WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            March 28, 2023 - 8:00 AM

            HB 940

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Self)

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

            HB 1238

                 For:

                                 Litzinger, Amy (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Oates, Brenda (Self; North East ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Blanco, Emily (Self; MSB School Services)

                                 Broughton, Whitney (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Callaway, Tabbatha (Self; Msb school services)

                                 Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)

                                 Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

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

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Texas Assoc.  of Rural Schools)

                                 Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911 and County Citizens Defending Freedom)

                                 Randolph, Ian (MSB School Services)

                 On:

                                 Erwin, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Wolfe, Megan (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 1571

                 For:

                                 Broome, Sarah (Self)

                                 Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)

                                 Litzinger, Amy (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Pedrotti, Sarah (Transformation Waco)

                                 Talebi, Hani (The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Erwin, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)

                                 Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Broughton, Whitney (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

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

                                 Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)

                                 Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)

                                 Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

                                 Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Lloyd, Adrienne (Self; Children's Defense Fund-Texas)

                                 Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)

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

                                 Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)

                                 Ottinger, Timothy (CHI St. Lukes Health)

                                 Romo, Joel (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 Against:

                                 Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911 and County Citizens Defending Freedom)

                 On:

                                 Wolfe, Megan (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 1879

                 For:

                                 Hand, Mikki (Texas Association of Community Health Centers and Frontera Heathcare)

                                 McCoy, Dusty (West Texas Counseling & Guidance)

                                 Stokes, John Austin (West Texas Counseling and Guidance)

                 On:

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Rider, Kathy (Self; Texas society for clinical social work)

                                 Van Ramshorst, MD, Ryan (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)

                                 Billodeau, Allison (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)

                                 Broughton, Whitney (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Lloyd, Adrienne (Self; Children's Defense Fund-Texas)

                                 McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texas Suicide Prevention Council)

                 On:

                                 Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

            HB 2439

                 On:

                                 Cox, Clint (DFPS resource only)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

            HB 2473

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)

                                 Myers, Sharla (Community Council of Greater Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Salter, Wayne (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 DiMasi, Rachel (Self)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)

                                 Fassbender, Paul (Unite Us)

                                 Fiduk, Kenneth (Self)

                                 Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Garbee, Kelty (Texas Rural Funders)

                                 Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Gustin, Virginia (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Lander, Nicole (Houston Food Bank)

                                 Lloyd, Adrienne (Self; Children's Defense Fund-Texas)

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

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                                 McConnell, Melissa (Self)

                                 McLean, Gentry (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 TAYLOR, JONELLE (Self)

                                 Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Trinite, Brittany (Self)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Blanco, Rick (Self)

                                 McCreary, Maurice (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Stokes, John Austin (Concho Valley Coincil of Governments)

                                 Young, Cecile (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 2802

                 For:

                                 Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)

                 On:

                                 Davis, Hilary (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Health Plan)

                                 Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)

                                 Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Assoc of Community Health Plans)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Gustin, Virginia (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Hernandez, Elisa (El Paso Health)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                                 McLean, Gentry (Self)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Ottinger, Timothy (CHI St. Lukes Health)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

            HB 2983

                 For:

                                 Griggs, Jackson (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)

                                 Lander, Nicole (Houston Foodbank)

                                 Poinsett, Hawley (Self; Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)

                                 Robinson, Rachel (Legacy Community Health)

                 On:

                                 Sharma, Shreel (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Brown, Crystal (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Health Plan)

                                 Del bosque, Nora (March of dimes)

                                 Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)

                                 Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)

                                 Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)

                                 Fassbender, Paul (Unite Us)

                                 Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Assoc of Community Health Plans)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN)

                                 Harkleroad, Becca (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Hillier, King (Commuity health choice)

                                 Hubert, Martin (Sysco Corporation)

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Anyonio)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy community health)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)

                                 Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)

                                 Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Nye, Katie (Baylor Collborative on Hunger and Poverty)

                                 Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)

                                 Ottinger, Timothy (CHI St. Lukes Health)

                                 Quintana, LaRessa (No Kid Hungry)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Romo, Joel (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)

                                 Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                                 Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Vanhoose, Laurie (The Episcopal Health Foundation)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 Against:

                                 Gustin, Virginia (Self)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                 On:

                                 Ramshorst, Ryan Van (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 3189

                 For:

                                 Bristol, Mercedes (Self; Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Devlin, Catelyn (Self)

                                 Garza, Richard (TX Grandparents Raising Grandchildren)

                 On:

                                 Banuelos, Erica (DFPS resource only)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Birkholz, Jennie (Self)

                                 Butcher, Callie (Self)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)

                                 Gustin, Virginia (Self)

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Rose, Lauren (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)

                                 Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)

                                 Troxclair, Caleb (Christian Homes and Family Services)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

            HB 3584

                 For:

                                 Bristol, Mercedes (Self)

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)

                 On:

                                 Banuelos, Erica (DFPS resource only)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)

            HB 4065

                 For:

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texas Suicide Prevention Council)

                 On:

                                 Ott, Angela (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blackwell, LaNaya (Self)

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Carmona, Gordy (Self)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Gustin, Virginia (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)

                                 Heroux, Emily (Self)

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

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                                 McLean, Gentry (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Robertson, Felix (Self)

                                 Rose, Lauren (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Schoonhoven, Katherine (Self)

                                 Schoonhoven, Sarah (Self)

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)

                                 Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)

                                 Syms, Alexander (Self)

                                 Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Wever, Wilbert (Self)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Ezell, Nathan (DFPS resource only)

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