WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March 30, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Farris, Lauryn (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Martin, Ken (Texas Homeless Network)
Sharp, Kristopher (Self)
Thomas, KayLa (Self; The World Youth Foundation, inc?)
Whitley, Sandra (Self; Thriveyouthcenter)
On:
Cooper, Jenna (University of Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Babbitt, Melanie (Self)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for public policy priorities)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Williams, Daniel (Self; Equality Texas)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Trejo, Naomi (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
Trejo, Naomi (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Linder, Lindsey (Texas criminal justice coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Martin, Ken (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Kimberly, Knox (Lutheran Social Services of the South)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for public policy priorities)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)
Rice, Leela (Austin Travis County Integral Care)
Sharp, Kristopher (Self)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
On:
Hagerla, David (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)
For:
Attaway, Jon (Self)
Gersuk, Stephen (Self)
Kutach, Nancy (Self)
Mayfield, Stacey (Self)
Against:
McPhail, Jennifer (Self; ADAPT)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Salovitz, Heiwa (Adapt of texas)
Tate, Joe (Self; Community NOW!)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Arman, Justin (Texans for Accountable Government)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Reilly, Wendy (HID Global)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Against:
Boyte, Melanie (Self; Adapt of texas)
Edding, Christopher (Self; Adapt of texas)
Frizzelll, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hofmayer, Chris (Adapt of texas)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Adapt of texas)
Lopez, Renee (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
Metz, Albert (Self; Community NOW! & ADAPT)
Rice, Leela (Austin Travis County Integral Care)
Statman, Rona (Texas Advocates)
Valdez, Debby Salinas (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for The Disabled & Elderly)
On:
Adams, Chris (Texas Dept of Aging & Disability Services - Resource Witness Only)
For:
Bryant, Rebecca (Self; Youth leadership council)
Diaz, Stephanie (Self; Texas state employees union)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Babbitt, Melanie (Self)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Jameson, Hope (Self)
Kimberly, Knox (Lutheran Social Services of the South)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Estevilla, Lana (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Zimmerman, Ric (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)
On:
Estevilla, Lana (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One voice texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)
Gibson - Smith, Stephanie (Self)
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Waldo, Jay (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Babbitt, Melanie (Self)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Bryant, Rebecca (Self; Youth leadership council)
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Jameson, Hope (Self)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for public policy priorities)
Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)
Rice, Leela (Austin Travis County Integral Care)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Widmer, Jimmy (Texas Medical Association)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
On:
Estevilla, Lana (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Griffin, Tamela (Health and Human Services Commission)
Griffin, Tamela (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Daby, Constance (Self)
Fette, Claudette (Self)
Hennigan, Mary (Self; Texas occupational therapy association)
Judd, Catherine (Self; Texas academy of Physician Assistants)
Whisner, Sandra (Self)
Against:
Grothues, PhD, Carol (Self; Texas Psychological Asoociation)
On:
Raymond, Kerry (Dshs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clearman, Hillary (Self)
Clearman, Robin (Self)
Ericksen, Richard (Self)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Toone, Betti (Self)
Against:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
White, David (Texas Psychological Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Camacho, Jose E (Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Massingill, Gavin (Care Options for Kids)
Price, Ann-Marie (Central Health)
Rich, Sid (Texas association of residential care communities)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Butler, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
Fallon, Katy (Legislative Budget Board)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Villarreal, Rudy (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Howell, Jason (Self; SoberHood)
Stone, Marsha (Self; Benchmark Recovery Center)
On:
Dougherty, Carissa (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Howell, Corey (Eudaimonia Recovery Homes)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
For:
Cain, Joe (Self)
Cantu, Nario Rene (Self; Alliance of Independent Pharmacy of Texas Board Member and
Texas Pharmacy Association Board Member)
De los santos, Mario (Self)
Gallagher, Maureen (Self; Alliance of Independent Pharmcists)
Heal, John (Pharmacy Buying Association d/b/a Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Kocian, Hannah (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wiesner, Dennis (HEB)
On:
Carruth, Lisa (Health and Human Services Commission)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
On:
Owens, Debra (Office of Attorney General)
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