WITNESS LIST
Appropriations Committee
July 25, 2017 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Federal action to Medicaid and the ACA & 1115 Waiver Renewal and CHIP
On:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for public policy priorities)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Smith, Charles (Health and Human Services Commission)
Snyder, Jami (Health and Human Services Commission)
Waldman, Deane (Texas punlib policy foundation)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Assn of Texas)
Wittie, David (ADAPT of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Carter, Gina (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT)
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hansch, Gregory (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
On:
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
For:
Lee, Timothy (Tx retired teachers assn)
On:
Guthrie, Brian (TRS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Butts, Edna (Austin ISD)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
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For:
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Morrow, Rosemary (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Stephanow, Leah (Self)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas School Nurses Organization)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
On:
Daniel, Katrina (TRS)
Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Hartman, Eric (Self; Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Butts, Edna (Austin ISD)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Flores, Juan (Self; Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Lee, Timothy (Tx retired teachers assn)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas School Nurses Organization)
Woodland, Wendy (Texas Library Association)
Against:
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
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On:
Guthrie, Brian (TRS)
Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Brown, Crystal (Self; MDCP/ProtectTXFragileKids)
Carriker, Terri (Self)
Dela Garza Rankin, Gloria (Self)
Dinn, Diana (Self)
Fields, Suzette (Self; Protect tx fragile kids)
Franzke, Teresa (Self)
Gilani, Vicki (Self)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Hillger, Justin (Self; Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health)
Litzinger, Amy (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Montgomery, Laura (Self; Countryside Therapy Group, Inc & Countryside Therapy Group
Home Health, LLC)
Montgomery, Shawn (Self; Countryside Therapy)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Riley, Jennifer (Sage Care Therapy)
Rubin, Stephanie (Texans Care for Children)
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals)
Stallard, Lourson (Self)
Stark, Jason (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Thompson, Dustin (Self)
Touron, Jessica (Self; Ageless Living Home Health)
On:
Rymal, Greta (Health and Human Services Commission)
Smith, Charles (Health and Human Services Commission)
Snyder, Jami (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for public policy priorities)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Lobberecht, Marlene (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Stephanow, Leah (Self)
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Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
For:
Lee, Timothy (Tx retired teachers assn)
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Butts, Edna (Austin ISD)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Morrow, Rosemary (Self)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas School Nurses Organization)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
On:
Daniel, Katrina (TRS)
Guthrie, Brian (TRS)
Melnyk, Tetyana (Comptroller)
Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Lee, Timothy (Tx retired teachers assn)
On:
Daniel, Katrina (TRS)
Guthrie, Brian (TRS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
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For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lobberecht, Marlene (Self)
Morrow, Rosemary (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Stephanow, Leah (Self)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas School Nurses Organization)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
On:
Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Lee, Timothy (Tx retired teachers assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Butts, Edna (Austin ISD)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Lobberecht, Marlene (Self)
Morrow, Rosemary (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Stephanow, Leah (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
On:
Daniel, Katrina (TRS)
Guthrie, Brian (TRS)
Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)
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For:
Casey, Daniel (Moak, Casey & Associates)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Solomons, Burt (Self)
On:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armstrong, Susan (Self)
Benbow, Michael (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Butts, Edna (Austin ISD)
Butts, Edna (Austin ISD)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lobberecht, Marlene (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Morrow, Rosemary (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Stephanow, Leah (Self)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Marler, John (Self; Texans 4 Truth)
On:
Henricksen, Aaron (Legislative Budget Board)
MacLaurin, Andy (Legislative Budget Board)
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