WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 9, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Fincher, David (Self; National Child Care Coalition)
Frederick, Wendy (Self)
Hutson, Lonnie (Self; Kids R Kids Private Preschools)
Nguyen, Trung (Self; Kids r kids)
Smith, Jim (Self)
Against:
Evans, Charles (Texas association of non-public schools)
McGettrick, Margaret (Self; Texas catholic conference)
On:
Adams, Michele (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Ky (Self)
Ahrens, Patricia (Self)
Ahrens, Paul (Self)
Bertoni, Dan (Self)
Bertoni, Monika (Self)
Carroll, Chad (Self)
Carroll, John (Self)
Carroll, Sandy (Self)
Cobb, Mark (Self)
Cornelius, Judy (Self)
Frederick, Darold (Self; We4freds inc)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Gilbert, Jeffrey (Self)
Gilbert, Mercedes (Self)
Hadley, Gary (KidsR Kids Carrollton)
Hutson, Connie (Self)
Hutson, Kurt (Self)
Hutson, Lindsay (Self)
Hutson, Ronnie (Self)
Khosravian, Nasreen (Self)
Khosravian, Rustom (Self)
Kilgore (Self)
Kilgore, Lauren (Self)
Murphey, Thomas (Self)
Nguyen, Madeline (Self; Kids r kids)
Parken, Judith (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Poe, Kurt (Self)
Poe, Suzy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Puri, Atul (Self)
Puri, Tina (Self)
Schultz, Brenda (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)
Smith, Kathy (Self)
Against:
Budde, Barbara (Self)
Eshleman, Dr. Jerry (Self)
Foley, Aaron (Self)
Gonzales, Savannah (Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Huffmeyer, Kathleen (Self)
McCormick, Kevin (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McGee, Bill (Hill Country Christian School of Austin and TANS)
Miller, Joseph (Self)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Underwood, Joanne (Self)
On:
Morrison, Howard (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Anderson, Charlene (Self)
Anderson, Charlene (Self)
Burnside, Raven (Self)
Burnside, Raven (Self)
Crain, Sarah (Self)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Jameson, Hope (Self)
Mondragon, Reyna (Self)
Morin, Janessa (Self)
Morin, Janessa (Self)
Wagner, Laquinton (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Belseth, Tymothy (Self)
Cormie, Duncan (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Lebleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Parken, Judy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Powell, Judy (Self)
Tipps, Mary (Self; Austin childrens shelter)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Lebleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Powell, Judy (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Spriggs, Vicki (Self; Texas CASA)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Delagarza, Judy (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Morrison, Kristi (Self; TCA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Lopez, Lydia (Self; Texas state employees union)
Mayfield, Stacey (Self; Texans for State Supported Living Centers)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas counseling association)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Robinson, Ileene (Self)
Searight, Charleen (Self)
Valdez, Arthur (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
White, Jamie (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
Against:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Salovitz, Heiwa (Self; ADAPT)
Tate, Joe (Self; Community Now!)
On:
Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Raymond, Kerry (DSHS)
Vesowate, Joe (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Vesowate, Joe (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arrona, Diamantina (Self; Nnoc-tx/nnu)
Clayton, Bernadette (Self; Texas nnoc)
Littles, Paula (Self; Texas nnoc/nnu)
Against:
Watkins, Sarah (Community Now)
For:
Arrona, Diamantina (Self; Texas National Nurses Organization committee and NationalNurses
United)
Clayton, Bernadette (Self; Nnoc)
Miller, Keleen (Self)
Rich, Sid (Texas association of residential care communities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
On:
McGrath, Dana (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Waldron, Patrick (Texas department of state health services)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Ntonme, Jacques (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Wilson, Columbia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
White, David (Self; Texas psychological association)
On:
Raymond, Kerry (DSHS)
For:
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Tatum, Kyev (Self; Texas Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
On:
James, Joyce (HHSC Resource Witness)
Longley, Meagan (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Powell, Judy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Bell, Doug (Self; St James Episcopal Church)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Hayes, Patricia V (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self)
Hogue, Jennifer (Self)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Spriggs, Vicki (Self; Texas CASA)
Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas counseling association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avera, Joe (Self)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Canales, Adriana (Self)
Felts, Adriana (Self)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Hogue, Jennifer (Self)
Holliday, Mendy (Self)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)
Lebleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Lentschke, Jennifer (Self)
Mar, Marco (Self)
Prado, Ashley (Self)
Proctor, Ronald (Self; Compass point counseling, inc)
Proctor, Verlonda (Self; Texa Counseling Association)
Tajkhanji, Munira (Self)
Zholu, Yuliya (Self)
On:
Adams, Michele (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Held, Ted (Self)
Miller, Hannah (Self)
Sheppard, LCSW, Nancy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Blasi, Jana (Texas association of community health centers, inc.)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Hogue, Jennifer (Self)
Lucas, Shannon (March of Dimes)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Beattie, Terry (HHSC Resource Witness)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Kirby, Tim (Methodist Health System)
Roberts, Peter (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Jessee, Gary (HHSC Resource Witness)
Villarreal, Rudy (HHSC Resource Witness)
For:
Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
McGrath, Dana (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Thomason, David (Leadingage Texas)
For:
Riggs, Jennifer (Texas truecare)
Rumsey, Ronald (Self)
Against:
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Aragon, Steve (HHSC Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Aslinia, Nasser (Self)
Avera, Joe (Self)
Berlanga, Hugo (Texas Dentist for Medicaid Reform)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Canales, Adriana (Self)
Cyphers, Regina (Self; Texas Counseling association)
Felts, Adriana (Self)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
Hanna, Mark (Texas society for clinical social work)
Heal, John (Texas Truecare Pharmacies)
Hogue, Jennifer (Self)
Holcomb, Michelle (Self)
Holliday, Mendy (Self)
Hopson, Chuck (Texas pharmacy business council)
Kordzik, Nikki (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Lentschke, Jennifer (Self)
Mar, Marco (Self)
Marwitz, David A. (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas counseling association)
Morrison, Kristi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Phan, Thao (Self)
Pospisil, Scott (Texas Hearing Aid Association)
Prado, Ashley (Self)
Proctor, Ronald (Self; Compass point counseling, inc)
Proctor, Verlonda (Self; Texa Counseling Association)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists)
Tajkhanji, Munira (Self)
Wiesner, Dennis (Heb)
Wright, Michael (Texas pharmacy business council)
Zholu, Yuliya (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bazan, Kim (HHSC Resource Witness)
Terry, Michael (Department of Public Safety)
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