WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March  12, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Corpus Christi State School
 
     On:
Horn, Adelaide (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  610
 
    For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Hine, Jim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Besteiro, Ollie (AARP)
 
 
Bradberry, Anita (Texas Assn. for Home Care, Inc.)
 
 
Campbell, Ben (TORCH)
 
 
Derek, Daniels (Texas Assisted Living Providers Advocacy Group)
 
 
Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Lear, Homer (TSHL)
 
 
Liggett, Sharon (Texas Assisted Living Association)
 
 
Lineal, George (Texas Association of Homes & Services for The Aging)
 
 
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  610 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  703
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Hine, Jim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Daniels, Derek (Texas Assisted Living Providers Advocacy Group)
 
 
Ewing, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
 
 
Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Liggett, Sharon (Texas Assisted Living Association)
 
 
Mincher, Debbie (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
 
 
Passmore, Danny  (Self and TX Martial Arts Hall of Fame)
 
 
Rogers, Glenda  (Self)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  748
 
    For:
Bloomquist, Denise (Project Janus, Inc)
 
 
Payne, Susan  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Jaloway Gill, Norine (The Arc of Texas- Governmental affairs Committee)
 
 
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Whitlow, Elizabeth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Moussa, Nagla  (Self and The Arc of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  785
 
    For:
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
    For:
Jaloway Gill, Norine (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Mills, Sarah (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Horton, Colleen  (Self and Tx. Center for Disability Studies)
 
 
Lello, Angela (TX Council for Developmental Dis.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Fox, Melissa  (Self)
 
 
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Langendorf, Jean (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
 
 
Lewis-Nourzad, Lisa (Good Will Industries Lori Henning 12400 W Hwy 71, Suite 350 Austin, TX 78738)
 
 
Litzinger, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and ADAPT)
 
 
Winters, Tanya (Texas Advocates)
 
 
 
 
HB  1081
 
    For:
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self)
 
 
Jaloway, Norine (The Arc of TX GA Com)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1186
 
Against:
Campbell, Ben (TORCH)
 
 
Liggett, Sharon (Texas Assisted Living Association)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care Communities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Jessee, Gary (DADS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Berry, Jordan (TORCH)
 
 
Bradberry, Anita (Texas Assoc. for Home Care, Inc.)
 
 
Daniels, Derek (Texas Assisted Living Providers Advocacy Group (TALPAG))
 
 
 
 
HB  1317 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
    For:
Ceyanes, Jason (Mexia Independent School District)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lello, Angela (TX Council for Developmental Disabilities)
 
 
 
 
HB  1317
 
    For:
Clark, Todd (Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Aldridge & Gallegos for Mexia Independent School District)
 
 
Culpepper, Cory (my sister)
 
 
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Payne, Susan  (Self)
 
 
Snyder, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
Whitlow, Elizabeth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Mitchell, Beth (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Moussa, Nagla  (Self and The ARC of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bevers, Bart (Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of the Inspector General)
 
     On:
Heiligenstein, Anne (DFPS)
 
 
Horton, Colleen  (Self and TX. Center for Dis. Studies)
 
 
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
Urban, Karl (DFPS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Campbell, Ben (TORCH)
 
 
Elrod, Susan (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Lewis- Nourzad, Lisa (Goodwill Industries Lori Henning 12400 W Hwy 71 Suite 350 Austin, TX 78738)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Winters, Tanya (Texas Advocates)
 
 
 
 
HB  1317 - Committee Substitute  (Herrero)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hernandez, Richard (EouCare Community Living, Inc.)
 
 
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas (PPAT) 8711 Burnet Rd. Ste. E-53 Austin, TX 78757)
 
 
 
 
HB  1453
 
    For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self)
 
 
Jaloway Gill, Norine (The Arc of Texas- GA Committee)
 
 
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
 
 
HB  1454
 
    For:
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Jaloway Gill, Norine (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Horton, Colleen  (Self and Tx. Center for Dis. Studies, UT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Fox, Melissa  (Self)
 
 
Litzinger, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Winters, Tanya (Texas Advocates)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lello, Angela (TX Council for Developmental Disabilities)