WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations Committee

            February 17, 2015 - 7:30 AM

            (SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - ARTICLES VI, VII, VIII)

Board of Examiners of Psychologists

                 On:

                                 Branaman, Tim (Tsbep)

                                 Spinks, Darrel (TSBEP)

                                 Whitney, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Noack, Jennifer (Board of examiners of psychologists, Texas funeral service commission)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Board of Nursing

                 On:

                                 Shipp, Kathy (Texas Board of Nursing)

                                 Thomas, Katherine (Texas Board of Nursing)

                                 Whitney, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Majek, Mark (Texas Board of Nursing)

                                 Perez, Laurie (Texas Board of Nursing)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Department of Insurance

                 On:

                                 Brannan, Ryan (Department of Insurance)

                                 Herrera, Norma (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Mattax, David (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Rodriguez, Eduardo (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Thompson, Jay (Afact, nicb)

                                 Von Kennel, Tim (National association of insurance and financial advisers     NAIFA)

                 On:

                                 Brady, Kevin (Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

                                 Brown, Cassie (Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

                                 Clark, Nancy (Department of Insurance)

                                 Coneally, Chris (Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

                                 Einfalft, Mark (Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

                                 Johnson, Kyson (Department of Insurance- Resource Only)

                                 Lee, Amy (Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Pardue, Joel (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Phillips, Karen (Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Walker, Jamie (Department of Insurance- resource only)

Department of Licensing and Regulation

                 On:

                                 Francis, Brian (Texas Department pf Licensing and Regulation)

                                 Kuntz, William (Texas department of licensing and regulation)

                                 Smith, Jordan (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Daniels, Jerry (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                                 Fajardo, Erick (Sunset Advisory Commission staff)

                                 Teleki, Katharine (Sunset Advisory Commission (project manager, DSHS Sunset review -

                                 resource only))

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Funeral Service Commission

                 On:

                                 Allen, Gene (Self; Texas Funeral Service Commisssion)

                                 McCoy, Janice (Texas Funeral Service Commission)

                                 Smith, Jordan (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Noack, Jennifer (Board of examiners of psychologists, Texas funeral service commission)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Health Professions Council

                 On:

                                 Makan, Hemant (Health Professions Council)

                                 Monk, John (Health Professions Council)

                                 Whitney, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Office of Injured Employee Counsel

                 On:

                                 Corna, Jessica (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

                                 Rodriguez, Eduardo (Legislative Budget Board)

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Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Franco, Andria (Office of injured employee counsel)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Office of Public Insurance Counsel

                 On:

                                 Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)

                                 Rodriguez, Eduardo (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Zapata, Patricia (OPIC)

Parks and Wildlife Department

                 On:

                                 Godfrey, Lauren (State Auditor's Office)

                                 Heikkila, Dawn (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

                                 Norris, Robert (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Smith, Carter (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

                                 Timberlake, James (State Auditor's Office)

                                 Wales, Michael (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Wiles, Mark (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garrett, Kimberly (Texas Recreation snd Psrks Society)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Merz, Evelyn (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Wright, Eric (Dr Richard Teschner)

                 On:

                                 Jensen, Michael (Texas parks and wildlife department)

                                 Leisure, Brent (Texas parks and wildlife department)

                                 Thurlkill, Jason (Legislative Budget Board)

Public Utility Commission

                 For:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                 On:

                                 Lindsey, Julie (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Marquez, Brandy (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

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Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

Racing Commission

                 On:

                                 Goetsch, J. Lane (Tx Racing Commission)

                                 Lindsey, Julie (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Trout, Chuck (Texas Racing Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Ederer, Ron (Texas racing commission)

                                 Fenner, Mark (Texas Racing Commission)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

State Office of Administrative Hearings

                 On:

                                 Beverly, Eric (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Parsley, Cathleen (State Office of Administrative Hearings)

                                 Rodriguez, Eduardo (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Dudish, Kim (Soah)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Walston, Tom (SOAH)

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