WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 14, 2005-8:00A
HB 1674
For: Bower, Bruce (Texas Legal Services Center)
Burwell, Paddy (Self)
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Lammert, Helen (Self)
Lugo, Judy (Self)
Paynter, Suzii (Christian Life Commission; Baptist
General Convention of Texas)
Rocha, Jose (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Belmares, Valentina (Self)
Camero, Beatrice (Self)
Gross, Michael (Self and TSEU--Texas State Employees
Union)
Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Leslie, Reuben (Self and Texas State Employees Union)
Quintanilla, Leticia (Self)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
HB 1756
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brown, William (AARP-Texas)
Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Ferris, Beth (Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP-Texas)
Against: Caballero, Leticia (Texas Health Care Association)
On: Chapple, Anthony (Texas Department of Aging and
Disability Services)
HB 1852
Against: Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Against: Caballero, Leticia (Texas Health Care Association)
Thomason, David (Texas Association of Homes & Services
for the Aging)
On: Adams, Chris (Texas Department of Aging and Disability
Services)
HB 2572
For: Beattie, Susan (Self)
Cooper, Cheryl (Self and Center for Health Care
Services)
Eaton, Bill (Self)
Forsten, Alfred (MHMR Harris County)
Gutierrez, David (Self and Lubbock County)
Harman, Linda (MHMR Tarrant County)
Hollinshead, Wayne (Self and Lubbock Regional MHMR
Center)
Ruiz, Kimberly (Self)
Sappington, Hartley (Self)
Shannon, Brian (Self and Lubbock Regional MHMR Center)
Skelton, Sandy (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
Stewart, Chrissie (Self)
Travis, Jamie (Self)
Weiss, Moonyeen (Self)
West, Virginia (Self)
Against: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.; Texas Mental Health
Consumers)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
On: Horton, Colleen (Tx. Center for Disability Studies, UT)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berlanga, Hugo (Texas Management Inc.)
Gettlelfinger, Nancy (Bluebonnet Trails MHMR)
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community Living)
Hooser, Greg (Private Providers Association of Texas)
Lopez, Juana (Self)
Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
Morin, Lupe (National Alliance for Mentally Ill)
Oldham, Melanie (Self)
Routon, J. Randy (LifePath Systems)
Scarborough Yahiel, Beverly (Self)
Stewart, George (Self)
Tietje, Eldon (Central Counties Center for MHMR Services
(Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, & Milam
Counties))
Against: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Gouge, Charles (D&S Residential Services, Inc)
On: Brady, Denise (Mental Health Association in Texas)
HB 2851
On: Rasco, Sasha (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Moore, Jim (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Sterling, Edward (Texas Press Association; Texas Daily
Newspaper Association)
HB 2967
Against: Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy Inc.; TX Mental Health
Consumers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cardoza, James Jay (South Star Ambulance Service, Inc.)
Eavenson, Harold (Self and Sheriffs Association of TX)
Maldonado, Olga (City of Mercedes)
Maldonado, Rolando (City of Mercedes)
Moore, Kendall (LeFleur Transportation of Texas, Inc.)
Pena, Estevan (City of Mercedes)
Against: Richardson, Andrea (Texas Council of Community MHMR
Centers)
On: Perry, Peggy (Department of State Health Services)
HB 3077
For: Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy Inc.)
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community Living)
Hines, Randall (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Brady, Denise (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Brown, William (AARP-Texas)
Caballero, Leticia (Texas Health Care Association)
Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP - Texas)
Smith, Carole (Carole Smith)
On: Horn, Addie (Department of Aging and Disability
Services)
Perry, Peggy (Department of State Health Services)
Rasco, Sasha (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
HB 3303
For: Greenberg, M.D., Robert (Self and Texas College of
Emergency Physicians)
Against: Brady, Denise (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy Inc.)
Sorenson, Mike (Self and Travis County Sheriff's Office)
On: Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
ofTexas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Elrod, Susanne (Self and Texas Council of Community MHMR
Centers)
Morgan, M.D., David (Texas College of Emergency
Physicians)
Against: Hicks, Kitty (Self)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
On: Perry, Peggy (Department of State Health Services)
SB 812
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Crews, Brian (Texas Council of Community of MHMR
Centers)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)