WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March 26, 2001-2:00P
HB 1001
For: Brown, Dennie B. (Self)
Davis, Marie (Alzheimer's Association Coalition of
Texas)
Gibson, Jerry L. (Alzheimer's Association Coalition of
Texas)
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
Hammett, Gail L. (Greater Austin Area Alzheimer's
Association)
Latimer, David (Texas Association of Homes and Services
for the Aging)
Miller, Judith (Alzheimer's Association Coalition of
Texas)
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Taff, Lue (Alzheimer's Coalition of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bachman, Laura F. (Self)
Brown, Melanie L. (Self)
Ender, Lynda (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Ferris, Beth (Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents)
Gavin, Catherine (Self)
McGehee, Jack (Texas Trial Lawyers' Association)
Prough, Andrew (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Spence, Chris (Self and Wesleyan Homes)
On: Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of Texas)
HB 1187
On: Temple, Larry (TexasWorkforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On: Denton, Judy (Texas Department of Human Services)
HB 1758
For: Cole, Pat (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
On: Chapmond, Thomas (Texas Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services)
Day, Alice (Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse)
Devin, Pat (Health and Human Services Commission)
Farmer, Roshunda (Texas Department of Mental Health
Mental Retardation (TDMHMR))
Spriggs, Vicki (Texas Juvenile Probation Commission)
HB 2345
For: Taylor, Raquel R. (A Sign Language Company)
On: Durso, Susan (Public Utility Commission)
Moore, John (Texas Technology Access Project - Texas
Center for Disability Studies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Horton, Colleen (Self and Texas Advocates Supporting
Kids with Disabilities)
Munoz, Eva (Southwestern Bell)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
On: Myers, David W. (Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing)
HB 2543
For: Ambrosino, Bob (Family Forward)
Maland, Mary Ann (Red Bear Project Collaboration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
On: Brady, Denise (Early Childhood Intervention)
Chapmond, Thomas (Texas Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services)
HB 2594
On: Esquivel, Eddie (Department of Information Resources)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Jones, Susan Jones (Texas Hospital Association)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
On: Biles, Susan (Texas State Comptroller)
Jumper, Kirsten (Department of Human Services - TIERS)
HB 2717
For: Horton, Colleen (Self and Texas Advocates Supporting
Kids with Disabilities)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
Against: Snyder, Ruth (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Patty (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of Texas)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas and the Disability
Policy Consortium Legislative Policy Group)
Schmitt, Cyndie (Texas Council of Community MHMR Center,
Inc.)
On: Beattie, Terry (Texas Health and Human Services
Commission)
Webster, Sarah (Texas Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services)
HB 2774
For: Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
On: Varela, Carmen (Self and Texas Center for Disability
Studies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ender, Lynda (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
HB 2825
For: Adams, James G. (Texas Association of Christian
Child-Care Agencies, Inc.)
Hendrix, Fill (Self)
Against: Smoot, Samantha (Texas Freedom Network)
On: Rasco, Sasha (Texas Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Blaser, David H. (Texas Association of Christian
Child-Care Agencies, Inc.)
Stowe, Tim (Texas Association of Christian Child Care
Agencies)
Against: Bencivenga, Concetta (Self)
HB 2906
For: Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
Spence, Chris (Self and Wesleyan Homes)
Against: Attwell, Peter (Westminster Manor)
Hallmark, Neal D. (Self)
Lear, Homer (Self)
Tuttle, Tom (Air Force Village)
On: Latimer, David (Texas Association of Homes and Services
for the Aging)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ferris, Beth (Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents)
Heinen, Joan D. (Broadway Lodge Convalescent Center)
Kalin, Bob (Southfield Health Care Center)
McGehee, Jack (Texas Trial Lawyers' Association)
Mosby, Sandra A. (San Antonio Convalescent Center)
Natal, Jr., Pete M. (Care Inn of La Grange)
Patterson, Lois A. (Self and Bastrop Nursing Center)
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Robinson, Matt (Gulf Health Care - Galveston)
Shotwell, RN, Helen J. (Care Inn of Seguin)
HB 2944
For: Engels, Dennis (Texas Counseling Association)
Gleason, Katie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Mills, Stephen (State Board of Examiners of Professional
Counselors)
HB 3210
For: Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
DelGallo, Krista (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On: Bachman, Laura F. (Political Asylum Project of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bower, Bruce P. (Texas Welfare Reform Organization)
Cole, Pat (National Training Center on Domestic and
Sexual Violence)
Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
Gavin, Catherine (Self)
Helmcamp, Leslie (Self)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas)
Martinez, Laura A. (Self)
Piper, Sasha (Self)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense annd
Educational Fund)
Villarreal, Armando L. (Texas Immigrant and Refugee
Coalition)
On: Garbutt, Liz (Texas Department of Human Services)
HB 3365
For: Brown, J. Karen (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Hanna, Mark J. (Texas Society for Clinical Social Work)
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas)
On: Hammond, Deborah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Dickey, Will G. (Self)
Horton, Colleen (Self and Texas Advocates Supporting
Kids with Disabilities)
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
HB 3487
For: Dominguez, Adan (Guardian Task Force of El Paso)
Foster, Paula (San Antonio CRCG)
Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Ponder, Linda (Self)
Rettberl, Don F. (Self)
On: Hill, Deborah G. (Community Resource Coordination Group
for Adults)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cole, Pat (National Training Center on Domestic and
Sexual Violence)
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas)
Vogel, Carlela (Self)
On: Hammack, Sherri (Tx. Health and Human Services
Commission)
Jessee, Gary (Texas Department on Aging)
Salinas, Mario (Comptroller's Office)
HB 3556
For: Cates, Nancy (Mary Lee Foundation)
Cates, Phil (Self)
Lilljedahl, Don (Mary Lee Foundation)
Against: Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Crowe, Mike (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Mizcles, Amy (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)