WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 9, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Gerken, Lauren (Self)
Reed-Boston, Dr. Chasey (Self; Bay Area Rehabilitation Center)
Rubin, Stephanie (Texans care for children)
Shaw, Christie (Self; West Texas Centers ECI)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)
McGrath, Dana (HHSC)
O'Neil, Ed (TEA)
Olguin, Jannette (The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Rodgers, Lindsay (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arrona, Deborah (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Bradshaw, Jason (Self)
Bradshaw, Robin (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids and Texas Chargers)
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Durden, Veronda (Self; Any Baby Can)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Frizzell, Brenda (Self; Bluebonnet Trails Community Services)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Heflin, Fay (Self)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Ji, Yuchen (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
King, David (Self)
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Krzeminski, Tesia (NAMI Austin)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Lopez, Guillermo (Self; Any Baby Can)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McCann, Gabriela (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Panakis, Sharon (Self)
Peterson, Jennifer (Self; Any Baby Can)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Schmiedel, Marilyn (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Walker, Nancy (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)
Brewer, Pat (Tx Department of Insurance)
Brewer, Pat (Texas Department of Insurance)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Schwartz, Joel (HHSC)
Young, Meghan (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Arrona, Deborah (Self)
Barnes, Kelly (Central Health)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Doctors for Change)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Business)
Bradshaw, Jason (Self)
Bradshaw, Robin (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids and Texas Chargers)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Connolly, Maren (Self)
Curran, MD, Doug (Self; Texas Medical Assn)
Del Bosque, Nora (March of Dimes)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Gonzales, Mary Ann (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hamre, Darcy (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Heflin, Fay (Self)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Ji, Yuchen (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)
Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
King, David (Self)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Krzeminski, Tesia (NAMI Austin)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Massey, Shelby (American Heart Association)
McCann, Gabriela (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
McGarry, Mignon (American College of Obstreticians and Gynecologists)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Person, Maria (Self)
Posey, Dan (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Reames, Joan (Self)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Schmiedel, Marilyn (Self)
Serrao, Karl (Self; Driscoll Health Plan)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Swogger, Tegra (Circle Up: United Methodist Women for Moms)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Carter, Gina (HHSC)
Garcia, Kelly (HHSC)
Ghasemi, Michael (HHSC)
Luera, Marisa (HHSC)
Young, Meghan (HHSC)
For:
Bass, Ben (Recovery Alliance)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Peyson, Robin (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Krzeminski, Tesia (NAMI Austin)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Reames, Joan (League of women voters)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Gold, Laura (HHSC)
For:
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Feigen, David (Texans Care For Children)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Linn, Julie (The Commit Partnership)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Rubin, Melanie (Dallas early education alliance)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Batiste, Ashland (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
For:
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Corser, Meagan (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ji, Yuchen (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
For:
Fulton, Jason (Lonestar Social Services)
Jackson, Valerie (Monarch Family Services)
McKinney, Adam (Buckner)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Molnar, Tom (Divinity Family Services)
Tenery, Tammy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Ji, Yuchen (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
For:
Sandoval, Xavier (Self; Allheal Home Health, Inc)
Soto, Ives (Self; Remote Patient Management Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)
Vasek, Heather (Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance in McAllen)
On:
McManus, Erin (HHSC)
For:
Harracksingh, Rachel (Self; Texas Ambulance Association)
Montes, Asbel (Acadian Ambulance Service)
Oberhoff, Butch (Texas EMS Alliance)
Young, Steve (Milam County Judge)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Randolph, Ian (American Medical Response)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Strickland, Clinton (Self; Belmont Village Senior Living)
On:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
On:
Conces, Diana (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Artis, Dominique (City of Dallas, Dallas Fire Rescue)
Fite, Robert (Self; Dallas County Fire Chiefs association)
Smith, Brent (Self; Texas EMS Alliance and Hopkins County EMS)
Wells, Justin (Houston Fire Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self)
Harracksingh, Rachel (Self; Texas Ambulance Association)
Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Harrison, Tracie (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Allison (Western Governors University)
Brooks, Allison (Texas Quality Care Coalition)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Haney, Casey (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
On:
Puls, Charles (Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Campbell, Steven (Self; Breckenridge Village of Tyler)
On:
Allred, Stephanie (HHSC)
Lester, Molly (HHSC)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
For:
Gajraj, Noor (Self)
Roy, Kevin (Shatterproof)
On:
Gold, Laura (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ashley, Price (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Ji, Yuchen (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
On:
Taccetta, Kaysie (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Rubin, Melanie (Dallas Early Education Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Waddell, Kara (Child Care Associates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deshields, Holly (City of Fort Worth)
Feigen, David (Texans Care For Children)
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Landry, Garrett (Early Matters Dallas)
Linn, Julie (The Commit Partnership)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Rubin, Melanie (Dallas early education alliance)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
FOwler, Wynne (Self; REsCare)
Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
On:
Conces, Diana (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Sabrina (D&S Residential Services)
Hernandez, Richard (Self; BrightSpring Health Services)
Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)
Turrieta, Gilbert (Caregiver, Inc)
Walker, Nancy (ResCare)
For:
Casias, Rob (Self)
Curran, MD, Doug (Self; Texas Medical Assn, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Texas
Pediatric Society, Texas Assn. Of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of
Obstetricians & Gynecologists)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Davis, Heather (Lognhorn Health Solutions)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Evans, Afra (Children's Medical Center Health Plan)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Harris, Tiffanie (Self)
Keller, Denise (United Health Care)
Martin, Jenna (Childrens medical center Health plan)
Poirier, Caitlin (Self)
Scott, Trisha (Self)
Sobers-Butler, Keisia (Self; Driscoll Health Plan)
Thompson, Leonard (Self)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas association of health plans)
Wommack, Ginger (United healthcare)
Against:
Burek, Susan (Self)
Carriker, Terri (Self)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Galinsky, Samuel (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Trigg, Adrienne (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
On:
Miller, Susan (Texas Office Of the Attorney General)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights TX)
Muth, Stephanie (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Kayla (Self)
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Business)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Masters, Joshua (Self)
Maurice, Chantelle (Self)
Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Thomas,MD, Cealee (Self; Amerigroup)
Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vasek, Heather (Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance of McAllen)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Alvis, Carrie (Self)
Arrona, Deborah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Bock, Lisa (Self)
Bock, Lisa (Self)
Bradshaw, Jason (Self)
Bradshaw, Robin (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids and Texas Chargers)
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Carpenter, Wendy (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Cloud, David (Self)
Cloud, Lauren (Self)
Conrad, Lydia (Self; Protect tx fragile kids)
De grasse, Jamie (Self)
Dela Garza Rankin, Gloria (Self)
Edwards, Cee (Self)
Fields, Brent (Self)
Fields, Suzette (Self)
Flores, Brenda (Self)
Flores, Diana (Self)
Galinsky, Tanner (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Heflin, Fay (Self)
Mann, Laurie (Self)
Martinez, Debbie (Self)
McCann, Gabriela (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
McPhail, Jennifer (Self)
Pereida, Jose (Self)
Robson, Jennifer (Self)
Santa, Sherry (Self)
Schmiedel, Marilyn (Self)
Seibel, Natalie (Self)
Shipley, Pamela (Self)
Williams, Colleen (Self)
Wolsey, Caden (Self)
Wolsey, Chad (Self)
Wolsey, Jennifer (Self)
Wolsey, Lucas (Self)
On:
Stephens, Elena (Amerigroup)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Feigen, David (Texans Care For Children)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Rubin, Melanie (Dallas early education alliance)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Feigen, David (Texans Care For Children)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ji, Yuchen (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Rubin, Melanie (Dallas early education alliance)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
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