WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March 17, 2005-8:00A
HB 307
For: Bruegel Cox, Heidi (Self)
Lehrmann, Judge Debra (Self)
On: Sampson, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Burke, Cecelia (Travis County Domestic Relations Office)
On: Kromrei, Elizabeth (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
HB 343
For: Crowe, Michael (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Smith, Carole (Private Provider Association of Texas)
Wilson, Neda (The A. W. Schlesinger Geriatric Center)
Against: Bragg, David (AARP)
Ferris, Beth (Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents)
On: Adams, Chris (Texas Department of Aging and Disability
Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
HB 385
For: Bower, Bruce (Texas Legal Services Center)
Garcia, Oscar (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Jones, John (Self and Texas Access To Justice
Commission)
Livingston, Lora (Self)
McCown, F. Scott (The Center for Public Policy
Priorities)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers;
Children's Mental Health)
On: Deane, Barbara (Office of Attorney General)
Temple, Larry (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network)
Craven, Susan (Texans Care For Children)
DelGallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Ender, Lynda (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
McCarthy, Amber (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
Miller, Carol (National Association of Social Workers -
TX)
On: Trapolino, Marion (Texas Workface Commission)
Wiegman, Linda (Department of State Health Services)
HB 470
For: Borsella, Penny (Self and ATTA - AchievementsThrough The
Arts)
Bryant, William (Self and Metro Care)
Caballero, Patricia (Self)
Caldwell, Jim (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Delgado, Frank (Self)
Diggles, Walter (Self and Texas Association of Regional
Councils)
Epps, Beth (Adapt of Texas, Inc.)
Halligan, Mike (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Hayes, Jeanine (Self)
Johnson, Keithen (Dallas Metrocare - Special Needs
Offender Program)
Johnson, Sharon (Dallas Metrocare - Westmoreland)
Laursen, Victoria (Self and Texas Mental Health
Consumers)
Natal, Sandra Veronica (Self)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers;
Children's Mental Health)
Roemer, Rebecca (The Beaumont Hope Center)
Speck, Nancy (Texas Strategic Health-Mental Health
Workgroup & President's MH Commission)
Against: Blankenship, Charles (Self)
Bradberry, Anita (Texas Association for Home Care)
Breeding, John (Self and Texans For Safe Education)
Coombs, Bill (Helen Farabee Regional MHMR)
DeWitt, Lauren (The Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Dolan, Dr. Moira (Self)
Fleming, Sherri (Travis County Health and Human
Services)
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy Inc.)
Henning, Peter (Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Services,
Inc.)
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community Living)
James, Mike (Self and Citizens' Commission on Human
Rights)
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT)
Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
Shannon, Jacqueline (Self)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
Southern, David (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Tinley, Pat (Self and Kerr County; William Mitchell, Co.
Judge, Uvalde Co.; Delbert Roberts, Co. Judge,
Kimble Co.)
Vogt, Judge Eddie (Self)
On: Blaine, Martha (Community Council of Greater Dallas)
Brady, Denise (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Brown, Bob (Tarrant County MHMR)
Ender, Lynda (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Higgins, Carlos (Self and Texas Silver Haired
Legislature)
Horn, Addie (Department of Aging and Disability
Services)
Keller, Merily (TX Suicide Prevention Community Network)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(Texas))
McLean, Martin (County Judge John Doerfler, Williamson
County, TX)
Meyers, W. A. "Andy" (Houston-Galveston Area Council of
Governments)
Pan, David (Telecare Corporation)
Parker Werlein, Linda (Self)
Sappington, Hartley (Texas Council of Community MHMR
Centers)
Snyder, Ruth (Self)
Wanser, Dave (Dept. of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alonzo, Ernesto (Mental Illness Awareness)
Brown, William (AARP-Texas)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Gilbert, William (Mental Illness Awareness)
Guenther, Dan (Self and River City Advocacy)
Johnson, Paula (Self)
McEuen, Lisa (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP - Texas)
Tietje, Eldon (Central Counties Center for MHMR
Services)
Against: Alderete, Chris (The Medical Team Inc.)
Baker, Becky (Self)
Collins, Tom (Self and Greenoak Hospital)
Crosley, Robert (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Gatlin, Carlie (Self)
Gouge, Charles (D&S Residential Services, Inc.)
Gow, Brett (Self)
Greebon, Karen (ADAPT)
House, Jackie (Self)
Lockhart, Judge Ben (Self)
May, Scott (Self)
McIntosh, Glenn (Self)
McPhail, Jennifer (ADAPT of Texas)
Metz, Albert (ADAPT)
Mitchell, Judge Bob (Self and County Judge, Uvalde
County)
Moreno, Gabriela (Christus Health)
Mortensen, D. Jerry (Self)
Roberts, Judge Delbert (Self)
Routon, Randy (LifePath Systems)
Shelburn, Jerry Lee (Mental Illness Awareness)
Strickland, Joseph (Self)
Templeton, James (ADAPT)
Thomas, Stephanie (Institute for Disability Access)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care)
Wohlgemuth, Cristen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Young, William (EduCare Community Living Corporation -
Houston)
On: Clancey, Patrick Michael (Association of Substance Abuse
Programs)
Garcia, Oscar (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Kromrei, Elizabeth (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
Kyker, Chris (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Miller, Carol (National Association of Social
Workers-TX)
Norton, Naomi Elaine (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Osborne, Lisa (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Porter, Pat (Self)
Ray, Jim (Texas Association of Regional Councils
(Councils of Governments))
Rogers, Glenda (Self)
HB 691
For: Dunlap, Anita (Self and Tom Green County Indigent Health
Care)
Kight, Charles (Self)
On: Bazaldua, Oralia (Self)
Sheppard, Connie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brewer, Sister Helen (Seton Healthcare Network)
Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association)
Maxwell, Barbara (Texas Association of Health Plans)
O'Brien, Sister Michele (Self and Christus Santa Rosa
Healthcare)
Yanas, Christine (Bexar County Hospital District)
HB 1356
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Craven, Susan (Texans Care For Children)
Dochan, Sandy (TX Business & Education Coalition)
Guthrow, Kaitlin (Texas Early Childhood Education
Coalition)
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of TX)
On: Garrett, Donna (Texas Workforce Commission)
HB 1377
For: Blaine, Martha (Community Council of Greater Dallas)
Caldwell, Jim (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Ender, Lynda (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Higgins, Carlos (Self and Texas Silver Haired
Legislature)
Pruett, Dan (Self)
Ross, Linda (Dallas Area Agency on Aging)
Against: Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
On: Murphree, Susan (Advocacy Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Diggles, Walter (Self and Texas Association of Regional
Councils)
Garcia, Oscar (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Johnson, Paula (Self)
Kyker, Chris (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Norton, Naomi Elaine (Self and Texas Silver-Haired
Legislature)
Against: Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
On: Rogers, Glenda (Self)
HB 1503
For: Crowe, Michael (The Texas Assisted Living Associtaion)
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of TX)
Against: Ferris, Beth (Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bradberry, Anita (Texas Associaiton for Home Care)
Dennis, Hilary (Texas Medical Association)
Graves, Tim (Self and Texas Health Care Association)
Liggett, Sharon (Emeritus)
Thomason, David (Texas Association of Homes & Services
for the Aging)
Vasek, Heather (Texas Association for Home Care)
Against: Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)