn (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Marla (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Against:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
For:
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association and Prism Health North Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Murray, Allen (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)
Alemao, Andrew (Self)
Balcom, Jaukeem (Self)
Barnett-Torabi, Taylor (Self)
Bates, Georgia (Self; Vivent Health)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Bissex, Ramsey (Self)
Bohannon, Shelby (Self)
Buhman, Lindsay (Self)
Capelo, Jaime (Self; TX400)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
Chavez, Manuel (Self)
De Luna, Daniela (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Dongre, Amrita (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Garrett, Jules (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Haley, Aaron (Self)
Harper, Cole (Self)
Hatcher, Daniel (Self)
Hogan, Carter (Self)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Leija, Marivel (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
M., Samuel (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori Juntos)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)
McIntyre, Jo (Self)
McJunkins, Phillip (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
McNelis, Hailey (Self)
Meis, Nova (Self)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Morales, Erica (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Ortega, Tess (Self)
Ottinger, Timothy (St. Luke’s Health)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Pritchett, William (Self)
Puerto, Kristina (Self)
Puerto, Smith (Self)
Reid, Alfred (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Rhee, Alissa (Self)
Rice, Conor (Self)
Rodriguez Robertson, Jessica (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Shanmugasundaram, Priyanka (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Silva, Daniela (Self)
Sopi, Diellza (Self)
Stanch, Michaela (Self)
Steele, Montana (Self)
Strub, Matthew (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Tamez, Aaron (Self)
Thompson, Kelly (Self)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Urieta, Leticia (Self)
Urieta, Ramiro (Self)
V., Paul (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wallens, Luke (Self)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Zoghlin, Natasha (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Garcia, Imelda (DSHS)
For:
Black, Jenny (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aubrey, Amanda (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Bazaldua, Adam (Self)
Boyce, Liz (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Shurtleff, Hilary (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
On:
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Hunt, Lauren (Self; Tx Real Estate and Probate Institute)
Against:
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fairbanks, Lauren (Donate Life Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Kaprosy, Daniel (Self)
Kaprosy, Veronica g (Self)
M., Samuel (Self)
Meis, Nova (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Strub, Matthew (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Urieta, Leticia (Self)
Urieta, Ramiro (Self)
V., Paul (Self)
Waters, Hally (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
For:
Jones, Steven (San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 624)
Kaprosy, Veronica g (Self)
Lopez, JoAnn (Self)
Wells, Krislynn (Self)
Against:
Phillips, Garrett (Self; Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office)
Pinckard, Keith (Self)
Pustilnuk, Stephen (Fort bend county medical examiner office)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)
Alderete III, Joe (Self; SAPFFA LOCAL 624)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)
Kaprosy, Daniel (Self)
M., Samuel (Self)
Meis, Nova (Self)
Munoz, Gabriel (Self; San Antonio Professional Firefighters Local 624)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Strub, Matthew (Self)
Urieta, Leticia (Self)
Urieta, Ramiro (Self)
V., Paul (Self)
Waters, Hally (Self)
Weber, Tylan (Self; SAPFFA Local 624)
Against:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Farley, Elizabeth (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Temple, Will (America’s Health Insurance Plans)
On:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Jordan, Kristi (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Fox, Januari (Self; Prism Health North Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Murray, Allen (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)
Alemao, Andrew (Self)
Balcom, Jaukeem (Self)
Barnett-Torabi, Taylor (Self)
Bates, Georgia (Self; Vivent Health)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Bissex, Ramsey (Self)
Bohannon, Shelby (Self)
Buhman, Lindsay (Self)
Capelo, Jaime (Self; TX400)
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association and Prism Health North Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
De Luna, Daniela (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Dongre, Amrita (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Garrett, Jules (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Haley, Aaron (Self)
Harper, Cole (Self)
Hatcher, Daniel (Self)
Hogan, Carter (Self)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
M., Samuel (Self)
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori Juntos)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)
May, Emma (Self)
McIntyre, Jo (Self)
McJunkins, Phillip (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
McNelis, Hailey (Self)
Meis, Nova (Self)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Morales, Erica (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Ortega, Tess (Self)
Ottinger, Timothy (St. Luke’s Health)
P, A.B. (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Pritchett, William (Self)
Puerto, Kristina (Self)
Puerto, Smith (Self)
Reid, Alfred (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Rhee, Alissa (Self)
Rice, Conor (Self)
Rodriguez Robertson, Jessica (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Shanmugasundaram, Priyanka (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Silva, Daniela (Self)
Sopi, Diellza (Self)
Stanch, Michaela (Self)
Steele, Montana (Self)
Strub, Matthew (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Tamez, Aaron (Self)
Thompson, Kelly (Self)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Urieta, Leticia (Self)
Urieta, Ramiro (Self)
V., Paul (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wallens, Luke (Self)
Waters, Hally (Self)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
Zoghlin, Natasha (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Garcia, Imelda (DSHS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Meredith, Amy (Office of the Attorney General)
Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)
For:
Chasteen, Kara (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
For:
Blackmon, Paula (Self; City of Dallas)
Colangelo, Laura (Self; Texas Private Schools Association)
Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
On:
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; Vivent Health)
Capelo, Jaime (Self; TX400)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Person, Maria (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Hall, Manda (DSHS)
For:
Schaeffer, Jack (Self; MediCircle)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Johnston, Dusty (Texas Board of Nursing)
Thomas, Katherine (Board of Nursing)
For:
Schaeffer, Jack (Self; MediCircle)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
For:
Schaeffer, Jack (Self; MediCircle)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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