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TEXAS RESIDENTS: Call Today to Protect Your Patient-Doctor Relationship from the Insurance Companies and Their Agents on the Texas Medical Board. Tell Your Representative That You Support the Revised Texas Medical Practice Act.

1. Visit the Texans for Patients' and Physicians' Rights website, www.txppr.com, and read H.B. 3816 and its summary. Place this website on your desktop screen to keep up with the progress of the bill.

2. Contact Rep. Lois Kolkhurst of Brenham, chairwomen of the House Public Health Committee, as well as the other members of that committee, and ask them to support
H.B. 3816. (512) 463-0600

3. Contact your State Representative both by phone and e-mail and ask him to cosponsor H.B. 3816. The contact information for your state representative can be found online at
http://www.house.state.tx.us/resources/faq.htm#who_rep.

4. Please contact Rep. Fred Brown's and Senator Dan Patrick's offices and tell them "Thank you!" for introducing this legislation to protect patients' and physicians' rights by revising the TMPA.  Representative Brown: (512) 463-0698, Senator Patrick: (512) 463-0107

 

Contact the Texas House of Representatives

Contact the Texas State Senate

Representative Fred Brown

Representative Fred Brown
sponsoring House companion bill

(512) 463-0698
fred.brown@house.state.tx.us

Senator Dan Patrick

Senator Dan Patrick
sponsoring Senate Bill 2336

(512) 463-0107
dan.patrick@senate.state.tx.us

Also supporting legislation to revise the Texas Medical Practice Act:

Senator Jane Nelson

Senator Jane Nelson

(512) 463-0112
jane.nelson@senate.state.tx.us

Representative Debbie Riddle

Representative Debbie Riddle

(512) 463-0572
debbie.riddle@house.state.tx.us


2009 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

Chair: 

Senator Jane Nelson (R-12)
(512) 463-0112
jane.nelson@senate.state.tx.us
Steve Roddy – Chief of Staff
steve.roddy@senate.state.tx.us
Nicole Matous – Scheduler
Nicole.matous@senate.state.tx.us
Dave Nelson – Legislative Aide
Dave.nelson@senate.state.tx.us

Vice-Chair:

Senator Bob Deuell (R-2)
(512) 463-0102
bob.deuell@senate.state.tx.us
Don T. Forse, Jr. – Chief Staff
Don.forse@senate.state.tx.us
Scot Kibde – Legislative/Health Policy
Scot.kibde@senate.state.tx.us

Members:

Senator Joan Huffman (R-17)
joan.huffman@senate.state.tx.us
(512) 463-0117
Jim Sheer – Chief of Staff
Jim.sheer@senate.state.tx.us
Ryan Hutchison - Legislative Aide
 ryan.hutchison@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Robert Nichols (R-3)
Robert.nichols@senate.state.tx.us
(512) 463-0103
Steven Albright – Chief of Staff
Steven.albright@senate.state.tx.us
Adrianne Emr
Adrianne.emr@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Dan Patrick (R-7)
(512) 463-0107 
Dan.patrick@senate.state.tx.us
Logan Spence JD - Legislative Director
logan.spence@senate.state.tx.us
Kate Pigg - Legal Counsel
kate.pigg@senate.state.tx.us
John Gibbs - Legislative Aide
john.gibbs@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Eliot Shapleigh (D-29)
eliot.shapleigh@senate.state.tx.us
(512) 463-0129
Eduardo Hagert – Chief of Staff
Eduardo.hagert@senate.state.tx.us
Daniel Collins
Daniel.collins@senate.state.tx.us
Rosa Alfaro
Rosa.alfaro@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Carlos Uresti (D-19)
carlos.uresti@senate.state.tx.us
(512) 463-0119
Tomas Larralde – Chief of Staff
Tomas.larralde@senate.state.tx.us.
Rachel Johnston
Rachel.johnston@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Royce West (D-23)
royce.west@senate.state.tx.us
(512) 463-0123
LaJuana Barton – Chief of Staff
Lajuana.barton@senate.state.tx.us
Graham Keever
Graham.keever@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-21)
judith.zaffirini@senate.state.tx.us
(512) 463-0121
Warren von Eschenbach – Chief of Staff
Warren.von_eschenbach@senate.state.tx.us
Claudia Tijerina
Claudia.tijerina@senate.state.tx.us
Teresa Carrales
Teresa.carrales@senate.state.tx.us