WITNESS LIST
SB  37
Senate Committee Report
Health & Human Services
April  16, 2009 - 9:00 AM
 
FOR:
 
 
Borel, Dennis  Executive Director  (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),  Austin, TX
 
 
Caldwell, Robbie  (Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Canfield, Irma  (Self/Community Now!),  San Antonio, TX
 
 
Dooley, Michelle  Parent (also providing written testimony)  (Morgan Dooley/Community Now!/Board Member),  Fort Worth, TX
 
 
Falk, Linda  Member  (Parents and friends of Richmond State School),  Porter, TX
 
 
Garrison-Tate, Jeff  Senior Legislative Advocate  (Community Now!),  Seguin, TX
 
 
Henning, Peter  Executive Director  (Special Texas Homes),  Tomball, TX
 
 
Knapp, Melanie  Secretary/Parent  (Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas),  Sugar Land, TX
 
 
McPhail, Jennifer  Community Organizer  (Adapt Texas and Community Now!),  Austin, TX
 
 
Newton, Richard  United States Air Force Major, Retired  (Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas),  San Antonio, TX
 
 
Payne, Susan  (Self),  College Station, TX
 
 
Reeves, Sandra  President  (Richmond State School Friends and Family),  Houston, TX
 
 
Schoen, Stephen  Executive Director  (Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Smith, Carole  Executive Director  (Private Providers Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
 
Boyte, Melanie  (Adapt),  Hutto, TX
 
 
Butler, Carrie  (Self),  North Richland Hills, TX
 
 
Butler, Laura  Parent  (Self),  North Richland Hills, TX
 
 
Carrillo, Dolores  Attendant  (Adapt/Pact),  Austin, TX
 
 
Cranston, Catherine  Organizer  (Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas/Adapt Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Adapt Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Donelson, Olivia  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Harp, Donna  Mother  (Self/Larin Harp),  Austin, TX
 
 
Haywood, Beverly  (Self/Guardian),  Round Rock, TX
 
 
Jaloway-Gill, Norine  Volunteer  (The Arc of Texas),  Seabrook, TX
 
 
Jimenez, Gerard  Vice President  (Community Now!),  Austin, TX
 
 
Kafka, Bob  Organizer  (Adapt Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Lilley, Loretta  Board Member/Parent of Disabled Child  (Community Now!/Self),  Conroe, TX
 
 
Murphree, Susan  Interim Manager Policy Services Unit  (Advocacy Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
 
Murrell, Marty  Chair  (Alliance of & for Visually Impaired Texans),  Austin, TX
 
 
Parks, Shirley  Member  (Parents and Friends of Richmond State School),  Humble, TX
 
 
Robinson, Ileene  Advocate  (Advocate for People with Intellectual Disabilities),  Houston, TX
 
 
Ruiz, Rebecca  Parent  (Joshua Ruiz (son)/Community Now!),  River Oaks, TX
 
 
Snyder, Ruth  (Self/Daughter),  Austin, TX
 
 
Stacey, Franklin  (Adapt/Pact/Community Now!),  Austin, TX
 
 
Steele, Burrell  (Adapt),  Austin, TX
 
 
Talmanson, Robert  Community Attendant  (Pact/Adapt),  Austin, TX
 
 
Valdez, Debby  Board Secretary  (Self/Community Now!),  San Antonio, TX
 
 
Warner, Carrie  (Pact/Adapt),  Austin, TX
 
 
Wittie, David  (Community Now!/Self),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
 
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle  Director of Community  (Department of Aging and Disability Services),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
 
Harp, Larin  (Self/Deaf Blind Individual),  Austin, TX
 
 
Hutcheson, Lynda  (Son at Richmond State School),  League City, TX