WITNESS LIST
Finance
February 12, 2009 - 08:30 AM
SB 1 - Department of Aging and Disability Services
 
FOR:
 
Delaney, John   Executive Director Lakes Regional MHMR (also providing written testimony)  (Lakes Regional MHMR Center),  Terrell, TX
 
Ervin, Nancy A.   Board Member, Lakes Regional MHMR Center (also providing written testimony)  (Lakes Regional MHMRC),  Rockwall, TX
 
Henning, Peter   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (Special Texas Homes)
 
White, Chava  (also providing written testimony)  (Self & The Arc of Texas),  Houston, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Benskin, Linda   Registered Nurse (also providing written testimony)  (Self)
 
ON:
 
Betts, William O.  (also providing written testimony)  (Adapt),  Austin, TX
 
Borel, Dennis   Executive Director  (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
Boyte, Melanie   (Adapt Texas),  Hutton, TX
 
Bradberry, Anita   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association for Home Care),  Austin, TX
 
Coleman-Beattie, Brenda   Strategy Consultant  (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities),  Austin, TX
 
Cranston, Cathy  (also providing written testimony)  (PACT)
 
Duerstine, Russ   Marketing  (MHMR Concho Valley San Angelo),  San Angelo, TX
 
Garrison-Tate, Jeff   Advocate  (Community NOW!),  San Marcos, TX
 
Graves, Tim   President/CEO (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Health Care Association),  Austin, TX
 
Horton, Colleen   Public Policy Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Center for Dis. Studies),  Austin, TX
 
Hughes, Sofija   Personal Assistant  (Adapt Texas)
 
Kafka, Bob   Organizer (also providing written testimony)  (Adapt of Texas)
 
Langendorf, Jean   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
McPhail, Jennifer   Community Organizer  (ADAPT of Texas)
 
Mills, Sarah   Public Policy Specialist (also providing written testimony)  (Disability Policy Consortium),  Austin, TX
 
Saenz, Danny   Community Integration Specialist  (ADAPT)
 
Steele, Burrell   (Adapt),  Austin, TX
 
Steele, Mary   (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas, Stephanie   Organizer  (ADAPT)
 
Tieken, RN, BSN, Mary Helen   Owner/Administrator Nurses In Touch, Inc. (also providing written testimony)  (Home health and hospice)
 
Vela, Roberto   Self Employed Printing  (Border Region MHMR Community Center),  Laredo, TX
 
Wittie, David   Disability Rights Advocate (also providing written testimony)  (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Hessel, John   (Self and The Arc of Texas),  Houston, TX
SB 1 - Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
 
FOR:
 
Bearden, Chase   (Rehabilitation Council of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Briola, Jennifer   Homemaker  (EC1),  Parker, TX
 
Castillo, Consuelo  (also providing written testimony)  (Self, Texas Advocates and The Arc of Texas),  Round Rock, TX
 
Frizzell, Brenda   Licensed Professional Counselor (also providing written testimony)  (Bluebonnet Trails - ECI),  Round Rock, TX
 
Kazlow, Diane   Program Director - ECI (also providing written testimony)  (Early Childhood Intervention),  McKinney, TX
 
Margeson, Paula   State Independent Living Council  (Chair of SILC)
 
Shockley, Joe C.   Retired  (Funding for CRS Program),  Montgomery, TX
 
Shockley, Trevor   (Funding for CRS program)
 
AGAINST:
 
Barahona, Heather   Student/Parent  (My children),  Denton, TX
 
ON:
 
Archer, Colleen   Wife/Mother  (my son, Paul Archer, Easter Seals ATP client),  Richardson, TX
 
Archer, Emily   Student  (my brother Paul Archer)
 
Bivens, Kelly   Board Certified Behavior Analyst  (Texana Center),  Rosenberg, TX
 
Catoe, Ellen   Board Certified Behavior Analyst  (Texana Center),  Rosenberg, TX
 
Collura, Elisabeth   Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives - Texas Military Forces (also providing written testimony)  (Brain Injury Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Dillman, Joy   Director, PRIDE Early Childhood Intervention Program (also providing written testimony)  (Bluebonnet Trails ECI PRIDE),  Round Rock, TX
 
Horton, Colleen   Public Policy Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Center for Dis. Studies),  Austin, TX
 
Huffstetler, Joanne   Early Intervention Specialist  (Early Childhood Intervention),  McKinney, TX
 
Langendorf, Jean   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Mannion, Bryan A.   Parent  (Emerson U. Mannion),  Plano, TX
 
Mayfield, Pauline   Mom  (Myself and my family)
 
Mills, Sarah   Public Policy Specialist (also providing written testimony)  (Disability Policy Consortium),  Austin, TX
 
Murrell, Marty   Retired; Volunteer Chair of AVIT (also providing written testimony)  (Alliance of and for Visually Impaired Texans (AVIT)),  Austin, TX
 
Prather, Monica   CEO Easter Seals North Texas (also providing written testimony)  (Easter Seals),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Travis Deupree, Lara   Interior Design  (my daughter Grace Elizabeth Deupree),  Dallas, TX
SB 1 - Department of Family and Protective Services
 
FOR:
 
McClure, Madeline   Exec. Director - Volunteer (also providing written testimony)  (TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children),  Dallas, TX
 
Stitt, Keri   STAR Program Manager (also providing written testimony)  (Promise House),  Dallas, TX
 
Weedon, Doug   Chief Executive Officer (also providing written testimony)  (Twin City Mission),  Bryan, TX
 
ON:
 
Burstain, Jane   Policy Analyst (also providing written testimony)  (Center for Public Policy Priorities),  Austin, TX
 
Clements, Irene   Vice President for Advocacy (also providing written testimony)  (Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Clements, Irene   President (former foster parent for 27 years) (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Foster Family Association),  Austin, TX
 
Cox, Billy Bob   Consultant  (Cox & Associate)
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Department of State Health Services
 
FOR:
 
Beatty, Coke   Executive Director, Pecan Valley MHMR (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Council for MHMR Centers),  Stephenville, TX
 
Burke, Michael   Community Volunteer  (Serenity House of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Hermes, Bruce   State Employee  (Self)
 
Kirk, Chris   Sheriff, Brazos County  (Sheriffs' Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Lovelace, Joe   Associate Director of Behavioral Health (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Council of Community MHMR),  Austin, TX
 
Patterson, Jerry   Commissioner  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Peyson, Robin   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
 
Sprinkle, GK   Public Policy Consultant (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Ambulance Association),  Austin, TX
 
Tenner, Jr., Ph.D., Thomas E.   Professor (also providing written testimony)  (Council on Cardiovascular Disease & Stroke),  Lubbock, TX
 
West, Starr   Policy Analyst (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Boone, Charles H.   COO of MHMR Center (also providing written testimony)  (The Center for Health Care Services),  San Antonio, TX
 
Covey, Valerie   Commissioner, Williamson County  (Commissioners Court, Williamson County)
 
Crocker, Terry   CEO  (Tropical Texas Behavioral Health),  Edinburg, TX
 
Farmer, Drue   Judge - Lubbock County  (Citizens of Lubbock and surrounding communities, Board member of Lubbock Regional MHMR Center),  Lubbock, TX
 
Griffin, Harry   Police Officer (also providing written testimony)  (San Antonio Police Department),  San Antonio, TX
 
Hinckson, Andrea   Dir. of Policy/Gov. Rep. (also providing written testimony)  (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
 
Lee, Michael   Law Enforcement  (Houston Police Department),  Houston, TX
 
Milam, A. Camis   Psychiatrist (also providing written testimony)  (Center for Health Care Services),  San Antonio, TX
 
Placke, Kenneth   Director of Behavior Health MHMR (also providing written testimony)  (Community Mental Health Centers),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Werlein, Linda J.   CEO (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Council of CMHMRC),  Kerrville, TX
SB 1 - Health and Human Services Commission
 
FOR:
 
Blye, Regina   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas State Independent Living Council)
 
Broussard, Ricky  (also providing written testimony)  (The Arc of Texas),  Houston, TX
 
Bryant, Bill   Consultant (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association of Air Ambulances),  Carrollton, TX
 
Conner, Patty   Social Services (also providing written testimony)  (Williamson County Crisis Center & Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
Cook, Janie   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (Boys Town Texas, Inc.)
 
de la Riva, Debbie   Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation (also providing written testimony)  (Medicaid patients that have bleeding disorders),  Houston, TX
 
Donnel, Dr. James A.   Dentist  (Father Flanagan's Boystown Texas)
 
Gutman, Greta   Retired  (Myself and my daughter),  Austin, TX
 
Harmon, Becky   Mom of deaf and blind daughter, Science Teacher  (Deaf-blind Multihandicap Association of Texas (DBMAT)),  North Richland Hills, TX
 
Hartman, Vivecca A.   CPA - Accounting Supervisor (also providing written testimony)  (The Deafblind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT)),  Houston, TX
 
Hinds, Alaine   Parent  (DBMAT)
 
Holman, Nancy   Ex. Director (also providing written testimony)  (TX Alliance of Child & Family Services),  Austin, TX
 
Israel, Gordon   HCS Provider  (DRACO Services, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Kirk, Chris   Sheriff, Brazos County  (Sheriffs' Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Matthews, Ryan   Emergency Medical Services (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Ambulance Association),  Wichita Falls, TX
 
McClure, Madeline   Exec. Director - Volunteer (also providing written testimony)  (TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children),  Dallas, TX
 
McGee, Ph.D., Joanne   Neuropsychologist/Clinical Director ResCare Premier (also providing written testimony)  (Funding for CRS program; TBI Advisory Council),  San Marcos, TX
 
Peyson, Robin   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
 
Pickering, Timothy R   Public Affairs (also providing written testimony)  (Air Medical Group)
 
Salinas Valdez, Debby L.   Community Advocate & Parent of Dis. Child (also providing written testimony)  (My Daughter - Families in San Antonio)
 
Sperry, Bryan  (also providing written testimony)  (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
Sprinkle, GK   Public Policy Consultant (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Ambulance Association),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Olive, Dr. Melissa L.   Research Scientist for Center for Autism & Related Disorders (also providing written testimony)  (CARD, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Welch, Susan   Parent - Accounting Clerk (also providing written testimony)  (Deafblind Multihandicapped Association of Texas),  Big Spring, TX
 
ON:
 
Barker, Constance H.   Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs (also providing written testimony)  (DePelchin Children's Center),  Houston, TX
 
Betts, William O.  (also providing written testimony)  (Adapt),  Austin, TX
 
Borel, Dennis   Executive Director  (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
Boyte, Melanie   (Adapt Texas),  Hutton, TX
 
Bradberry, Anita   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association for Home Care),  Austin, TX
 
Cox, Ivan William Robert "Billy Bob"  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
 
Cranston, Cathy  (also providing written testimony)  (PACT)
 
Dooley, Michelle   Parent  (Community NOW!),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Faithfull, Mary   Exec Director (also providing written testimony)  (Advocacy, Incorporated),  Austin, TX
 
Garcia-Matthews, Eileen   Executive Director of Advocacy Org.  (Texans Care for Children)
 
Garrison-Tate, Jeff   Legislative Advocate  (Community NOW!),  San Marcos, TX
 
Hagert, Celia   Senior Policy Analyst (also providing written testimony)  (Center for Public Policy Priorities),  Austin, TX
 
Hellerstedt, MD, John   Pediatrician/Physician (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatrics Association, Texas Association of Family Physicians),  Austin, TX
 
Horton, Colleen   Public Policy Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Center for Dis. Studies),  Austin, TX
 
Hughes, Sofija   Personal Assistant  (Adapt Texas)
 
Kafka, Bob   Organizer (also providing written testimony)  (Adapt of Texas)
 
Langendorf, Jean   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Linial, George   President/CEO (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging),  Austin, TX
 
McPhail, Jennifer   Community Organizer  (ADAPT of Texas)
 
Meinkowsky, John   Policy Advocate  (Texas Association of Centers for Independent Living)
 
Saenz, Danny   Community Integration Specialist  (ADAPT)
 
Seidel, Kathryn   Educator, Parent  (Community Now)
 
Steele, Burrell   (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
Steele, Mary   (ADAPT),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas, Stephanie   Organizer  (ADAPT)
 
Thomason, David   Senior Vice President  (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Tieken, RN, BSN, Mary Helen   Owner/Administrator Nurses In Touch, Inc. (also providing written testimony)  (Home health and hospice)
 
Williams, Andrea   Family Member  (Byron Williams),  Austin, TX
 
Wittie, David   Disability Rights Advocate (also providing written testimony)  (ADAPT of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Holmes, Harry   Senior Policy Advisor  (Harris County Healthcare Alliance (3 Share)),  Houston, TX
 
Kitchen, Ann   Executive Director, ICC (3 Share)  (Integrated Care Collaboration)