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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 984

              Senate Committee Report

              State Affairs

              May 14, 2015 - 9:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Hodgson, Shawna    (Self) , Kingwood, TX

                                          Wilson, Mary E.    (Self) , Mansfield, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Babino, Erica    (Self) , Houston, TX

                                          Dimick, Kimberlee    (Self) , Houston, TX

                                          Francis, Will   Government Relations Director  (Nat'l Assoc. of Social Workers- Texas

                                          Chapter), Austin, TX

                                          Kessler, Austin    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Lind, Charles R.    (Self) , Cedar Park, TX

                                          Perkins, Deana    (Self) , Murphy, TX

                                          Phillips, Margaret    (Self) , New Orleans, LA

                                          Potvin, Merae   Adoptive Mother  (Self, Children (2)), Hutto, TX

                                          Scanlon, Rev. Jonathan   Pastor  (Self and Genesis Presbyterian Church), Austin, TX

                                          Scott, Adoptive Parent, Dawn M.   Director, Board - AKA  (Self, Adoption Knowledge

                                          Affiliates (AKA)), Austin, TX

                                          Slaughter, Richard D.    (Self) , San Antonio, TX

                                          Watson, Daryn    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Wodahl, James A.    (Self) , Crosby, TX

                                          Wodahl, Traci    (Self) , Crosby, TX

                        ON:

                                          Farinelli, Victor   Communications Manager  (Department of State Health Services),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz"   CPS Director of Special Projects  (Texas Department of Family

                                          and Protective Services (DFPS)), Austin, TX

                       Providing written testimony:

                        FOR:

                                          Dimick, Roger    (Self) , Houston, TX

                                          Ferguson, Sherry   L.V.N.  (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Gray, Connie   Founder  (Texas Adoptee Rights), Austin, TX

                                          Martinez Dorner, MA, LPC, Patricia   Director Adoption Counseling and Search (Private

                                          Practice; Adoptive Parent)  (Self) , San Antonio, TX

                                          Perkins, Katy   LMSW- AP  (Self) , Dallas, TX

                                          Purcell, Marci    (Self) , Austin, TX

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