WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 2, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Against:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Furdek, Natalie (Dshs)
McCown, Scott (Centerr for Public Policy Priorites)
Muth, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas interfaith center for public policy)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Ramos, Nina linda (Self)
Rozmaryn, Faye (Self; League of women voters texas)
Scott, Shanie (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Allgeyer, Rick (HHSC resource witness)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Stephens, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
Against:
McCown, Scott (Centerr for Public Policy Priorites)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Furdek, Natalie (Dshs)
Muth, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas interfaith center for public policy)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Olson, Anne (Tx Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Pfeifer, Marcus (Self)
Ramos, Nina linda (Self)
Rozmaryn, Faye (Self; League of women voters texas)
Scott, Shanie (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Allgeyer, Rick (HHSC resource witness)
Stephens, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
Against:
McCown, Scott (Centerr for Public Policy Priorites)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Wagner, Laquinton (Self)
On:
Furdek, Natalie (Dshs)
Muth, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas interfaith center for public policy)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Olson, Anne (Tx Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Pfeifer, Marcus (Self)
Ramos, Nina linda (Self)
Rozmaryn, Faye (Self; League of women voters texas)
Scott, Shanie (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Allgeyer, Rick (HHSC resource witness)
Stephens, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas Association for Infant Mental Health)
Fox, Avonda (Self)
Fox, Renee (Self)
Hutson, Lonnie (Self; Kids R Kids Private Pre Schools)
Rubin, Melanie (Self; Child care group/dallas child care alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fincher, David (Self; National Child Care Coalition)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Holmes, Tere (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)
Ingalsbe, Sylvia (Self)
Kofron, Kim (Texas assoc. for the Education of Young Children)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Ramos, Nina linda (Self)
On:
Adams, Michele (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Berra, Joseph (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Collins, Billy (Self)
Evans, Larry D. (Self; Texas Association of the Deaf)
Farrelly, Amber (Self)
Hughes, Heather (Self; Deaf action center non profit)
Myers, David (Self; Texas association for the deaf)
Webb, Erma (Self; Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf)
Against:
Timperlake, Benna (Self)
On:
Breslow, Lori (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Landry, Stacy (Self; Travis county services for the deaf and hard of hearing)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Hagerla, David (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Haskin, Becky (Self)
Wagner, Laquinton (Self)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Roper, Tiffany (Permanent Judicial Commission for Children Youth and Families)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Brady, Denise (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Benavides, Luis (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling asociation)
Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Carroll, Kate (Acadian Ambulance, Inc.)
Gonzales, David (Texas association of Health Plans)
Graves, Tim (Texas health care association)
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Holland Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Hutto, Kathy (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Marwitz, David A. (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Montes, Asbel (Acadian Ambulance Service)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
Villarreal, E. Linda (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Jessee, Gary (HHSC resource witness)
For:
Rauls, Joy (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
On:
Zimmerman, Ric (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Muth, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Cole, Celia (Texas food bank network)
Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Olson, Anne (Tx Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Stephens, Stephanie (HHSC resource witness)
For:
Blossom, Samantha (Self)
Harmon, Gail (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Howard, Kim (Self)
Ramsey, Renee (Self)
Against:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
On:
Durden, Veronda (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Graves, Tim (Texas health care association)
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