WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
February 12, 2001-2:00P
HB 102
For: Bower, Bruce (Texas Legal Services Center)
Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Gray Panthers)
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On: Phillips, Tom (DHS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hernandez, Leslie (National Assoc. of Social
Workers/Texas)
HB 154
For: Higgins, Carlos (TX Silver-Haired Legislature)
Holtermann, John (TX Silver-Haired Legislature)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aguirre, Teresa (TX Asoc. of Homes and Services for the
Aging)
Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Cooalition)
Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Gray Panthers)
Graves, Tim (TX Health Care Assoc.)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers/TX)
Jones, Susan (TX Hospital Association)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas)
HB 479
For: Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Dieter, Alison (TX Gray Panthers)
Farzam, Farnam H. (TX Dental Association)
Hardy, Alan (AARP)
Hayes, Robin (TX Health Care Assoc.)
Willis, John F. (TX Department of Aging/Ombudsman
Program)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aguirre, Teresa (TX Assoc. of Homes and Services for the
Aging)
Ferris, Beth (TX Advocates for Nursing Home Residents)
Hernandez, Leslie (Natl. Assoc. of Social Workers/TX)
Jenkins, Clay (Brown Dental Health)
Noches, Ramon C. (Self)
Oliver, Lawrence (Mobile Dental Care P.A.)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and TX Natl. Org. for Women)
Rushing, Linda (TX Conference of Catholic Health
Facilities)
Spillar, Lee (Self and Researcher, Citizens Commission
on Human Rights)
Wood, Norma (Self and AARP)
HB 480
For: Graves, Tim (TX Health Care Assoc.)
Settle, Randall H. (Century Care)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aguirre, Teresa (TX Assoc. of Homes and Services for the
Aging)
Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Ferris, Beth (TX Advocates for Nursing Home Residents)
Hernandez, Leslie (Natl. Assoc. of Social Workers/TX)
Rich, Sid (TX Assoc. of Residential Care Communities)
Spiller, Lee (Self)
HB 481
For: Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Assoc.)
Hooser, Greg (Private Providers Assoc. of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aguirre, Teresa (TX Assoc. for Homes and Services for
the Aging)
Dieter, Alison (TX Gray Panthers)
Kelemen, George (Self and AARP)
Rich, Sid (TX Assoc. of Residential Care Communities)
HB 482
For: Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Chessen, Nancy (Self and twin daughters Kerrie and Kudra
Deason)
Gadberry, Gavin (TX Health Care Association)
Galow, Jerry (Self)
Hernandez, Leslie (Natl. Assoc. of Social Workers/TX)
Hooser, Greg (Private Providers Assocation of TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aguirre, Teresa (TX Assoc. of Homes and Services for
the Aging)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of TX)
Spiller, Lee (Self)
HB 483
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advoccy Coalition)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas)
Riddering, Hannah (Self)
HB 986
For: Higgins, Carlos (TX Silver-Haired Legislature)
Holtermann, John (TX Silver-Haired Legislature)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aguirre, Teresa (TX Assoc. of Homes and Services for the
Aging)
Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Ferris, Beth (TX Advocates for Nursing Home Residents)
Graves, Tim (TX Health Care Association)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas)
Rushing, Linda (TX Catholic Conference)
HB 1007
For: Bower, Bruce (TX Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Buchanan, Bree (TX Council on Family Violence)
Castillo, Patricia S. (The P.E.A.C.E.
Initiative/Benedictine Resource Center)
Cole, Pat (National Training Center on Domestic and
Sexual Violence)
Gerson, Rhonda (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dieter, Alison (TX Gray Panthers)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Assoc. of Social Workers/TX)
Ramsey, Lesley (Self)
Riddering, Hannah (TX National Organization for Women)