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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            May 18, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            SB 171

                 For:

                                 Tamayo, Elisa (Emergence Health Network)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)

                                 Hansch, Greg (NAMI Texas)

                                 Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                 On:

                                 Costilow, Jennie (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 225

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Estevilla, Lana (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 452

                 For:

                                 Jones, Marcus (Texas Education Policy Institute)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hansch, Greg (NAMI Texas)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

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

                                 Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of  Youth Services)

                                 Taylor, Brittney (TexProtects)

                                 Thibodeaux, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                 On:

                                 Rasco, Sasha (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

            SB 500

                 For:

                                 McFaden, Mary (Harris County District Attorney’s Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Ducayet, Patricia (Office of the state long-term care ombudsman)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Hansch, Greg (NAMI Texas)

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

                                 Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            SB 1061

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Estevilla, Lana (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Farris, Michelle (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            SB 1628

                 For:

                                 Cirnigliaro, Santiago (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)

                                 Matthews, Dr. Candice (Self; Texas Coalition Of Black Democrats and Children Of Diversity)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Jose (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

                                 Masters, Jaime (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of  Youth Services)

                 On:

                                 Schwartz, Joel (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 1808

                 For:

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Turner, Haley (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 1921

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Hansch, Greg (NAMI Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

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