WITNESS LIST
HB 470
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Human Services Committee
March 17, 2005 - 8:00A
For: Borsella, Penny (Self and ATTA - AchievementsThrough The
Arts)
Bryant, William (Self and Metro Care)
Caballero, Patricia (Self)
Caldwell, Jim (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Delgado, Frank (Self)
Diggles, Walter (Self and Texas Association of Regional
Councils)
Epps, Beth (Adapt of Texas, Inc.)
Halligan, Mike (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Hayes, Jeanine (Self)
Johnson, Keithen (Dallas Metrocare - Special Needs
Offender Program)
Johnson, Sharon (Dallas Metrocare - Westmoreland)
Laursen, Victoria (Self and Texas Mental Health
Consumers)
Natal, Sandra Veronica (Self)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers;
Children's Mental Health)
Roemer, Rebecca (The Beaumont Hope Center)
Speck, Nancy (Texas Strategic Health-Mental Health
Workgroup & President's MH Commission)
Against: Blankenship, Charles (Self)
Bradberry, Anita (Texas Association for Home Care)
Breeding, John (Self and Texans For Safe Education)
Coombs, Bill (Helen Farabee Regional MHMR)
DeWitt, Lauren (The Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Dolan, Dr. Moira (Self)
Fleming, Sherri (Travis County Health and Human
Services)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy Inc.)
Henning, Peter (Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Services,
Inc.)
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community Living)
James, Mike (Self and Citizens' Commission on Human
Rights)
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT)
Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
Shannon, Jacqueline (Self)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
Southern, David (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Tinley, Pat (Self and Kerr County; William Mitchell, Co.
Judge, Uvalde Co.; Delbert Roberts, Co. Judge, Kimble
Co.)
Vogt, Judge Eddie (Self)
On: Blaine, Martha (Community Council of Greater Dallas)
Brady, Denise (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Brown, Bob (Tarrant County MHMR)
Ender, Lynda (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Higgins, Carlos (Self and Texas Silver Haired
Legislature)
Horn, Addie (Department of Aging and Disability
Services)
Keller, Merily (TX Suicide Prevention Community Network)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(Texas))
McLean, Martin (County Judge John Doerfler, Williamson
County, TX)
Meyers, W. A. "Andy" (Houston-Galveston Area Council of
Governments)
Pan, David (Telecare Corporation)
Parker Werlein, Linda (Self)
Sappington, Hartley (Texas Council of Community MHMR
Centers)
Snyder, Ruth (Self)
Wanser, Dave (Dept. of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alonzo, Ernesto (Mental Illness Awareness)
Brown, William (AARP-Texas)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Gilbert, William (Mental Illness Awareness)
Guenther, Dan (Self and River City Advocacy)
Johnson, Paula (Self)
McEuen, Lisa (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP - Texas)
Tietje, Eldon (Central Counties Center for MHMR
Services)
Against: Alderete, Chris (The Medical Team Inc.)
Baker, Becky (Self)
Collins, Tom (Self and Greenoak Hospital)
Crosley, Robert (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Gatlin, Carlie (Self)
Gouge, Charles (D&S Residential Services, Inc.)
Gow, Brett (Self)
Greebon, Karen (ADAPT)
House, Jackie (Self)
Lockhart, Judge Ben (Self)
May, Scott (Self)
McIntosh, Glenn (Self)
McPhail, Jennifer (ADAPT of Texas)
Metz, Albert (ADAPT)
Mitchell, Judge Bob (Self and County Judge, Uvalde
County)
Moreno, Gabriela (Christus Health)
Mortensen, D. Jerry (Self)
Roberts, Judge Delbert (Self)
Routon, Randy (LifePath Systems)
Shelburn, Jerry Lee (Mental Illness Awareness)
Strickland, Joseph (Self)
Templeton, James (ADAPT)
Thomas, Stephanie (Institute for Disability Access)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care)
Wohlgemuth, Cristen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Young, William (EduCare Community Living Corporation -
Houston)
On: Clancey, Patrick Michael (Association of Substance Abuse
Programs)
Garcia, Oscar (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Kromrei, Elizabeth (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
Kyker, Chris (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Miller, Carol (National Association of Social
Workers-TX)
Norton, Naomi Elaine (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Osborne, Lisa (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Porter, Pat (Self)
Ray, Jim (Texas Association of Regional Councils
(Councils of Governments))
Rogers, Glenda (Self)