WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March 21, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Carrington, Christie (Self; Texas State Employees Union (TSEU))
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
On:
Ray, Karen (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Hpou)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Yocum, James (DFPS Resource only)
For:
Anderson, Leila (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Cates, Andrew (Nurse Family Partnership)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI TX)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Committee Health)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Against:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Spinks, Darrel (TX Behavioral Health Executive Council)
For:
Norman, Grace (Baylor University’s Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty)
O’Neil, David (Self; Wichita Falls Area Food Bank)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Olson, Jamie (Self; Feeding Texas)
Puente, Alec (American Heart Association, Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
On:
Davis, Hilary (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Cooper, Rachel (Every Texan)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hubert, Martin (Sysco)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kimball, Mandi (Children At Risk)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Committee Health)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Person, Maria (Self)
Quintana, LaRessa (No Kid Hungry)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Schoeman, Alexa (Self; Texas Long-Term Care Ombudsman)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Howsley, Stephen (The Independent Coalition of Nursing Home Providers)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Blanch- Haley, Renee (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Bruno, Amy (Upbring)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS resource only)
Dixon, Jordan (Health and Human Services Commission)
On:
Talbert, Marta (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Cox, LaKeshia (Self)
Cox, Lester (Self)
Fresch, Andrea (Self)
Henry, Britni (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Morgan, Tracie (Alpha Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc)
Orozco, Michael (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Saldana, Katherine (SAFE Alliance)
Warren, Brenda (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Demitra (Self)
Alexander, Lisa (Self)
Alexander, Marcellus (Self)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Assoc Against Sexual Assault)
Butler, Erica (Self)
Cagle, Chris (Self)
Cox, SaNiya (Self)
Cross, Clarice (Asian Family Support Services of Austin)
Daniels, Anita (Self)
DeGrate, Shawntea (Self)
Dukes, Kimberly (Self)
Eustace, Andrew (Self)
Foote, Alnita (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI TX)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Jynecia (Self)
Hawkins, Ashli (Self)
Ibeh, Tyara (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jackson, Donna (Self)
Jeffries, Kedrick (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Lluveras, Lauren (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Masino, Amanda (Self)
Matthews, Mykel (Self)
Mendoza, Geneva (Self)
Nolan Lowe, Ashtien (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Sterling, Sean (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Terry Thomas, Tennille (Self)
Thompson, Kennedy (Self)
Toy, Ayeshia (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Waddy, Sekoya (Self)
Walls-Davis, Tonja (Self)
Warren, Emmitt (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
On:
Bermea, Megan (Health and Human Services Commission)
On:
Wold, Kez (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Buxie, John (Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Against:
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
On:
Biles, Susan (Health and Human Services Office of The Inspector General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Carriker, Terri (Self)
For:
Carrington, Christie (Self; Texas State Employees Union (TSEU))
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS resource only)
Talbert, Marta (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Black, Stephen (DFPS resource only)
Daniel, Rachelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Wold, Kez (DFPS resource Only)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Willuhn, Chris (Texas Appleseed)
On:
Streufert, Preston (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI TX)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hinson, Jenny (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kanne, Lisa (DFPS resource only)
Osetrick, Tanya (DFPS resource only)
For:
Zibilski, Danielle (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Carriker, Terri (Self)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hyten, Kelly (Dell Children’s medical Center/Ascension Seton)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Sarepta Therapeutics)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
On:
Van Ramshorst, MD, Ryan (Health and Human Services Commission)
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