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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 132

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Human Services Committee

              March 6, 2017 - 8:30 AM

                       For :

                                 Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Bristol, Mercedes (Self)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Martinez, Delia (Grandmother raising grandchildren)

                                 Martinez, Delia (Self; Grandparents Raising Children)

                                 Moreno, Jesse (Self)

                                 Moreno, Mary (Self; Families Helping Families)

                       On :

                                 Perez, Gina (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

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

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))

                                 Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (County of Bexar Commissioners Court)

                       On :

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

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