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WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March  5, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Aging Issues
 
    For:
Evans, Darlene (Texas Health Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Graham, Walter (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
 
 
Issues of the Aging and Physically Disabled
 
    For:
Bradberry, Anita (Texas Assn. for Home Care)
 
 
 
 
State Schools
 
    For:
Ferguson, Charles (Texans Supporting State Schools)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Snyder, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
State Schools For The Retarded
 
    For:
Ward, Nancy (PART Parent Association For The Retarded)
 
 
 
 
State School Closure
 
Against:
Robinson, Ileene  (Self)
 
 
 
 
Aging in Place
 
     On:
Bavineau, Jane (Care for Elders)
 
 
 
 
Aging Issues- Meals on Wheels
 
     On:
Pruett, Dan (Meals on Wheels Assoc. of Texas)
 
 
 
 
Community Services
 
     On:
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of Tx)
 
 
 
 
Cross Program Issues
 
     On:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
 
 
House Human Services Committee Hearing
 
     On:
Garrison-Tate, Jeff (Community Now! Inc.)
 
 
 
 
HS Committee Invited Testimony on Intellectual and
 
     On:
Bright, Mike (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
 
 
I & D Disabilities
 
     On:
Parrish, Linda  (Self and Center on Disability & Development
TX. A & M University)
 
 
 
 
Intellectual Disabilities/ Developmental Disabilit
 
     On:
Hernandez, Richard (Private Providers Assn. of Texas (PPAT))
 
 
 
 
Invited Testimony- Intellectual & Developmental  D
 
     On:
Castile, Danette (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
 
 
Invited to speak on Intellectual & Developmental D
 
     On:
Webb, Roger (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
 
 
 
 
Issues of Aging and Physically Disabled
 
     On:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
 
 
Long Term Services & Supports
 
     On:
Horton, Colleen  (Self and Texas Center for Disability Studies)
 
 
 
 
Long term supports and services
 
     On:
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
Resource
 
     On:
Horn, Adelaide (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
 
 
 
 
State Schools for the Mentally Retarded
 
     On:
Payne, Susan (PART)
 
 
 
 
TAHSA Testimony
 
     On:
Lineal, George (Texas Association of Homes & Services For The Aging)
 
 
 
 
TSEU
 
     On:
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)