WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            March 15, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 824

                 For:

                                 Osborne, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance)

                 On:

                                 Hayes, Michael (Office of the Attorney General)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texas Care for Children)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)

                                 Sabo, Jason (United Ways of TX)

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

HB 943

                 For:

                                 Cormie, Duncan (Lifeworks Austin)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Tod, Theresa (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth (Department of Family & Protective Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burstain, Jane (Center of Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Gagen, Joseph (Texas CASA, Inc)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Works/ Texas Chapter)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Taylor, Clay (Dept of Public Safety Officers Assoc.)

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Heidi (Texas Department of Public Safety (Available as a resource witness))

HB 945

                 For:

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Rodriguez, Carolyne (Casey Family Programs)

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WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gagen, Joseph (Texas CASA, Inc)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

                 On:

                                 James, Joyce (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth (Dept. of Family & Protective Services)

                                 Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)

HB 945 - Committee Substitute (Raymond)

                 For:

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Hendricks, Ray (Self; Austin Disproportionality Advisory Committee)

HB 1493

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coffee, Mary (Self)

                                 Coffee, Rick (Self)

                                 Coleman, Phil (Self; ADAPT of Texas)

                                 Cranston, Catherine (Personal Attendant Coalition of TX)

                                 Crawford, Mellisa (ADAPT)

                                 Evans, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Gagen, Joseph (Texas CASA, Inc)

                                 Heyden, Marita (ADAPT)

                                 Landtrip, Melanie (Self)

                                 McPhail, Jennifer (ADAPT of Texas)

                                 Metz, Albert (Self; ADAPT of Texas)

                                 Peet, Nelson (ADAPT of TX)

                                 Seanz, Danny (Self)

                                 Steele, Burrill (ADAPT)

                                 Steele, Mary (ADAPT)

                                 Wittie, David (Self; ADAPT of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Gold, Marc (Dept of Aging and Disability Services (DADS))

HB 1709

                 For:

                                 Bass, Jalisa (Texas Network of Youth Services)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Cormie, Duncan (Lifeworks Austin)

                                 Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gagen, Joseph (Texas CASA)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/ Texas Chapter)

                                 Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth (Dept of Family & Protective Services)

HB 1779

                 For:

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/ Texas Chapter)

                                 Riddle, Kelly (TX Assoc of Licensed Investigators)

                 Against:

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hanna, Mark (Texas Society for Clinical Social Work)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

                 Against:

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                 On:

                                 Kromei, Elizabeth (Department of Family & Protective Services)

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