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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations - S/C on Article II Committee

            June 17, 2014 - 9:00 AM

            Cost Containment & HHSC Rider 51 Update

                 On:

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Gage, Preston (Travis Medical)

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas association for home care & hospice)

                                 Hickle, Randy (Grace Holdings)

                                 Machado, Marissa (Texas association for home care and hospice)

                                 Morgan, Mason (Self; Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)

                                 Reyna, Cynthia (HHSC Office of Inspector General)

                                 Ritter, Tony (PACSTX)

                                 Russell, James (URS Medical and Children's Special Needs Network)

                                 Traylor, Chris (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Vennes, Noah (Travis Medical)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Littlefield, Lindsay (LBB)

                                 Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)

            PACE

                 On:

                                 Butler, Rachel (HHSC)

                                 Castillo, Rosemary (Texas PACE Association)

                                 Dyer, Carmel (Self)

                                 Garcia, Joaquin (Bienvivir all inclusive senior health)

                                 Gutierrez, Delia (Bienvivir Senior Health Services)

                                 Isett, Carl (Texas PACE Association)

                                 Lawson, Beth (Starcare Specialty Health System)

                                 Littlefield, Lindsay (LBB)

                                 Rankin, Ron (The Basics at Jan Werner PACE program)

                                 Weizenbaum, Jon (TX Dept of Aging and Disability Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)

                                 Warburton, Bill (HHSC)

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