WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 6, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Collins, Billy (Self)
Evans, Larry (Texas association of the deaf)
Farrelly, Amber (Self)
Gissell, Whitney (Self)
Hardell, Shelley J. (Self)
Hughes, Heather (Self; Deaf Action Center)
Hughes, Heather (Self)
Myers, David (Self; Tx association of thr deaf)
Timperlake, Benna (Self)
Valverde, Donna (Self)
Whitley, Shawn (Self)
Against:
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Hockett, Rhoda (Self; TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Kelchner, Thomas (Self; TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bounds, Betty (Texas association of the deaf)
Hamilton, Beth (Self)
Hutchison, Ryan (Self; Communication service for the deaf)
Against:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
On:
Breslow, Lori (DARS)
Jones, Jamie (DARS)
For:
Barrington, Beverly (Self)
Johnson, Linda (Self)
Mayfield, Stacey (Self)
Parker, Tammie (Self)
Payne, Susan (PART)
Perkins, David (Self)
Perkins, David (Self)
Rogers, Nona (Self)
Wallace, Stephen (Self)
Ward, Nancy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Tate, Joe (Self; Community NOW!)
On:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)
Schalchlin, Scott (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Trost, Amy (Sunset Advisory Commission)
For:
Crowe, Michael (Texas assisted living associatin)
Hermann, Donna (Self; Belmont Village Senior Living)
Vera, Rose (Self; Silverado Senio Living)
On:
Ducayet, Patty (Long-term Care Ombudsman Program)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Alliance of Brain Injury Providers)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
On:
Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
On:
Hays, Susan (NARAL ProChoice Texas)
Hughes, Allison (Dept of state health services)
For:
Latiolais, Todd (Children at Risk)
Against:
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Paris, Barbara-Jane (Self; AdvancED/SACS-CASI Commission on Accreditation and School
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Improvement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Jackson, Jr., Larry (Self)
Meyer, Joseph (Self)
Against:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Austin, Laura (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Disability RightsTexas)
Wait, Dudley (Texas EMS Alliance)
Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Ayres, James (Self)
Ayres, Monica (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Ellzey, John (Self)
Fischer, Jeff (Self)
Guggenmos, Greg (Texas Home School Coalition)
Lefebvre, Jean (Self)
Neikirk, Christine (Self)
Parsons, Brad (Self; TAG member)
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
Swanson, Mariya (Self)
On:
Perry, Peggy (Department State Health Services)
Raymond, Kerry (DS HS)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Schmider, Joseph (DSHS governmental entity)
For:
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
On:
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
On:
Bazan, Kim (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Albrecht, PhD, Kay (Self)
Kofron, Kim (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Triantaphyllis, Christina (Collaborative for Children)
On:
Altobelli, Joan (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)
On:
Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)
On:
Engelking, Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
For:
Isett, Carl (Texas PACE Assn)
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Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Butler, Rachel (Self)
Garza, Elisa (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)
Quereau, Jennifer (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Mayfield, Stacey (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Homecare & Hospice)
Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)
On:
Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billings, James (Self)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Denner, Eric (Self)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Alliance of Brain Injury Providers)
Leach, Kathryn (Self)
Martin, Jason (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT))
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
On:
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
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