WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 1, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Morris, Beverly (Self)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
Logan, Brandon (Family Freedom Project)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Schoeman, Alexa (Texas Long Term Care Ombudsman Program)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
On:
Darby, John (TORCH)
Peterson, Bronz (Self; The Independent Coalition of Nursing Home Providers)
Romero, Emiliano (LeadingAge Texas)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Yu, Joel (Enchanted Rock, LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Ducayet, Patricia (State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counites)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sanders, Jolene (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Ellison, Brooke (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Logan, Brandon (Family Freedom Project)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Kanne, Lisa (DFPS Resource Witness)
For:
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Hong, Daphne (Amazon Pharmacy)
On:
Parrilla, Priscilla (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Lopez, Michael (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Mom’s Meals/PurFoods)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Sanders, Jolene (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Stallman, Bo (Self)
White, David (Texas Hospital Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wood, Justin (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Layman, Kate (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Brownlee, Stacey (Self; Gregg County District Attorney’s Office)
Moore, John (Self; Gregg County District Attorney)
Shelton, Courtney (Self; Cass County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
On:
Talbert, Marta (DFPS Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billodeau, Allison (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counites)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Walters, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS))
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Logan, Brandon (Self; One Accord for Kids)
Walters, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billodeau, Allison (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Greene, Madeleine (TCCB)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counites)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
On:
Dixon, Jordan (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Dantzler, Jennifer (Self; Inspire ND, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Gonzales, Larry (Self; Elevated Autism Services Team, LLC)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Action Behavior Centers)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Logan, Brandon (Self; One Accord for Kids)
On:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Ramon, Mariah (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Darby, John (TORCH)
Romero, Emiliano (LeadingAge Texas)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Ducayet, Patricia (State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program)
Schoeman, Alexa (Texas Long Term Care Ombudsman Program)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sanders, Jolene (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Ellison, Brooke (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
On:
Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals - Texas
Chapter)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Yarbrough, Brian (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
For:
Green, Kathy (AARP Texas)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Morris, Beverly (Self)
Walters, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS))
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billodeau, Allison (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Assoviation of Business)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
O'Banion, Stephanie (United Ways of Texas)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
For:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Licensed Child Care Association)
Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blackmon, Tamitha (Self)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
O'Banion, Stephanie (United Ways of Texas)
Uptain, Wendy (Early Matters Texas)
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