WITNESS LIST
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Committee
February 11, 2019 - 8:00 AM
Health and Human Services Commission
On:
Anderson, Tucker (Code 3 Emergency Partners)
Arenivar, Jorge (Self; The Transitional Learning Center)
Atkins, Mickey (D&S Community Services)
Baucom, Alison (Self; Baucom Behavioral)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Berry, Jason (Self; Berry family services)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Black, Beverly (Self)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Botello, Chris (Self)
Breitengross Bitter, Sandra (Texas State Independent Living Council)
Brock, Samantha (Legislative Budget Board)
Browning, Ronnie (Self)
Buetow, Cari (Self)
Burruss, Dr. John (Metrocare Services)
Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)
Coghlan, Brett (Self; Texas Ambulance Assoc)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists)
Cranston, Cathy (Self; PersonalAttendant Coalition of Texas)
Cranston, Ron (Self; PACT)
Crowther, Nancy (Self; Personal. Attendant c oalition of tx)
Curran, MD, Doug (Self; Texas Medical Assn, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Texas
Pediatric Society, Texas Assn of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of OBGyns
(District XI) - Texas)
Dickerson, Cassandra (Down Home Ranch)
Diehl, Michael (Legislative Budget Board)
Dooley, Michelle (Self; Community Now)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Dudley, Rustin (Legislative Budget Board)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Dunson, Leigh (Mary lee fondation)
Ford, Victoria (HHSC)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Galasso, Fedora (Young Invincibles)
Gilani, Vicki (Self; Kids Developmental Clinic)
Gonzales, Larry (Autism Speaks)
Gray, Colin (Self)
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)
Gregory, Natalie (Self)
Guerra-Cardus, Dr. Laura (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care& Hospice)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Hernandez, Richard (Self; ResCare, Inc.)
Hicks, Willie (State Auditor's Office)
Hocker, Mel (Self)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Hughes, Carla (Self; Advo Companies)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT PACT)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans care for children)
Lavelle, Tanya (Hogg foundation for mental health)
Lawrence, Donna (Self)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Litzinger, Amy (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Lundgren, Barbara (Self; Meals On Wheels Assoc of Texas)
Mares, Bryan (Texas CASA)
Mayeaux, Ginger (Self; The Arc of Texas)
Meadours, James (Self; Texas Advocates)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Mendiola, Monica (ResCare, Inc)
Metz, Albert (Self; Adapt pact)
Morgan, Mason (Self; Caregiver, Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas
(PACSTX))
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Muth, Stephanie (HHSC)
Naranjo, Mary (A Piney Woods Home Services)
O Connor, Joan (Rescare)
O'Neill, Audrey (State Auditor's Office)
Pavey, Heather (Self; Texas SSP Coalition)
Phillips, Courtney (HHSC)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Picket, Heather (Self)
Potts, Joseph (Self)
Powers, Kim (Self; SSPs for DeafBlind Texans)
Rabalais, Carroll (Mary Lee Foundation)
Ramirez, Bianca (Self)
Ramirez, Erika (Texas womens healthcare coalition)
Randall, Fanya (Self; Texas Autism Society)
Reimer, David (Self; Aveanna Healthcare)
Rhoads, Ellen (Self; Texana Center)
Riley, Jennifer (Self; Sage Care Therapy Services)
Ritter, Tony (Self; Advantage Behavioral Services, Inc.)
Robison, Kristen (Angels of Care Pediatric Home Care)
Ross, Kathy (Self)
Salovitz, Heiwa (Self; Afapt off Tepxas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals central texas)
Scepanski, Renee (TMHP Outsource Billing)
Schwarzwald, Heidi (Texas Children's Health Plan)
Stahmer, Denise (Self; MedCare Pediatric Group)
Stoeltje, Mark (Self; Clubhouse Texas)
Swallow, David (Self)
Terry, Gloria (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Thommen, Rany (Self; Texas Association for Behavior Analyst)
Turner, James (Austin Police Department)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Vargas, Claudia (Self; Clubhouse Texas)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Weizenbaum, Jon (AARP)
Whitehurst, Emilee (Houston Area Women's Center)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Assn of Texas)
Wisham, Mary (Rescare)
Withrow, Heather (Self)
Wittie, David (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
Wood, Trey (HHSC)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bennett, Michaela (Children's Health System of Texas)
Birchill, Emma (Self)
Ferry, Stephen (Self; Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas DBMAT)
Gerken, Lauren (The Arc of Texas)
Godfrey, Lauren (State Auditor's Office)
Gonzales, Arby (State Auditor's Office)
Hall, Manda (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Harmon, Becky (Self; DBMAT)
Horton, Colleen (Self; Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Jones, Alyssa (The Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Kunish, Eric (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Liggett, Lindsay (Self; Circle Up United Methodist Women)
Lofton, Keithl (Self; Adapt of texas)
Lopez, Renee (Self)
Nafziger, Mia (Legislative Budget Board)
Niedermayer, Vicki (Self; Helping Restore Ability)
Prado, Liz (Legislative Budget Board)
Quereau, Jennifer (Legislative Budget Board)
Ralet, Lauren (Self)
Rodell, Leora (Legislative Budget Board)
Scepanski, Jon (APEX Primary Care)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Seargent, Bill (Self)
Tamur, Serra (State Auditor's Office)
Thompson, Wanda (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Thorne, Richard (Advo Companies Inc)
Vasek, Heather (Doctors Hospital at Renaisance)
Texas Civil Commitment Office
On:
Diehl, Michael (Legislative Budget Board)
Flores, David (Texas Civil Commitment Office)
McLane, Marsha (Texas Civil Commitment Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Prado, Liz (Legislative Budget Board)
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