WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 6, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Thomas, Sydney (Alzheimers Association)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ducayet (Do Ki Yay like yippee ki yay)), Patricia (Office of the state long-term care
ombudsman)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Bass, Ben (Self; Recovery Alliance of El Paso)
Brown, Pat (Thriving United)
Hunter, Carl (Self; Recovery Coalition of Texas)
Peyson, Robin (Recovery Coalition of Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa (Emergence Health Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)
Against:
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Wright, Eric (Texas Association of Home Care and Hospice)
For:
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Leal, Roland (Independent Coalition of Nursing Homes)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
For:
Amthor, Corey (Enchanted Rock)
Ducayet (Do Ki Yay like yippee ki yay)), Patricia (Office of the state long-term care
ombudsman)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Against:
Bray, Doug (Texas Healthcare Association)
Gage, Leah (Self; San Gabriel Rehabilitation and Care Center)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
On:
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Thomas, Sydney (Alzheimers Association)
Against:
Spence, Logan (Creative Solutions in Healthcare)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Aluotto, Jacquelyn (Self; RBRW/Break The Cycle USA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Barron, Kelly (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department)
Dixon, Dr James (Self; No Trafficking Zone)
Mark, Dennis (Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance)
Meyers, Frances (Self; No Trafficking Zone)
Nuno, Linda (Self; Dem District Chair #268)
Whitehurst, Emilee (Houston Area Women’s Center)
On:
Glazier, Steve (UTHealth Houston)
Lightbody-Warner, Meaghan (UTHealth Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Caruthers, Jamey (Children at Risk)
Chriss, Olivia (Texas Childrens Hospital)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Knaupe, Gregg (Dell Children’s Medical Center)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Assn of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)
On:
Lance, Blanca Denise (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Starkey, Crystal (Health And Human Services Commission)
Yee, Nickie (Secretary of State)
For:
Balfanz, Phillip (Self; Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
On:
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Shipton, Patricia (Texas Healthcare and Biosciences Institute)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Nurses Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
On:
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Assoc)
On:
Dionne Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Against:
Smith, Valerie (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Assn of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ayres, Monica (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Logan, Brandon (Self)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC))
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Nuno, Linda (Self; Dem District Chair #268)
On:
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Adair, Loren (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Roan, Lindsey (Self)
Against:
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chalkley, Evaleen (Self)
Dion, Megan (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hoffman, Jon (Self)
Smith, David (CEO)
On:
Kintzer, Corey (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas (PPAT))
Against:
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Leal, Roland (ResCare)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Schauer, Tim (The Center for Pursuit, Reach Unlimited, Avalon House)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
On:
Kintzer, Corey (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Lewis, Wesley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Woolsey, Leonard (Self; The Galveston County Daily News and Texas Press Association)
On:
Travis, Avery (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Ducayet (Do Ki Yay like yippee ki yay)), Patricia (Office of the state long-term care
ombudsman)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Prather, Laura (Self; Transparent & Accountable Government Coalition)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
For:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castaneda Jr, Tristan (Texas Association fir Marriage and Family Therapy)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Simmons, Carrie (Opportunity Solutions Project)
Tamayo, Elisa (Emergence Health Network (El Paso's LMHA))
On:
Spinks, Darrel (TX Behavioral Health Executive Council)
On:
Wold, Kez (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Logan, Brandon (One Accord for Kids)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Garcia, Linda (2Ingage)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Against:
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
Letts, Ellen (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Matteson, Deseray (Texas Health Care Association)
Voss, Angie (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
For:
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Martinez, Jennifer (Self; The Arc of Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Schauer, Tim (The Center for Pursuit, Reach Unlimited, Avalon House)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas (PPAT))
Trigg, Adrienne (Texas Medical Equipment Providers Association)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Lester, Molly (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
NICHOLS, MARY (Texas Caregivers for Compromise)
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Against:
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Matteson, Deseray (THCA)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ducayet (Do Ki Yay like yippee ki yay)), Patricia (Office of the state long-term care
ombudsman)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Thomas, Sydney (Alzheimers Association)
Against:
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Spence, Logan (Creative Solutions in Healthcare)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Martinez, Jennifer (Self; The Arc of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Guy, Linda (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Schauer, Tim (The Center for Pursuit, Reach Unlimited, Avalon House)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas (PPAT))
Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Gaines, Sonja (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
On:
Musi, Nicolas (Ut health science center san antonio)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ducayet (Do Ki Yay like yippee ki yay)), Patricia (Office of the state long-term care
ombudsman)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas (PPAT))
Thomas, Sydney (Alzheimers Association)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Lester, Molly (Health and Human Services Commission)
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