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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations - S/C on Article II Committee

            March 1, 2021 - 9:00 AM

            Health and Human Services Commission

                 For:

                                 Bocchini, Claire (Texas Pediatrics Society, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Texas

                                 Medical Association)

                                 Bregman, Alex (Self)

                                 Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition (TWHC))

                                 Geoffray, Kami (Every Body Texas)

                                 Haddad, Roberto (DHR Health)

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Homer, Andy (Texas CASA)

                                 Howard, Jesse (Girling Community Care)

                                 Jacob, Kathryn (Safe Haven of Tarrant County)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Lundgren, Barbara (Meals on Wheels Texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Mistretta, Cassie (Self; LTC Centers)

                                 Riner, Meera (Truman W. Smith Children's Care Center)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas (PPAT))

                                 Stevens, Christa (Autism Speaks)

                                 Terry, Gloria (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Potts, Joe (Self)

                 On:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Briggs, Emily (Self; Texas Medical Association)

                                 Burns, Sonja (Self)

                                 Cranston, Catherine (Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas)

                                 Dekowski, Donovan (Regency Integrated Health Services)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))

                                 Evans, Julie (Self; Alliance for Children)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))

                                 Gainey, Summer (Self; BlueSprig)

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Glazier, Stephen (UT Health)

                                 Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)

                                 Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association of Home Care & Hospice)

                                 Harracksingh, Rachel (Texas Ambulance Association)

                                 Jones, Keith (Self; Blue Sprig Pediatrics)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of Texas)

                                 Lindsey, Julie (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Linial, George (Leading Age Texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Lucke, Ashley (Pediatrix, Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Maples, Mike (HHSC)

                                 Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)

                                 Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)

                                 Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Nedrelow, Jonathan (TPS, TMA, Pediatrix)

                                 Stoeltje, Mark (Self; Clubhouse Texas)

                                 Strakowski, Steve (Dell Medical School at UT Austin)

                                 Thommen, Rany (Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)

                                 Trigg, Adrienne (Self; TexMep)

                                 Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Wood, Trey (HHSC)

                                 Young, Cecile Erwin (HHSC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Alletto, Michelle (HHSC)

                                 Ash, Ky (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                                 Gaines, Sonja (HHSC)

                                 Kostroun, David (HHSC)

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Stephens, Stephanie (HHSC)

            HHSC - Office of the Inspector General

                 On:

                                 Hernandez Kauffman, Sylvia (Office of Inspector General for HHSC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Biles, Susan (Office of Inspector General for HHSC)

                                 Lindsey, Julie (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 McKleskey, Kenny (Office of Inspector General for HHSC)

            Texas Civil Commitment Office

                 For:

                                 Muli, Stanley (Texas Civil Commitment Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 McLane, Marsha (Texas Civil Commitment Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Lindsey, Julie (Legislative Budget Board)

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