NCSL Health Committee Roster

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Committee Description

This committee has jurisdiction over state and federal health programs, legislation, regulations and policies. The committee educates Congress and federal agencies about state concerns regarding developments in federal health initiatives and programs and grants to states. In addition, it serves as a forum for legislators and legislative staff to learn about and share information regarding health programs and health policy initiatives in other states. Recently, the committee has addressed the following issues:

Medicare prescription drug coverage
Medicaid
Health care cost containment
Health care access
Public health and prevention

NCSL Health Committee

Chair: Assemblyman Herb C. Conaway Jr., New Jersey
Vice Chair: Senator Linda Coleman, Alabama
Vice Chair: Representative Susan King, Texas
Vice Chair: Senator Judy Lee, North Dakota
Vice Chair: Representative Pamela S. Maier, Delaware
Vice Chair: Senator Lisa T. Marrache, Maine
Vice Chair: Senator Kathleen Sgambati, New Hampshire
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Gary P. Dillon, Indiana
Staff Chair: Jacquie Donaldson, New York
Staff Vice Chair: Mark D. Andrews, Utah
Staff Vice Chair: Raul E. Burciaga, New Mexico
Staff Vice Chair: Michael Garner, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Christie L. Hager, Massachusetts
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Richard Sweet, Wisconsin

NCSL CONTACTS: Joy Johnson Wilson (DC) Martha King (Denver)

Alabama
Jerry Bassett, Legislative Reference Service
Representative Ronald Grantland
Representative Michael J. Millican
Representative Locy L. Baker
Representative Mary Sue McClurkin
Representative Jim Barton
Representative Barbara B. Boyd
Senator Linda Coleman

Alaska
Representative Scott J. Kawasaki
Representative Andrea Doll
Senator Bettye Davis
Representative Peggy Wilson
Representative Sharon M. Cissna

Arizona
Senator Meg Burton-Cahill
Senator Amanda Aguirre
Senator Carolyn S. Allen
Senator Barbara Leff
Senator Debbie McCune Davis

Arkansas
Senator Barbara B. Horn
Senator Percy Malone
Senator Tracy Steele
Representative Eddie Cooper
Representative Otis L. Davis

California
Speaker Karen Bass

Colorado
Julie Pelegrin, Legislative Legal Services
Senator Betty Boyd
Senator Brandon C. Shaffer
Senator Bob Hagedorn
Representative Sara Gagliardi
Representative Ellen Roberts

Connecticut
Representative Themis Klarides
Senator Jonathan Harris
Senator Mary Ann Handley
Senator Andrew Roraback
Neil A. Ayers, Office of Fiscal Analysis
Representative Peggy Sayers
Representative Patricia A. Dillon

Delaware
Senator Patricia M. Blevins
Representative Joseph E. Miro
Rodney Brittingham
Representative Nick Manolakos
Senator Liane M. Sorenson
Representative Pamela S. Maier
Senator Dorinda A. Connor
Senator Margaret Rose Henry
Senator Karen E. Peterson

District of Columbia
Greta Rymal, TX Health and Human Services Commission

Florida
John Wilson, Senate Health Policy
Jennifer S. Johnson, OPPAGA
Senator Durell Peaden Jr.
Michael Garner, Committee on Health Policy & Regulation

Georgia
Jessie Weathington, House Research Office
Representative Sean Jerguson
Senator Lee Hawkins
Senator Don Thomas
Senator Renee' S. Unterman
Senator Tommie Williams
Jill C. Fike, Senate Research Office
Representative Earl Carter
Representative Penny Houston
Representative Rich Golick

Hawaii
Senator David Y. Ige

Illinois
Representative Patricia R. Bellock
Senator Mattie Hunter
Senator Dave Syverson
Senator M. Maggie Crotty
Senator Donne E. Trotter

Indiana
Eric Gonzalez, House of Representatives
Casey Kline, Legislative Services Agency
Senator Vaneta G. Becker
Senator Sue E. Errington
Senator Patricia L. Miller
Senator Marvin Riegsecker
Senator Tim Skinner
Senator Gary P. Dillon
Representative Charlie Brown
Representative Craig R. Fry
Representative Peggy Welch

Iowa
Representative Lisa K. Heddens
Representative Mark D. Smith

Kansas
Senator Barbara P. Allen
Senator Pete Brungardt
Representative Jeff Colyer
Representative Pat George
Representative Don Hill
Representative Broderick Henderson
Representative Annie Kuether

Kentucky
Representative David Allen Watkins
Murray Wood
Geri Grigsby, Senate
Representative Derrick Graham Jr.
Representative Thomas Burch
Senator Richard L. Roeding
Senator Julie Denton
Representative Joni Jenkins
Barbara Baker
Miriam Fordham

Louisiana
Senator Sherri Smith Cheek
Representative Karen Carter Peterson
Senator Bill Cassidy
Senator David Heitmeier
Senator Willie L. Mount

Maine
Senator Lisa T. Marrache
Representative Gary A. Connor
Representative Anne C. Perry
Representative Charles R. Priest
Representative Sharon Anglin Treat
Representative Robert P. Walker
Senator Kevin L. Raye

Maryland
Senator Robert J. Garagiola
Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery
Erin Hopwood, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass
Delegate John P. Donoghue
Simon Powell, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks

Massachusetts
Christie L. Hager, Office of the House Speaker
Senator Susan C. Fargo

Michigan
Senator Deborah L. Cherry
Representative Kathy Angerer
Representative Bruce Caswell
Representative Brian N. Calley
Representative Joan Bauer
Representative Brenda Clack
Representative Mike Simpson
Representative Alma Smith
Margaret Alston, House Fiscal Agency
William N. Fairgrieve, House Fiscal Agency
Marilyn Peterson, House Legislative Analysis Section
Cindy Peruchietti, Office of the Speaker
Susan Frey, House Fiscal Agency

Minnesota
Senator Linda L. Berglin
Senator John Doll
Senator Tony Lourey
Senator Ann Lynch
Senator John Marty
Representative Matt Dean
Representative Brad Finstad
Representative Thomas Huntley
Representative Diane Loeffler
Representative Kim M. Norton

Mississippi
Representative Diane C. Peranich
Ronald M. Frith, House of Representatives
Senator Patrick Alan Nunnelee

Missouri
Senator Charlie Shields
Senator Norma Champion
Senator Michael R. Gibbons
Senator Harry Kennedy
Senator Chuck Purgason
Senator Yvonne S. Wilson
Senator Rita H. Days
Senator Gary Nodler
Representative Judy Baker

Montana
Representative Teresa K. Henry
Representative Ernie Dutton
Senator Trudi Schmidt
Senator John Cobb
Susan Byorth Fox, Legislative Services Division
Representative Gary MacLaren

Nebraska
Senator Tim Gay
Senator John N. Harms
Senator Joel T. Johnson
Senator Vickie D. McDonald
Senator Dave Pankonin
Senator Pete Pirsch
Senator Arnie Stuthman

Nevada
Senator Barbara K. Cegavske
Assemblymember Joe Hardy
Assemblymember Ellen M. Koivisto
Assemblymember Sheila Leslie
Assemblymember Garn Mabey Jr.
Senator Joyce Woodhouse
Senator Maurice E. Washington
Senator Valerie Wiener
Senator Joe Heck

New Hampshire
Representative James R. MacKay
Representative Martha Stroup Mcleod
Representative Susi Nord
Representative Marshall Lee Quandt
Representative Lucinda Rosenwald
Senator Kathleen Sgambati
Senator Iris W. Estabrook
Senator Joseph D. Kenney

New Jersey
Assemblymember Joan M. Quigley
Senator Joseph F. Vitale
Assemblyman Herb C. Conaway Jr.

New Mexico
Senator Linda M. Lopez
Senator Dede Feldman
Representative John A. Heaton
Senator Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino
Senator Steve Komadina
Senator Kent L. Cravens
Senator Mary Kay Papen
Raul E. Burciaga, Legislative Council Service
Senator Joseph J. Carraro
Representative Jeff Steinborn
Representative Donald E. Bratton
Representative Candy Spence Ezzell
Representative Keith J. Gardner

New York
Jacquie Donaldson, NY State Senate Finance Committee

North Carolina
Representative Marilyn Avila
Representative Jeff Barnhart
Representative Joe Boylan
Representative Debbie A. Clary
Representative William A. Current Sr.
Representative Nelson Dollar
Representative Beverly M. Earle
Representative Bob F. England
Representative Patricia B. Hurley
Representative Verla Insko
Representative Wil Neumann
Representative Trudi Walend
Carol Shaw, Program Evaluation Division

North Dakota
Representative Clara Sue Price
Senator Judy Lee
Senator Dick Dever

Ohio
Senator Kevin Coughlin
Senator Ray Miller
Senator Shirley A. Smith
Representative John J. White
Representative James T. Raussen
Representative Chris Widener

Oklahoma
Mark Newman, House of Representatives
Marcia Goff, House of Representatives
Representative Doug Cox
Representative Lee R. Denney
Representative Al McAffrey
Representative Mark McCullough
Representative Jeannie McDaniel
Representative Bill Nations
Representative Colby Schwartz
Representative Kris Steele

Oregon
Representative Jean Cowan
Representative Mitch Greenlick
Representative Ron Maurer
Representative Carolyn Tomei
Senator William E. Morrisette
Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson
Richard Berkobien, Legislature

Pennsylvania
Melanie Brown
Representative Dan Frankel
Representative Keith J. Gillespie
Representative George T. Kenney Jr.
Representative Douglas G. Reichley
Representative Rick Taylor
Representative Jewell Williams

Puerto Rico
Representative Gabriel Rodriguez Aguilo

South Carolina
Scott Ramsey, Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Brenda Hart, Senate
Lillian W. Jones, Dept of Health & Human Services
Representative Rex F. Rice
Representative Tracy R. Edge
Martha H. Craig, Senate
Senator Ralph Anderson
Senator Ronnie W. Cromer
Senator Darrell Jackson
Senator Harvey S. Peeler Jr.

South Dakota
Senator Sandy Jerstad
Representative Eldon E. Nygaard
Representative Carol A. Pitts
Senator Thomas Dempster
Representative Kathy Miles
Representative Donald D. Van Etten
Representative Jamie M. Boomgarden

Tennessee
Representative JoAnne Favors

Texas
Representative Jim Jackson
Representative Veronica Gonzales
Representative Dan Gattis
Representative Jodie Laubenberg
Representative Dianne White Delisi
Representative Garnet F. Coleman
Representative Ellen Cohen
Representative Armando A. Martinez
Representative John Zerwas
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Carlos I. Uresti
Representative Susan King

Utah
Mark D. Andrews
Representative Rebecca D. Lockhart
Representative Merlynn T. Newbold
Representative Jim A. Dunnigan
Senator Allen Christensen
Spencer Pratt, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office
Representative David Litvack

Vermont
Steven Kappel, Joint Fiscal Office
Representative Steven Maier
Maria C. Royle, Legislative Council
Stephanie Barrett, Joint Fiscal Office
Representative Harry L. Chen
Representative Scott Wheeler

Virginia
Senator R. Edward Houck
Senator L. Louise Lucas
Senator Ralph S. Northam
Joe Flores
Senator Stephen D. Newman
Senator Stephen H. Martin
Delegate Phillip A. Hamilton
Susan Massart, House Appropriations Committee
Delegate David A. Nutter
Delegate Mark D. Sickles

Washington
Representative Tom Campbell
Senator Cheryl R. Pflug
Jane Beyer, House of Representatives
Senator Linda Evans Parlette
Representative Gary C. Alexander
Senator Karen Keiser
Representative Dawn Morrell
Representative Larry Seaquist

West Virginia
Senator John R. Unger II
Senator Roman W. Prezioso Jr.
Delegate Don C. Perdue
Delegate Barbara Burruss Hatfield

Wisconsin
Representative Terry Moulton
Richard Sweet, Legislative Council
Senator Timothy W. Carpenter
Senator Jon Erpenbach

Wyoming
Representative Elaine Harvey
Representative Pete Jorgensen
Senator John M. Hastert
Senator Charles K. Scott
John H. Rivera, Legal Services Division, Legislative Service Office