WITNESS LIST

HB 4

              Senate Committee Report

              Health & Human Services

April 19, 2017 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Barillas, Dr. Katherine   Director of Child Welfare  (also providing written testimony) 

                                          (One Voice Texas), Houston, TX

                                          Booker, Dana   Dr.  (also providing written testimony)  (TexProtects), Dallas, TX

                                          Bristol, Mercedes   Grandparent Advocate  (Self; S. A. Grandparents raising

                                          grandchildren), San antonio, TX

                                          Cooper, Rachel   Senior Policy Analyst  (also providing written testimony)  (Center for

                                          Public Policy Priorities), Austin, TX

                                          Crockett, Sarah   Public Policy Coordinator  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas

                                          CASA), Austin, TX

                                          Murphy, Kate   Senior child welfare policy associate  (also providing written testimony) 

                                          (Texans care for children), Austin, TX

                                          Reyes, Gus   Dr  (Self; Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission), Cedar Park, TX

                        ON:

                                          Kronrei, Liz   Director of Services  (Dept of Family Services), Austin, TX

                                          Subia, Lisa   Chief Financial Officer  (Dept of Family and Protective Services), Austin, TX

Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Allmon, Jennifer   Executive Director  (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Bostur, Jill    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Burleson, John   Mr  (Self; Travis County Resistance), Austin, TX

                                          Daniels, Randall   Vice President  (Buckner Children & Family Services), Dallas, TX

                                          Francis, Will    (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter), Austin, TX

                                          Freeman, Kathryn   Director of Public Policy  (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Green, Joseph    (Travis County Commissioners Court), Austin, TX

                                          Harms, Lynn   Past president  (Self; Childrens home of lubbock), Lubbock, TX

                                          Hayes, Holly    (Self) , Pflugerville, TX

                                          Hettinger, Ann   Public Policy Director  (Self; Center for the Preservation of Ameican

                                          ideals), Rockwall, TX

                                          Higgins, Carlos   Chair TSHL Legislative Action Comm  (Self; Texas Silver Haired

                                          Legislature), Austin, TX

                                          Houston, Joshua   General Counsel  (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

                                          Kimberly, Knox   SVP - Advocacy and Stakeholder Relations  (Upbring), Austin, TX

                                          Marsh, Deborah    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Marsh, Gary    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Mineo, Sharon    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Olse, Katie   Executive Director  (Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services), Austin,

                                          TX

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WITNESS LIST

HB 4

              Senate Committee Report

              Health & Human Services

                                          Shattuck, Catherine    (Self; Literary Women in Action), Austin, TX

                                          Specia, John    (Self) , San Antonio, TX

                                          Spiller, Lee   Executive Director  (Citizens Commission on Human Rights), Austin, TX

                                          Thurston, James   Director of Policy and Community Engagement  (United Ways of

                                          Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Townsend, Paul   Director of Public Policy  (Children's Hospital Association of Texas),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Travis, Clayton   Director of Advocacy  (Texas Pediatric Society), Austin, TX

                                          Tucker, Jason    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Wall, Catharine    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Yanas, Christine   Director of Govt. Affairs  (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South

                                          Texas), San Antonio, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Kalthoff, Wendy    (Self) , Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Blackstone, Kristene   Associate Commissioner of CPS  (Dept of Family and Protective

                                          Services), Austin, TX

                                          Carmical, Aodrey   Interim General Counsel  (Dept of Family and Protective Services),

                                          Austin, TX

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