WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 18, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Maltsberger, Audria (Self)
Mendelsohn, Cara (Self; City of Dallas)
Mudge, Jen (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Cross, Clarice (Asian Family Support Services of Austin)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every body texas)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Bermea, Megan (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Jones-Walton, Zoe (Self; Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services)
O’Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
Perrone, Christina (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Silva, Diego (Buckner International)
Spencer, Charlotte (Texas Credit Union Assn)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Banuilos, Erica (DFPS)
For:
Lively, Hallie (Self; Bags of Love)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Baunelos, Erica (DFPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Dworaczyk, Sharon (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Knaupe, Gregg (Ascension Seton and Dell Children’s Medical Center)
Lively, Clint (Self)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Painter, Jennifer (Self)
Perrone, Christina (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Person, Maria (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Thomson, Thomas (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
For:
Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers; Private Providers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Knustrom, Eric (Private Provides Association of Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Conces, Diana (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kintzer, Corey (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Covey, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Parma, Rebecca (Texas Right to Life)
Schatzline, Karen (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Litzler, John (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Troxclair, Caleb (Christian Homes and Family Services)
Wilson, Jake (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kimball, Mandi (Self; CHILDREN AT RISK)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS)
Khanna, Shanti (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Perrone, Christina (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Vargas, Kathryn (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)
On:
Kanne, Lisa (DFPS resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Daniel, Rachelle (Heath and Human Services Commission)
Kopplin, Emily (Health and Human Services Commission)
Oestrick, Tanya (DFPS resource only)
Talbert, Marta (DFPS resource only)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)
On:
Kanne, Lisa (DFPS resource only)
Talbert, Marta (DFPS resource only)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Daniel, Rachelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kopplin, Emily (Health and Human Services Commission)
Oestrick, Tanya (DFPS resource only)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Smelley, Jordan (Self)
On:
Gerken, Lauren (Texas council for developmental disasbilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; City of Uvalde)
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Erwin, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Ross, Michael (Self; Nice Recovery Systems)
Smelley, Jordan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Perrone, Christina (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
On:
Muth, Stephanie (Dfps resource only)
Talbert, Marta (DFPS Resource only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
For:
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family defense Attorneys)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Osborn, Hope (Texas 2036)
Perrone, Christina (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
On:
Ezell, Nathan (DFPS resource only)
On:
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
Against:
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Self; Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Haddad, Roberto (Self; DHR Health)
Pilkinton, Dr. Kimberly (Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (TAOG))
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
On:
Kelley, Shannon (Health and Human Services Commission)
Sentilles, Emily (Health and Human Services Commission)
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