WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 4, 2023 - 8:00 AM
On:
Gerken, Lauren (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Lucey, Ron (Office of the Governor)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Steven (Self)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Dragun, Anthony (TMA)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hilgers, Maddox (Texans Care for Children)
Hoskins, Marc (Disability Rights Texas)
Kimball, Mandi (Self; CHILDREN AT RISK)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism Society of Texas)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Daniel, Rachelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
On:
Ducayet, Patricia (Office of the state long term care ombudsman)
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cain, Randy (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism Society of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Simmons, Carrie (Enchanted Rock)
Sullivan, Ray (National Emergency Management and Response)
Against:
Campbell, Drew (Texas Organization of Residential Care Homes)
On:
Blanch- Haley, Renee (Heath and Human Services Agency)
Dionne- Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Ellison, Brooke (Health and Human Services Commission)
Stalder, Kelly (State Fire Marshal’s Office)
For:
Fitzmartin, Glen (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Jennings, Mary Jo (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Pangburn, Cheryl (Self; Secure Our Senior’s Safety)
On:
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adair, Loren (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors’ Safety)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
French House, Ellen (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Haselton, June (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Monday, Kim (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sanchez, Melissa (Alzheimer’s Association)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Clay, Reed (Texas Health Resources)
De Luna, Daniela (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Gilliam, Lisa (Orexo US)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hubert, Martin (Opioid Treatment Program Coalition)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sifuentez, Jesse (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Spratt, Molly (Orexo)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Laguna, Dr. Christine (Health and Human Services Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Banuelos, Erica (Dept of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Ducayet, Patricia (Office of the state long term care ombudsman)
Houck, LaDean (Self)
McGuff, Michael (Self)
Orum, Eddie (Self; AARP)
Sanchez, Melissa (Alzheimer’s Association)
On:
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors’ Safety)
Haselton, June (Self)
Meroney, Shannon (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Dionne- Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Howard, Jesse (Girling Personal Care)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Naranjo, Mary (A pineywoods home services, texas ass. Of home care and hospice)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism Society of Texas)
Painter, Andrew (APc home health services, Texas association of home care and hospice)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Seago, John (Texas Right to Life)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Zalkovsky, Emily (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Allen, Pamela (Self; Eagles flight)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Dragun, Anthony (TMA)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mojezati, Christine (Texas Medical Assocation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Seago, John (Texas Right to Life)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center; Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bates, Georgia (Self; City of Uvalde)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Daly, Garrison (Self)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Dragun, Anthony (TMA)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
Ghahremani, Kay (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Glenn, Eric (Superior Health Plan)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Luna, Vilma (Universal Health Services Behavioral Health)
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
Massingill, G Sealy (Self; Tma)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Monday, Kim (Self)
Nguyen, Vinh (Self)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Pilkinton (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Rogers, Robert (Self)
Salazar, Selena (Self)
Sanchez (Self)
Sifuentez, Jesse (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health ((Hidalgo County), Oceans Healthcare)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Brown, Erica (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT of Texas/Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas)
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Managed Care Alliance)
Against:
Cerise, Dr. Fred (Parkland Health System)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)
Hernandez, George (University Health)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Scepanski, Theresa (Community First Health Plans, Inc.)
Smallwood, Carol (El Paso Health)
On:
Sepehri, John (Foley & Lardner LLP / Amerigroup)
Stephens, Stephanie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Collins, Lawrence (Amerigroup)
Glenn, Eric (Superior Health Plan)
Horne, Allen (CVS Health)
Hoskins, Marc (Disability Rights Texas)
Nguyen, Vinh (Self)
Rutledge, Gray (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Sanchez (Self)
Simmons, Ron (Government Performance Partners)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)
Ghawi, Jordan (South Texas Regional Advisory Council)
Greer, Allison (Center for Health Care Services)
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Rodriguez, Marc (Bexar County)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Williams, Marinan (Dell Children’s Health Plan)
Wright, Lisa (Community Health Choice)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Alexander, Tom (Self)
Bean, Rebecca (DialCare)
Ybanez-Llorente, Kathy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Brewer Sambrano, Taylor (NASW Texas Chapter)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Castaneda Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Wright, Eric (Behavioral Health Advocates of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Spinks, Darrel (TX Behavioral Health Executive Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Kimball, Mandi (Self; CHILDREN AT RISK)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism Society of Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Daniel, Rachelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kanne, Lisa (Dept of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Badger, Cameron (Limbix)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Oppenheim, PsyD, ABPP, Jenna (Children's Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dragun, Anthony (TMA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
On:
Pietropaola, Stacey (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Nitschke, Brad (Dallas County Hospital District)
On:
Talbert, Marta (Dept of Family and Protective Services)
Wold, Kez (Dept of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
On:
Schwartz, Joel (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Jefferies, Kim (Haven for Hope of Bexar County)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Richie, Carl (Coalition for the Homeless)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Ryder, Byron (Leon County)
On:
Webb, Reilly (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Hunt, Debra (The Kidz Club)
Maymon, David (Texas PPECC Assoc.)
Suarez, Marissa (Self)
Wang, Dr Vince (Texas PPECC Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bennett, Michaela (Children’s Health)
Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
On:
Blanch- Haley, Renee (Heath and Human Services Agency)
Dionne-Vahalik, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Ellison, Brooke (Health and Human Services Commission)
Fleming, Heather (Health and Human Services Commission)
Johnson, Steve (HHSC Office of The Inspector General)
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