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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            March 7, 2023 - 8:00 AM

            Health and Human Services

                 On:

                                 Dixon, Jordan (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Lester, Molly (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Davis, Hilary (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Stuart, Colette (Self)

            HB 54

                 For:

                                 Cain, Debbie (Self)

                                 Gerstenhaber, Gary (TSHL)

                                 Hill, Loretta (Self)

                                 Malone, Fredrick (Self; Elgin Rehab and nursing home resident council)

                                 Schoeman, Alexa (Self; Texas Long-Term Care Ombudsman)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Caballero, Leticia (HMG Healthcare, LLC)

                                 Ducayet, Patricia (Office of the state long-term care ombudsman)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every texan)

                                 Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)

                                 Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Communuty Health Plans)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (Superior Health Plan)

                                 Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)

                                 Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)

                                 Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)

                                 Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)

                 On:

                                 Quertermous, Janice (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 63

                 For:

                                 Azzouz, Terry (Self; Gateway 2Counseling and Project KIDS)

                                 Beckett, Melissa (Self; Texas Education 911)

                                 Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)

                                 Hilliard, Paula (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Stuart, Colette (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Exter, Monty (ATPE)

                                 Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Black, Stephen (DFPS)

                                 Talbert, Marta (DFPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 James, Ajshay (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))

                                 Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association / NEA)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Banuelos, Erica (DFPS)

            HB 113

                 For:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Communuty Health Plans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every texan)

                                 Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hernandez, Elisa (El Paso Health)

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition (TWHC))

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Sentilles, Emily (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

            HB 140

                 For:

                                 Broadway, Hayley (Self; DeafBlind Service Center of Austin)

                 On:

                                 Lucey, Ron (Governor’s Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Communuty Health Plans)

                                 Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)

                                 Hoskins, Marc (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Orr, Jacqueline (Self)

                                 Powers, Kim (Self; DeafBlind Service Center of Austin)

                 On:

                                 Rowe, Keisha (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

            HB 463

                 Against:

                                 Linnell, Marjan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                 On:

                                 Muth, Stephanie (DFPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)

                                 James, Ajshay (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Banuelos, Erica (DFPS)

                                 Boudreau, Brock (DFPS)

                                 Van Ramshorst, Dr. Ryan (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

            HB 465

                 For:

                                 Kimbell, Tara (Amerigroup)

                                 Miles, Morgan (Self; GALS Austin)

                                 Parrish, Samantha (Self; The Austin Doula)

                                 Ramalingam, S. Ram (Baylor Scott & White Health Plan)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Nurse Family Partnership)

                                 Charlton, Mariya (Self; The Austin Doula)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every texan)

                                 Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Ford, Ashley (Self)

                                 Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Communuty Health Plans)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 James, Ajshay (Self)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Sifuentez, Jesse (Baylor Scott and White Health Plan)

                                 Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition (TWHC))

                 On:

                                 Brown, Erica (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

            HB 475

                 For:

                                 Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 James, Ajshay (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                 Against:

                                 Linnell, Marjan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Black, Stephen (DFPS)

                                 Talbert, Marta (DFPS)

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