WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 20, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Riggs, Jennifer (Multiple health care providers and Pharmacy Buying Association dba
TexasTruecare)
Roberson, Deborah (Self)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Huggins, Dan (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Texas Optometric Association)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Culley, Robert (Texas Hearing Aid Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Heal, John (Pharmacy Buying Association dba Texas TrueCare Pharmacies)
Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Reagan, Karen (Walgreens)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Wiesner, Dennis (Heb)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Leche, Paul (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Black, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Specia, John (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
On:
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of Texas)
Conway, Jessica (Office of the State Long-term Care Ombudsman)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Healthcare Association)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
On:
Lothringer, Linda (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)
For:
Dawson, Barbara (MHMRA of Harris County)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Kennedy, Grant (Self; Texas Clubhouse Coalition)
On:
Moyer, Martha (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Chase, Coby (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Ortiz, Lillian (Self; One Voice Texas)
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Schauer, Tim (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Bliss, Carmen (Department of State Health Services)
Griffin, Tamela (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Thune, Linda (Self)
Walton, Eula (Self)
On:
Hammack, Sherri (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Shier, Bill (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Caruthers, Jamey (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO United Labor Legislative Committee)
On:
Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Shah, Umair (Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Hughes, Lisa (Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
Schauer, Tim (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Smith, Jennifer (Texas Association of City & County Health Officials (TACCHO))
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Yarnell, Jr., William (YMCA Texas)
On:
Gonzales, Melissa (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Against:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Carmical, Audrey (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Janek, Kyle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Specia, John (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Tripp, Amy (Sunset Advisory Commission-Resource Witness)
For:
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
On:
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conway, Jessica (Office of the State Long-term Care Ombudsman)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Healthcare Association)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Meyer, Alyse (Leading Age Texas)
Smith, Rachael (Self; Alzheimer's Association Capital of Texas Chapter)
Wells, Christian (Alzheimer's Association Capital of Texas Chapter)
On:
Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
For:
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)
Against:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
On:
Horton, Colleen (Self; Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Raymond, Kerry (Department of State Health Services)
Schalchlin, Scott (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO United Labor Legislative Committee)
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Thomason, David (Leading Age Texas)
Utterback, Loyd (Self; Blue Skies of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hunt, Jeff (Texas Department of Insurance)
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
On:
Carruth, Lisa (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
On:
Mcwilliams, Dean (Intuit)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Muth, Stephanie (Health and Human Services Commission)
On:
Crowley, James (OIG, TX HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Carlton, Belinda (Texas Council For Developmental Disabilities)
Carlton, Dawn (Self)
Lavallo, Richard (Disability rights texas)
On:
Slayton, David (Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cundall, Mark (Self; Disability Voting Action Project)
Herndon, Patrick (Self)
Herndon, Patrick (Self)
Kerbow, Kendra (Texas Advocates)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Suehs, Thomas (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
On:
Ezekoye, Nnenna (Department of State Health Services)
Urban, Karl (Department of Family and Protective Services - Adult Protective Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Biscoe, Laurie (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Diskin, Lenae (Self)
Moreno, Dennis (Self)
Moreno, Jesus (Self)
Moreno, Mary (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Powell, Judy (Parent guidance center)
Valdez, Debby (Self)
On:
Sims, Jennifer (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Martinez, Jose (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Clark, Douglas (Self)
Ledbetter, George (Girling Health Care)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Griffin, Tamela (Health and Human Services Commission)
Muth, Stephanie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Texas Optometric Association)
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Healthcare Association)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Roberson, Deborah (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sprinkle, GKlizicki (Texas Ambulance Association)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gates, Gary (Self; Texas citizens coalition)
Gibson, Robert (Self)
Nash, James (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carr, Kenneth (Self; Mr/Mrs Gary Gates)
Gates, Cynthia (Self)
Gates, George (Self)
Gates, Marcus (Self)
Gates, Melissa V. (Self)
Gates, Raquel (Self)
Gates, Will (Self)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Carmical, Audrey (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Kanne, Lisa (Department of Family & Protective Services)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Branson, Chris (Self)
Gates, Gary (Self; Texas citizens coalition)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Valdez, Debby (Self)
On:
Amberboy, Tina (Supreme Court Children's Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gates, Melissa V. (Self)
Gates, Will (Self)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
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