WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 10, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Carter, Gina (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Cole, Celia (Feeding Texas)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Self; Children's Defense Fund)
Hattemer, Kori (Foundation Communities)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Margaret (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)
For:
Correu, John (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Newman, Joshua (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS))
Zimmerman, Richard (Dfps)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA Texas Municipal Police Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Margaret (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Carter, Gina (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Engelke, Jeff (Self; Premieant inc and pacstx)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dickerson, Cassandra (Self; Down Home Ranch)
Frizzell, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Massingill, Gavin (Daybreak group)
Rich, Sid (Texas assocciation of residential care communities)
Rose, Denise (ResCare)
Smith, Carole (Private provider association of texas)
On:
Jakovich, Derek (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Jakovich, Derek (Texas department of aging and disability services)
For:
Kofron, Kimberly (Self; Texas association for the Education of Young Children)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
La Barba, MD, Julie (Self; Texas Medical Association, Partnership for Healthy Texas,
American Heart Association, Texas Public Health Coalition, Texas Pediatric Society)
Utz, Cassy (Cen Tex family services)
Against:
Fincher, David (Self; National Child Care Coalition)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballard, Brooks (Self; CATCH Global Foundation)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Cates, Andrew (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Cole, Celia (Feeding Texas)
Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Self; Children's Defense Fund)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hughes, Lisa (Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
Johnson, Margaret (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Massey, Shelby (American Heart Association)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pitts, John R. (Collaborative for Children)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rubin, Melanie (Dallas early education alliance)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Schauer, Tim (Healthy Living Matters, Houston)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Townsend, Paul (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Waddell, Kara (Child Care Associates)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
On:
Richards, Julie (DFPS/Child Care Licensing)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Kauffman, Sylvia (HHSC-Inspector General)
Against:
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
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On:
Amberboy, Tina (Supreme Court Children's Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS))
For:
Goodlett, Brooke (Self)
Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)
Logan, Brandon (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Amberboy, Tina (Supreme Court Children's Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Chapman, Randy (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Against:
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ford, Anna (The Department of Family and Protective Services)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS))
For:
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Rogoff, Regina (People's Community Clinic)
Shotwell, RexAnn (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Chandler, CCC-SLP, Charlotte (Self; Circle of care)
Darby, Kelly (Self; Texans Focus on Children)
Del bosque, Nora (March of Dimes)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ellis, Jimi (Self; Circle of Care, Pediatric Home Health Care)
Fields, Suzette (Self; Protect texas fragile kids)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Self; Children's Defense Fund)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Margaret (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Advocacy Chairperson)
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)
Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Townsend, Paul (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
West, Barbara (Self; Circle of Care, pediatric therapy)
On:
Carter, Gina (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
For:
Brumback, Mark (Self)
Sammon, Michael (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)
For:
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Smith, Carole (Private provider association of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chandler, CCC-SLP, Charlotte (Self; Circle of care)
Dickerson, Cassandra (Self; Down Home Ranch)
Ellis, Jimi (Self; Circle of Care, Pediatric Home Health Care)
Engelke, Jeff (Self; Premieant inc and pacstx)
Frizzell, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Denise (ResCare)
West, Barbara (Self; Circle of Care, pediatric therapy)
On:
Jessee, Gary (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Snyder, Jami (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
For:
Bloomer, Dawn (Self; TAHCH)
Chudleigh, Geoffrey (Texas Health Care Association)
Gilani, Vicki (Self; Kids Developmental Clinic)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Homecare & Hospice)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Kureska, Robert (Signature Healthcare)
Martinez, MD, Robert (Self; Doctors Hospital at Renaissance)
Rash, Rose (Self)
Riley, Jennifer (Sage Care Therapy)
Robison, Kristen (Self; Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health)
Scepanaki, Jonathan (Self; Texas Association for Homecare and Hospice)
Against:
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Jessee, Gary (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
Kauffman, Sylvia (HHSC - Inspector General)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chandler, CCC-SLP, Charlotte (Self; Circle of care)
Costello, Marjorie (Self; Disability Services of the Southwest)
Darby, Kelly (Self; Texas Fragile Kids)
Dibble, Bethany (Self; Kids Developmental Therapy)
Ellis, Jimi (Self; Circle of Care, Pediatric Home Health Care)
Engelke, Jeff (Self; Premieant inc and pacstx)
Fields, Suzette (Self; Protect texas fragile kids)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Frizzell, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Gonzales, David (Alliance of Independent Pharmacies of Texas)
Heal, John (Pharmacy Buying Association d/b/a Texas TrueCare Pharmicies)
Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Mather, Stacey (Texas Physical Therapy Association)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Rich, Sid (Texas association of residential care communities)
Rose, Denise (ResCare)
Rose, Denise (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Sandlin, Lynda (Self)
Schmidt, Richard (Self; At home healthcare)
Stahmer, Denise (Self; TPTA)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
West, Barbara (Self; Circle of Care, pediatric therapy)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Zambrana, Melanie (Self; Circle of care)
Against:
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Johnson, Dirk (HHSC-Inspector General)
Snyder, Jami (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)
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