WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March 14, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crouch Bartlett, Tiffany (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Goins, Keri (Child care partners)
Summerville, Cody (Self; Texas Assocoation for the Education of Young Children)
Wells, Robbin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (Texas Women’s Foundation (TXWF))
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
On:
Green, Calvin (Health and Human Services Commission)
Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (Dfps Resource Only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Wittenburg, Michelle (TexProtects)
For:
Orum, Eddie (AARP Texas)
Weizenbaum, Jon (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Ducayet, Patricia (State long term care ombudsman)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office City of Houston)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
Massingill, Joshua (LeadingAge Texas)
On:
Riley, Holly (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Benitez, Clair (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers and Private Providers Association of
Texas)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office City of Houston)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Weizenbaum, Jon (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)
Logan, Brandon (One Accord for Kids)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS Resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wittenburg, Michelle (TexProtects)
On:
Walsh, William (DFPS resources only)
For:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Howard, Craig (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Ghawi, Jordan (STRAC)
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office City of Houston)
Osborn, Hope (Texas 2036)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
For:
Moore, Don (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers and Private Providers Association of
Texas)
Kintzer, Corey (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Deroy, Stephanie (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office City of Houston)
On:
Cazabon- Braly, Laura (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
On:
Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers and Private Providers Association of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Deroy, Stephanie (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office City of Houston)
Moore, Don (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Collins, Dana (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kintzer, Corey (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Deroy, Stephanie (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Moore, Don (Self)
On:
Almanzan, Latif (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; TAFDA)
On:
Talbert, Marta (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Logan, Brandon (One Accord for Kids)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
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