WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            March 26, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 251

                 For:

                                 Cole, Celia (Feeding texas)

                                 Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                 On:

                                 Davis, Hilary (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dwyer, Doris (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)

                                 Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Salazar, Girien (Christian Life Commission -BGCT)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

            HB 767

                 On:

                                 Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))

                                 Jones, Orlando (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)

                                 Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Swirsky, Alexie (Self)

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            HB 988

                 For:

                                 Brown, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Orr, Anita (Self; TSEU)

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas CASA)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Mares, Bryan (Texas CASA)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects, Texas Chaoter of Prevent Child Abuse America)

                                 Salazar, Girien (Christian Life Commission -BGCT)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 On:

                                 Kanne, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Wold, Kezeli (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

            HB 1080

                 For:

                                 Tounget, Craig (Texas Physical Therapy Association)

                                 Winsted, Donald (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plan)

                 On:

                                 Riley, Jennifer (Self; Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

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                 For:

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)

                 On:

                                 Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 1362

                 On:

                                 Kanne, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Gigout, Brianne (Catholic charities)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)

                                 Krzeminski, Tesia (NAMI Austin)

                                 Orr, Anita (Self; TSEU)

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

            HB 1536

                 For:

                                 Beard, Georgia (Self; Berad Counseling)

                                 Bell, Kristen (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Berkeley, Elaine (Self)

                                 Bock, Deidre (Self)

                                 Carroll, Angel (Self)

                                 Clark, Carole (Self)

                                 Davila, Diamond (Self; Travis County Collaborative For Child)

                                 Elias-Perciful, Barbara (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Furman, Karen (Self; KPICD)

                                 Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Jones, Daren (Self; Karyn purvis institute)

                                 Lorance, Victoria (Self)

                                 Maikoetter, Michelle (Self; Cal Farleys Boys Ranch)

                                 McInally, Fiona (Self)

                                 Murphy, Kim (Self; Dallas County Public Defenders Office)

                                 Presley, Meghann (Self)

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                 For:

                                 Profilet, Susan (Self)

                                 Thomas, Clara (Harris County Protective Services)

                                 Vaughn, Jimmy (Self)

                                 Watkins, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Winsted, Donald (Self; Winsted Psychological Srevices)

                                 Wise, Christina (Self; Momentous Institute)

                 Against:

                                 Armke, Sharon (Self)

                                 Asmussen, Cindy (Self)

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Rila, Barbara (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Jeff (Harris County Protective Services)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

                                 Emdin, Evelyn (Harris County Protective Services)

                                 Gigout, Brianne (Catholic charities)

                                 Gomez, Michael (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas CASA)

                                 Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hughes, Mackenzie (Self)

                                 Koebele, Steve (Texas Coalition of Homes for Children)

                                 Kouri, Julie (Self; Fostering Hope Austin)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Ramsay, Krystle (Self; Hill Country Youth Ranch & Texas Coalition of Homes for Children)

                                 Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Salazar, Girien (Christian Life Commission -BGCT)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Spencer, Randy (Self; Presbyterian childrens homes and services)

                                 Valdez, Anna (Self; Fostering Hope Austin)

                                 Young, Christopher (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Ayala, Caryl (Self; Concerned Parents of Texas)

                                 Doerge, Kaitlyn (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Keyes, Darren (Self)

                                 Maynard, Beth (Self)

                                 Nelms, Deborah (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cain, Camille (Texas juvenile justice dept)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas CASA)

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)

            HB 2091

                 For:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of community health plans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barnes, Kelly (Central Health)

                                 Doerge, Kaitlyn (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Dwyer, JT (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)

                                 Krzeminski, Tesia (NAMI Austin)

                                 Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Thurman, Whitney (Self; Circle Up United Methodist Women)

                                 Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plan)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 2221

                 For:

                                 Bott, Ashley (Self; Creative Solutions in Healthcare)

                                 Doehrman, Lisa (Self; Regency Integrated Health Services)

                                 King, Danny (Self; THCA Data & Reimbursement Committee & StoneGate Senior Living)

                                 Reardon, Eddie (Self; Southwest LTC Management Services)

                 On:

                                 Luckey, Cliff (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plan)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Galligher, Duane (Texas Independent Pharmacies Association)

                                 Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))

                                 Huggins, Linda (Self; Creative Solutions in Healthcare)

                                 Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)

            HB 2285

                 For:

                                 Bower, Darla (Self; Capital Area Ombudsman Program)

                                 Ducayet doo keye yay, Patricia (Patty) (Office of the state long term care ombudsman)

                                 Lee, Wendy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Shellhorse, Nancy (Self; Texas Healthcare Association)

                 On:

                                 Conces, Diana (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Gregg, Aaron (Alzheimer's Association)

                                 Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Schoeman, Alexa (Self; Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program)

            HB 2363

                 For:

                                 Ard, Derrick (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Birk, Carla (Self)

                                 Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

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                 For:

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)

                                 Maynard, Beth (Self)

                                 McCain, Brent (Self)

                                 Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)

                                 Murphy, Joseph (Self)

                                 Nelms, Deborah (Self)

                                 Olson, Ken (Self)

                                 Schiebel, Craig (Self)

                                 Schirmbeck, Byron (Self; Texas campaign for liberty)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                                 Swirsky, Alexie (Self)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Altounian, Vicki (Self; Moms Demand Action)

                                 Bisnov, Dana (Self)

                                 Carroll, Robin (Self; Mothers Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Charlip, Sharon (Self)

                                 Clarke, Michael (Self; Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Crosby, Elizabeth (Self; Moms Demand Action)

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

                                 Doerge, Kaitlyn (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Earl, Diana (Self; Everytown for gun safety. Moms demand action)

                                 Epstein, Lisa (Self)

                                 Galliver, Harry (Self)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Gough, Marissa (Self)

                                 Greene, Melanie (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Holmes, Melissa (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Hower, Miste (Self)

                                 Kelly, Susan (Self; Moms Demand Action)

                                 Kennedy, Heather (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Klingensmith, Margaret (Self)

                                 Mancha-Sumners, Emma (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)

                                 Oliveri, Rosalie (Self)

                                 Pitts, John R. (Giffords Law Center)

                                 Poustovoi, Sarah (Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America)

                                 Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Sabel, Renee (Self)

                                 Stockstiel, Lori (Self)

                                 Thomson, Emma (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Zeitz, Carl JOHN (Self)

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Shaw, Jean (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 2368

                 For:

                                 Bell, Kristen (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Carroll, Angel (Self)

                                 Davila, Diamond (Self; Travis County Collaborative For Child)

                                 Elias-Perciful, Barbara (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)

                                 Mendoza, Yvonne (Texas Children's Hospital)

                                 Vaughn, Jimmy (Self)

                                 Winsted, Donald (Self; Winsted Psychological Services)

                                 Wise, Christina (Self; Momentous Institute)

                 On:

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Hogg foundation for mental health)

                                 Rila, Barbara (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beard, Georgia (Self; Beard Counseling)

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Berkeley, Elaine (Self)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)

                                 Gomez, Michael (Self)

                                 Haddad, Roberto (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))

                                 Harkleroad, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)

                                 Hughes, Mackenzie (Self)

                                 Koebele, Steve (Texas Coalition of Homes for Children)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Murphy, Kim (Self; Dallas County Public Defender's Office)

                                 Ramsay, Krystle (Self; Hill Country Youth Ranch & Texas Coalition of Homes for Children)

                                 Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Salazar, Girien (Christian Life Commission -BGCT)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Doerge, Kaitlyn (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Harvey, Dr. Courtney (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Vasquez, Andy (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 2490

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Kanne, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Doss, Sheri (TX PTA)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                                 Schwartz, Joel (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 3079

                 On:

                                 Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)

                 On:

                                 Conces, Diana (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Wold, Kezeli (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

            HB 3193

                 On:

                                 Conces, Diana (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Ross, Robyn (Self)

                                 Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)

            HB 3950

                 For:

                                 Brown, Andrew (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Carroll, Angel (Self)

                                 Logan, Brandon (2INgage)

                                 Vaughn, Jimmy (Self)

                 On:

                                 Blackstone, Kristene (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Garcia, Linda (Our Community Our Kids)

                                 Koebele, Steve (Texas Coalition of Homes for Children)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Salazar, Girien (Christian Life Commission -BGCT)

                 On:

                                 Jones, Alyssa (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)

                                 Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)

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