WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 16, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Bunker, Phil (Self)
Cheng, Ashley (Self)
Cogan, Alex (Self)
Daigle, Laura Lee (Self; Circle Up: Methodist Women for Moms)
Deorge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Dow, Melanie (Self; United Methodist Women - Circle Up)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garaņa, Kristine (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hamre, Darcy (Self; Circle Up: United Methodist Women)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mares, Bryan (Texas casa)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Jones, Alyssa (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
For:
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Bunker, Phil (Self)
Cheng, Ashley (Self)
Cogan, Alex (Self)
Daigle, Laura Lee (Self; Circle Up: Methodist Women for Moms)
Deorge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Dow, Melanie (Self; United Methodist Women - Circle Up)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garaņa, Kristine (Self)
Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Gentry, Karen (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hamre, Darcy (Self; Circle Up: United Methodist Women)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mares, Bryan (Texas casa)
Ramirez, Erika (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Sepulveda, Rhonda (Self; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ancelet, Carol (Self)
Broadway, Hayley (Self)
Cue, Kris (Self; Deaf blind community)
Gonzales, Alberto (Self)
Guajardo, Patricia (Self)
Guajardo, Steve (Self)
Hovinga, Lucy (Self)
Hunt, Sheryl L. (Self; Deaf blind community)
Miller, Laurel (Self; Texas SSP Coalition)
Pavey, Heather (Self; Texas SSP)
Powers, Kim (Self; SSP Texas)
Richburg, Gene (Self; Tx SSP)
Riley, Nancy (Self; TxSSP Coalition)
Sugar, Allen (Self)
On:
Lucey, Ron (Governors Committee on People with Disabilities)
Turner, Randi (Governors Committee on People with Disabilities)
Withrow, Heather (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abraham, Mary (Self)
Bailey, Jennifer (Self; DeafBlind Multihandcapped Association of Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Dyson, Saah (Self)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)
Hartman, Vivecca (Self; The DeafBlind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT))
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
Miller, Cyral (Alliance of and for Visually Impaired Texans)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Orr, Jacqueline (Self)
Richmond, Kevin (Self)
Sugar, Dorothy (Self)
Swoboda, Michael (Texas Association of the Deaf)
Vega, Candace (Self)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Welch, Paul (Self; The DeafBlind Multihandicapped Association of Texas)
Whitaker, Marcia (Self)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Breslow, Lori (HHSC)
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Against:
Darby, John (Self; TORCH)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Ducayet (doo keye yay), Patricia (Patty) (Office of the State long term care ombudsman)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Against:
Hubbard, Terry (Self; Torch)
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Ragsdale, Paul (Self; Texas Organization of Residential Care Homes)
Thomason, David (LeadingAge Texas)
Yarbrough, Sami (Self; TORCH)
On:
Cavuto, Cecilia (HHSC)
For:
Leonhardt, Brandy (Self; Inspired Behavioral Health,Inc)
Morrison, Richard (Self; Inspired behavioral health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Benavides, Sofia C (Cameron county)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garza, David (Cameron County)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Ozuna, Jesse (Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Melecki, Sarah (Health and Human Services Comission)
For:
Haddad, Roberto (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
On:
Grady, Victoria (HHSC)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Cardenas, Carlos (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance)
Lopez, Elvia (City of Edinburg Texas, and Edinburg Economic Development Corporation)
Posey, Dan (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Kofron, Kimberly (Self; Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Mares, Bryan (Texas casa)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Sparks, Clifford (City of dallas)
On:
Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)
Richards, Julie (Health and Human Services Comission)
Sibley, Kathryn (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Claymon, Jennifer (Oakbend Medical Center)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Allison (Texas Quality Care Coalition)
Freudenberger, Joe (Oakbend medical center)
Krienke, Trent (Smithville Hospital Authority)
For:
Taylor, Susan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Against:
Simon, Arthur (Self)
On:
Medina, William (Health and Human Services Commission)
Wold, Kezeli (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
For:
Pryer, Raymond (Self; Therjfoundation4kids)
Whitlock-Pryer, Dikeisha (Self; Therjfoundation4kids)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
On:
Batiste, Ashland (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
Richards, Julie (Health and Human Services Comission)
For:
Canepa, Alex (Self; Sustainable Food Center)
Lee, Randy (Anume Foundation)
Lowery, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Massey, Shelby (American Heart Association)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Yarnell, William (YMCA Texas Alliance)
On:
Byrnes, Todd (HHSC)
For:
Daniels, Blake (Self)
Hubbard, Terry (Self; Torch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Darby, John (Self; TORCH)
Ragsdale, Paul (Self; Texas Organization of Residential Care Homes)
Yarbrough, Sami (Self; TORCH)
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Mares, Bryan (Texas casa)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spreen, Lauren (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
On:
Carmical, Audrey (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Pelzel, Rose (Self)
Swift, Larry (Self)
Wilson, Christina (Self)
On:
Gidseg, Joey (Self)
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Dane, Wil (Self; Brain Injury Association of America)
Kuykendall (pronounced: KER-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Texas Brain Injury Providers
Allisnce)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Bradford, Carrie (HHSC)
Fuller, Cheryl (Texas Workforce Commission)
Manda, Hall (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Lacefield-Lewis, Lauren (HHSC)
On:
Parilla, Priscilla (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Kowalski, Thomas (Texas healthcare and bioscience institute (thbi))
For:
Babel, Ruth (Self)
On:
Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blakney, Denise (Self; Building Future Families. Advocacy for foster parents)
Lucy, Jennifer (Texprotects)
Mares, Bryan (Texas CASA)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Bradshaw, Jill (Self; Texas chargers)
Caldwell, Robbie (Self; Dbmat)
Ferry, Steve (Self)
Hartman, Vivecca (Self; The DeafBlind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT))
Welch, Paul (Self; The DeafBlind Multihandicapped Association of Texas)
Williams, Beanca (Volunteers of America Texas)
On:
Turner, Randi (Governors Committee on People with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abraham, Mary (Self)
Bailey, Jennifer (Self; DeafBlind Multihandcapped Association of Texas)
Bernella, Nanette (Self)
Chishty, Farhat (Self)
Davis, Steven (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)
Hartman, Krystal (Self)
Hunt, Sheryl L. (Self; Deaf blind community)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
Miller, Cyral (Alliance of and for Visually Impaired Texans)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Miller, Laurel (Self; Texas SSP Coalition)
Orr, Jacqueline (Self)
Orr, Jacqueline (Self)
Powers, Kim (Self; SSP Texas)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Vega, Candace (Self)
Whitaker, Marcia (Self)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Breslow, Lori (HHSC)
Lester, Molly (HHSC)
Lucey, Ron (Governors Committee on People with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chishty, Farhat (Self)
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Kofron, Kimberly (Self; Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
On:
Richards, Julie (Health and Human Services Comission)
For:
Campton, Sherry (Self)
Prince, Annabella (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Bonnie (Self)
Chishty, Farhat (Self)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Ozuna, Jesse (Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
On:
Glenn, Dr. Lisa (HHSC)
Grady, Victoria (HHSC)
For:
Boney, Jeffrey (City of Missouri City, Texas)
Heard, Jazton (City of Missouri City Texas)
Santangelo, James (City of Missouri City, Texas)
On:
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Chishty, Farhat (Self)
Clarke, Michael (Self)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Cavuto, Cecilia (HHSC)
For:
Heinz, Michelle (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Crime Stoppers of Houston)
Mankarious, Rania (Self; Crime Stoppers of Houston)
Against:
Bryson, William (Self; Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America)
Neal, Dan (Self; Camping Association for Mutual Progress)
On:
Klein, Barbara (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Pahl, Stephen (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Anderson, Lissa (Self)
Ashy, Kristin (Self)
Brent, Kelly (Self; Capitol Area Council Boy Scoouts of America)
Garza, Katie (Self; Camp Waldemar)
Mauldin, Michelle (Self; Camp Olympia)
Robertson, Bill (Self; Camp Longhorn)
Teeple, Delaine (Self)
On:
Carmical, Audrey (Department of Family and Protective Services - Resource Witness)
Richards, Julie (Health and Human Services Comission)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Whitaker, Cindy (Texas Advocates)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Our Revolution Texas)
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Chishty, Farhat (Self)
Daily, Terrill (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Day, David (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Haddad, Roberto (Self; Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Hassan, Syed (Self)
Hohfeld, Brooke (Texas Advocates)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Ketchum, Traci (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Pavey (Self)
Powers (Self)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Siddiqui, Aftab (Self; Muslim Democratic Caucus of Texas)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Swoboda, Michael (Texas Association of the Deaf)
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