WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 11, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Japko, Rebecca (Self; PART)
Monroe, Gerry (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Green, Jerome (DFPS resource only)
Ojeda, Cecilia (DFPS resource only)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys (TAFDA))
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grimes, Krystal (Self; Bluebonnet Counseling Association)
Pierce, Bradley (Self; Heritage Defense)
Against:
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Black, Stephen (DFPS resource witness)
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On:
Rasco, Sasha (DFPS Resource only)
Steinberg, Christine (DFPS resource only)
For:
Fails, Chris (Self)
On:
Boudreau, Brock (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
On:
Biles, Susan (HHSC Office of the Inspector General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grimes, Krystal (Self; Bluebonnet Counseling Association)
On:
Sentilles, Emily (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Ryholt, Adrienne (Self; Texas Medical Equipment Providers Association TexMEP)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
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Against:
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Managed Care Alliance)
For:
Castaneda Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
On:
Spinks, Darrel (TX Behavioral Health Executive Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brenner, Norma (Self)
Grimes, Krystal (Self; Bluebonnet Counseling Association)
Hafizullah, Hena (Self)
Jackson, Mary (Self)
Kader, Tania (Self)
Larive, Jacob (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rosenblad, Sherry (Self)
Silva, Katherine (Self)
Tomlinson, Brandy (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Lanier, Justin (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)
On:
Biggar, Lea Ann (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Reid, Leslie (Health and Human Services Commission)
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For:
Haney, Ron (Self; Cascade Health Services, LLC)
Hayes, Jenny (Self)
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Against:
Ducayet, Patricia (Office of the state long-term care ombudsman)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Nichols, Mary (Self; Texas Caregivers for Compromise)
Schoeman, Alexa (Long -Term Care Ombudsman Program)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caballero, Leticia (Self; HMG Healthcare, LLC)
Capelo, Jaime (Self; Texas Assisted Living Association)
Howsley, Stephen (The Independent Coalition of Nursing Home Providers)
Against:
BAUMAN, ELLEN (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT/PACT of Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Self; Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Gerken, Lauren (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Gregg, Aaron (Alzheimer’s Association)
For:
Johnson, Lucy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Grimes, Krystal (Self; Bluebonnet Counseling Association)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Lanier, Justin (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)
On:
Boudreau, Brock (DFPS resource only)
Ojeda, Cecilia (DFPS resource only)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grimes, Krystal (Self; Bluebonnet Counseling Association)
On:
Wold, Kezeli (DFPS resource only)
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Costello, Marjorie (Disability Services of the Southwest)
Flores, David (Self; Lando, Inc.)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Perez, Ralph (Self; Valware, Inc.)
On:
Nichols, Jordan (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Howard, Jesse (Girling Personal Care)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Vasek, Heather (Provider Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
For:
Rummel, Leah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
BAUMAN, ELLEN (Self)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Knustrom, Eric (Private Providers Assoc of Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Vasek, Heather (Provider Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
On:
Gerken, Lauren (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Layman, Katherine (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Knustrom, Eric (Private Providers Assoc of Texas)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Asek, Heather (Provider Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Knustrom, Eric (Private Providers Assoc of Texas)
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Black, Stephen (DFPS resource only)
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Dixon, Jordan (Health and Human Services Commission)
Steinberg, Christine (DFPS resource only)
Wold, Kezeli (DFPS resouorce only)
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