Witness List Display

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WITNESS LIST

Human Services Committee

April 2, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 324

For:

Barker, Constance (DePelchin Children's Center)

Besteiro, Ollie (AARP)

Carvell, Kathy (Self)

Garcia, Henry (Hank) (Self)

Garcia-Matthews, Eileen (Texans Care For Children)

Johnson, Paula (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)

Spencer, Steve (Self)

Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

On:

Kromrei, Liz (Texas Dept of Family & Protective Services- Child Protective Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Cox, I William R (Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)

Hanna, Mark (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, TX Asso For the Protection of Children)

Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

White, Lucia (CASA of Travis County)

HB 392

For:

Coleman, Martha (Self)

Moore, Judy (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Dunsavage, Douglas (American Heart Association)

Herzog, Greg (Texas Medical Assn)

Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

HB 1123

Against:

Chick, Nancy (Texas Licensed Child Care Assoc.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Arnold, Jay (Texas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs)

HB 1315

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX)

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

On:

Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission of Human Rights)

HB 1393 - Committee Substitute (Rose)

For:

Biron, Beau (USA Gymnastics- National Task Force Member)

Brambila, David (USa Gymnastics Trampoline & Tumbling State of Texas)

Callison, Diane (USA Gymnastics)

Carey, John (Brown's Gymnastics- San Antonio, TX.)

Culhane, James (Self)

Deauquier, Lloyd (American All-Star Gymnastics Inc.)

DeCorey, James (Self)

DeCorey, Justin (Self)

Dudley, Charles (National Association of Professional Martial Artists)

Gardner, Beth (Self and Heart of Texas Gymnastics
Gymnastics Educational Workshops
Gymnastics Association of Texas
USA Gymnastics)

Gonzalez, Daniel (S.A. Kids Karate Matsumora Assoc.)

Gutierrez, Frank (Browns Gymnastics, San Antonio)

For:

Jarrett, Cheryl (Gymnastics Association of Texas
USA Gymnastics
Gymnastics Educational Workshops & Capital Gym, Inc)

Jarrett, James (Self)

Mazeika, Kevin (USA Gymnastics)

Passmore, Danny (TX Martial Arts Hall of Fame)

Reinhold, Laura (Self)

Reno, Sherine (Self and Texas Chapter of USAG)

Robuck, Carol (District 4 of the Texas Womens Gymnastics State Administrative Committee)

Yancey, Marcus (USA Gymnastics)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allport, Deborah (Self)

Artemov, Susan (Self)

Artemov, Vladimir (Self)

Atherton, Derrick (Maximum Athletic Center
Texas Gymnastics)

Black, Derik (Texas USA Gymnastics)

Black, Kristen (Self and Texas USA Gymnastics)

Brashier, Chris (Empire Gymnastics Academy)

Conner, Christina (Self)

Cox, Charis (Self and Houston Gymnastics Center)

Crumpton, Jzachary (Self)

Danson, Kristin (Self)

Dorn, Sarah (Self)

England, Lisa (Competition Chairperson- TX Usa Gymnastics and National Judge for the Nat'l Assoc. of Womens Gymnastic Judges)

England, Mark (National Elite Gymnastics)

Gast, David (Self)

Gonzales, Fen (Self)

Gutierrez, Amanda (Browns Gymnastics, San Antonio, TX
Coach/Parent)

Hubbard, Matthew (Self)

Jarrett, Jason (Capital Gymnastics)

Kethley, Lisa (Dance Attitudes, Inc.
Beaumont Gymnastics Academy)

McCullough, Patty (Self)

McDonough, Lawrence (Self)

Morris, Glenn (Olympic Hills Gymnastics)

Oxford, Jill (Powerhouse TNT Gymnastics Inc.
600 + Families rep.)

Parmely, Angela (Self)

Patterson, Leslie (Self and Women's Gymnastics Judges- Texas)

Phillips, Anne (Texas USA Gymnastics)

Rogers, Michelle (Self)

Russel, Shoffner (Self)

Shoffner, Laura (Self)

Spellman, Lorna (Self and Texas Acrobatic Gymnastics Assoc.- State Director)

Strange, Fay (Self)

Subieta, Monica (Self)

Theresa, Hillin (Self)

Valentour, John (Self)

Valentour, Lauren (Self)

For:

Worley, David (Self)

HB 1393

Against:

Chick, Nancy (TX Licensed Child Care Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Gomez, Nancy (Texas USA Gymnastic)

Jeffers, James (Gymnastics Association of Texas)

Morris, Stephen (Hong's Martial Arts World)

Vodenitcharova, Deliana (Self)

HB 1398

For:

Bradberry, Anita (Texas Assoc for Home Care)

Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)

On:

Church, Dee (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

Ivie, Julie (Legislative Budget Board)

Jessee, Gary (DADS)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Arnold, Jay (MS Society)

Hine, Jim (Texas Assisted Living Association)

Langendorf, Jean (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)

Murphree, Susan (Advocacy Inc)

Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care Communities)

Saenz, Gabriela (Christus Health)

HB 1629 - Committee Substitute (Rose)

For:

Lavallo, Richard (Advocacy Incorporated)

HB 1629

For:

Smith, Jodie (Texans Care For Children)

White, Lucia (CASA of Travis County)

On:

Kromrei, Liz (Department of Family & Protective Services- Child Protective Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Choate, Dawn (The ARC of Texas)

Garcia-Matthews, Eileen (Texans Care For Children)

Gutierrez, Isela (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

Sloan, M.Madison (Texas Appleseed)

Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

HB 1630

For:

Smith, Jodie (Texans Care For Children)

Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Choate, Dawn (The ARC of Texas)

Garcia-Matthews, Eileen (Texans Care For Children)

Gutierrez, Isela (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

Huemmer, Marla (The Texas Catholic Conference, The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)

Saenz, Gabriela (Christus Health)

Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

Turner, Randy (Tarrant County Juvenile Services)

Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

HB 1901

For:

Chick, Nancy (Tx Licensed Child Care Association)

For:

Fox, Avonda (Jacob Fox's Ladder)

Johnson, Kara (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition (TECEC))

Rubin, Melanie (Texas Association for Infant Mental Health)

On:

Rasco, Sasha (TX Dept of Family & Protective Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Huemmer, Marla (The Texas Catholic Conference, The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

HB 1901 - Committee Substitute (Rose)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc.)

HB 1970

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Huemmer, Marla (The Texas Catholic Conference, The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

Against:

Chick, Nancy (Tx Licensed Child Care Association)

HB 2039 - Committee Substitute (Rose)

For:

Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Schertler, Bud (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)

Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)

HB 2039

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)

HB 2303 - Committee Substitute (Rose)

For:

Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers)

Rutland, Lynn (TX Council of Community MHMR Centers
MHMR Services for the Concho Valley)

On:

Lynch, Louise (Austin Travis County MHMR Cent)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)

HB 2303

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)

HB 2974

For:

Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

On:

Andrew, Brian (Convergys, Corp.)

Garza, Rolando (Tx HHSC)

Stout, Connie (Convergys Corp.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

HB 3137

For:

Knox, Wendy (Self)

On:

Barker, Constance (DePelchin Children's Center)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

HB 3137 - Committee Substitute (Rose)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Knox, Kenneth (Self)

HB 3219

For:

Linial, George (Texas Association of Homes & Services for the Aging)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Higgins, Carlos (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)

Moreau, Walter (Foundation Communities)

Vanhoose, Laurie (AARP)

Against:

Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)

On:

Langendorf, Jean (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)