WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 15, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Cunningham, Jessica (Self)
Mourik, Emily (Grand Prairie Police Department)
New, Greg (Grand prairie)
Runnels, Courtney (Grand Prairie Police Department)
Wise, Summer (Self)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Hanetho, Nicholas (Fort Worth Fire Fighters Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Scesney, Daniel (Grand prairie)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Sliva, Tim (Grand prairie)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
King, Kenneth (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Richardson, Randall (Grand Prairie Police Department)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Franklin, Shelia (Self; TRUE TEXAS PROJECT)
Logan, Brandon (Self; Family Freedom Project)
Mccarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
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For:
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas ptoject)
Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
For:
Baker, Sydney (Buckner International)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; TRUE TEXAS PROJECT)
Gradford, Judy (Austin Justice Coalition)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Famioy Defense Attorneys)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwill)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Logan, Brandon (Self; One Accord for Kids)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Mccarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas ptoject)
Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
On:
Gerken, Lauren (Texas council for developmental disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
On:
Ashworth-Mazerolle, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
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Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Garcia, Ricky (HHSC)
Temple, Judy (HHSC)
For:
Clardy, Travis (Texas Health Care Association)
Crump, Patrick (Morningside Ministries)
Zurovec, Darrell (Self; Touchstone Communities Inc)
On:
Spencer- Batiste, Ashland (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caballero, Leticia (Self; HMG Healthcare, LLC)
Daniels, Blake (Self; TORCH)
Darby, John (Self; TORCH)
Howsley, Stephen (The Independent Coalition of Nursing Home Providers)
Jacobson, Irma (Self)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
On:
Elliot, Libby (HHSC)
Miller, Jessica (HHSC)
Against:
Cox, Heidi (Self; The Gladney Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Famioy Defense Attorneys)
Logan, Brandon (Self; Family Freedom Project)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ashworth-Mazerolle, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
On:
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Newman, Aleja (Self; NAKASEC Action Fund Texas)
Perez, Blanca (Self; Amor Eretno Provider Services)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Choi, Hea Ja (Self; Woori Juntos)
Cowles, Lynn (Every texan)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Cross, Clarice (Asian Family Support Services of Austin)
Dechert, Katharina (Tahirih Justice Center)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Fite MD, Diana (Self)
Gi, Si hwa (Self; Woori juntos)
Han, Young Kil (Self; Woori Juntos)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Ibarra, Mary (Self)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights TX)
Lee, Geum Ryeon (Self; Woori Juntos)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Norman, Hyunja (Self; Woori Juntos)
Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self; Council on American-Islamic Relations, Texas)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas medical association)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
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On:
Niles, Rolland (HHSC)
For:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Against:
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
On:
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)
Rauls, Joy (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Logan, Brandon (Self; Family Freedom Project)
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Self)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
McGrath, Kate (Self)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Richards, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Roady, Jack (Galveston County Criminal District Attorney)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Stanis, Grant (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Borjes, Joy (HHSC)
For:
Buhler, Brigham (Self; End Chronic Disease)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Parker, ND, Tabatha (Self; Texas Association of Naturopathic Doctors (TXAND))
Price, Grace (Self; End Chronic Disease)
Against:
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
O'Connor, Amber (Self; Every Texan)
Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; TRUE TEXAS PROJECT)
Geary, Michael (FGA Action)
Long, Matt (Self)
Mccarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas ptoject)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Against:
Almananza, Sasha (Self)
Barks, Elizabeth (Self)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Coello-Reyes, Gabriela (Self)
Cumbie, Taylor (Self)
Dunham, Sarah (Self)
Gale, Zenyth (Self)
Haddix, Alexandra (Self)
Horne, Jacklynne (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Newman, Aleja (Self)
Pena, Dominique (Self)
Perry, Elizabeth (Self)
Ramirez, Sara (Self)
Roberts, Tasha (Self; Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty)
Roberts, Tasha (Self; Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty)
Sigler, Rocio (Self)
Ulesoo, Zoja (Self)
On:
Davis, Hilary (HHSC)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
For:
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Lopez, Kaden (Self; Texas Family Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; TRUE TEXAS PROJECT)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Logan, Brandon (Self; One Accord for Kids)
Mccarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas ptoject)
Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
Sigler, Rocio (Self)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS Resource Witness)
Counihan, Will (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Gallahan, Russell (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Lopez, Kaden (Self; Texas Family Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Logan, Brandon (Self; Family Freedom Project)
On:
Ashworth-Mazerolle, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS Resource Witness)
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