WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 20, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Tamayo, Elisa (Emergence Health Network)
On:
Zalkovsky, Emily (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castaneda Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Smith, Ali (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Against:
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
For:
Steinhauer, DDS, William (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brodsky, Nina (Self)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Assn)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Garcia, Sarah (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
On:
Zalkovsky, Emily (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Garcia, Sarah (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Contreras, Janie (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Quertermous, Janie (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Hayward, Justin (Self; Texas network of youth services)
McDonald, Gabriella (Texas Appleseed)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)
Emerson, Debra (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Gomez, Frances (Texas DPS)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avellano, Deborah (Self)
D'Aversa, Aldo (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True Texas Project)
Lewis, Charles (Self; True texas project)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Green, Jerome (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
For:
Alter, Carol (Self; Baylor scott and white health)
Keller, Andy (Self; Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Roy, Kevin (Shatterproof)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors' Safety)
Harris, Cliff (Self)
Jennings, Mary jo (Self)
Against:
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Harris, Karen (Self)
Thomas, Beverly (Self)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
For:
Angel, Susie (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Hohfeld, Brooke (Texas Advocates)
Smith, Ken (Texas Health Institute)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Ghasemi, Michael (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Stephens, Stephanie (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Jess (Texas Denta Assn)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gibson Smith, Stephanie (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Pitts, John R. (MCNA Texas)
Pitts, John R. (ViventHealth)
Schauer, Tim (The Center for Pursuit, Avalon House, Reach Unlimited)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Associationon if Health Plans)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Kelley, Shannon (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armendariz, Rick (Texas PACE Association)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Collins, Dana (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Frizzell Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
On:
Quertermous, Janie (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Schauer, Tim (The Center for Pursuit, Avondale House, Reach Unlimited)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
Against:
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Stephens, Stephanie (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Against:
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
For:
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sowers, Briana (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Smith, Ali (Self)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
Tamayo, Elisa (Emergence Health Network)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Johnson, Tila (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Murphy, Ariel (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
On:
Batiste, Ashland (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Danielle, Rachelle (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Murphy, Ariel (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
On:
Danielle, Rachelle (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Robinson, Angela (Self)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Jones, Jadyn (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chowdhry, Vikas (Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chriss, Olivia (Texas Children's Hospital)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Quertermous, Janie (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Linnell, Marjan (Self; Texas Pediatric society, texas medical association, texas academy of
family physicians, american college of physician services-texas chapter, TAOG and ACOG-
districtXI)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boston, Jessica (Molina Healthcare Inc.)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (Partnership for A Healthy Texas)
Romo, Joel (Texas Public Health Coalition/American Heart Association)
Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
On:
Self, Carol (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Johnson, Tila (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
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