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WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April  16, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  510
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Assn. of Residential Care Communities)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berry, Jordan (Texas Organization of Residential Care Homes)
 
 
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Jones, James (Houston Police Department)
 
 
Linial, George (Texas Association of Homes & Services for the Aging)
 
 
 
 
HB  614
 
    For:
Bower, Bruce (Texas Legal Services Center)
 
 
Livingston, Lora  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Verver, Nicole (Texas Workforce Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Black, Sara  (Self)
 
 
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Thomason, David (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
 
 
VanHoose, Laurie (AARP)
 
 
 
 
HB  1055
 
     On:
Ferrie, George (Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
 
 
Grant, Kathy (Texas Society of Architects)
 
 
Gritch, Todd (Texas Society of Architects)
 
 
Howard, Todd (American Institute of Architects Dallas Chapter)
 
 
Mintz, David (Texas apartment Association)
 
 
Sealy, Jim (Texas Society of Architects)
 
 
 
 
HB  1589
 
    For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Canfield, Irma  (Self)
 
 
Dooley, Michelle (Community Now! Morgan Dooley)
 
 
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Jaloway- Gill, Norine (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT)
 
 
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Salinas Valdez, Debby  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Esgar, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
Ferguson, Charles (Texans Supporting State Schools)
 
 
Harris, Barbara  (Self)
 
 
Hill, Carole  (Self)
 
 
Hill, Clifton  (Self)
 
 
Mayfield, Stacey  (Self)
 
 
McDonald, Dora (Myself, my family, my sister in Denton State School)
 
Against:
Medina, Rudy  (Self)
 
 
Mentgen, Eldred  (Self)
 
 
Miller, Jim  (Self)
 
 
Payne, Susan  (Self)
 
 
Rosenfield, Ileene  (Self)
 
 
Snyder, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
Ward, Nancy (PART
Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Carlton, Belinda (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard  (Self and Educare Community Living)
 
 
Horton, Colleen (Tx. Center for Disability Studies)
 
 
Weizenbaum, Jon (TX. Dept. of Aging & Disability Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
 
 
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Boyte, Melanie  (Self and ADAPt of TX)
 
 
Broussard, Ricky (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
Cecil, Jeanne  (Self and Kate Funk)
 
 
Cranston, Catherine  (Self and Personal Attendant Coalition of TX
ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Self and ADAPT of TX/ PACT)
 
 
Eernisse, Virginia (The ARC of the Gulf Coast)
 
 
Funk, Kate  (Self)
 
 
Langendorf, Jean (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
 
 
Lilley, Loretta  (Self)
 
 
Litzinger, Linda G.  (Self)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
 
 
Odom, Debra  (Self)
 
 
Talmanson, Robert Smoky  (Self)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Travis, Jamie (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
Wittie, David  (Self and Community Now!)
 
 
Yeaman, Karen  (Self and Lathom Yeaman)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bartlett, Lenora  (Self)
 
 
Donelson, Olivia K.  (Self)
 
 
Ellison, Nancy  (Self)
 
 
Esgar, Robert  (Self)
 
 
Falk, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Ferguson, Billie (Texans Supporting State Schools
Denton State School)
 
 
Gersuk, Stephen  (Self)
 
 
Kline, Judy  (Self)
 
 
London, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Mentgen, Norma  (Self)
 
 
Miller, Brenda  (Self)
 
 
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
 
Against:
Reeves, Sandra  (Self)
 
 
Whitman, Christine  (Self)
 
 
Whitman, Ronnie  (Self)
 
 
Yost, Barbara  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lello, Angela (Tx Council for Developmental Disabilities)
 
 
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2329
 
    For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Kappel, Katy  (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
 
 
HB  2329 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
    For:
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association For Home Care)
 
 
 
 
HB  3225 - Committee Substitute  (Hernandez)
 
    For:
Gardner, Phyllis (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)
 
 
 
 
HB  3260
 
    For:
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hester RN, Melinda (TX Board of Nursing)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans With Disabilities)
 
 
Boyte, Melanie  (Self and ADAPT of Texas)
 
 
Canfield, Irma  (Self)
 
 
Cecil, Jeanne M.  (Self)
 
 
Cranston, Catherine  (Self and Personal Attendant Coalition of TX
ADAPt of Texas)
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Self and ADAPT of TX/PACT)
 
 
Dooley, Michelle (Community Now! Morgan Dooley)
 
 
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Funk, Kate (Community Now)
 
 
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association For Home Care)
 
 
Lilley, Loretta  (Self)
 
 
McPhail, Jennifer (Community Now)
 
 
Odom, Debra (Community Now)
 
 
Talmanson, Robert Smoky  (Self)
 
 
Wittie, David  (Self and Community Now!)
 
 
 
 
HB  3263
 
    For:
Carrillo, Dolores (Adapt & Pact)
 
 
Cranston, Catherine  (Self and Personal Attendant Coalition of TX
ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Darnell, Esther (AARP)
 
 
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Kappel, Katy  (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
 
 
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Boyte, Melanie  (Self and ADAPT of Texas)
 
 
Broussard, Ricky (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
Canfield, Irma  (Self)
 
 
Castillo, Consuelo (Texas Advocates)
 
    For:
Cecil, Jeanne  (Self and Community Now)
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Self and ADAPT of TX/ PACT)
 
 
Dooley, Michelle (Community Now! Morgan Dooley)
 
 
Eernisse, Virginia (The ARC of the Gulf Coast)
 
 
Elrod, Susane (TX Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Funk, Kate (Community Now)
 
 
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association For Home Care)
 
 
Henning, Peter (Special Texas Homes)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community Living)
 
 
Langendorf, Jean (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
 
 
Lilley, Loretta  (Self)
 
 
Litzinger, Linda G.  (Self)
 
 
Lofton, Keith  (Self and ADAPT of Texas)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
McPhail, Jennifer  (Self and ADAPT)
 
 
Salinas Valdez, Debby  (Self)
 
 
Schoen, Stephen (Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT))
 
 
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Assoc. of Texas (PPAT))
 
 
Tamanson, Robert Smoky  (Self)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Wittie, David  (Self and ADAPT of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3492
 
    For:
Card, Chris (Providence Service Corporation of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Powell, Judith (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  3492 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
    For:
Holman, Nancy (TX Alliance of Child & Family Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  4017 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
    For:
Broussard, Ricky (ARC of the Gulf Coast)
 
 
Eernisse, Virginia (Gulf Coast Center/ ARC of the Gulf Coast)
 
 
Newberry, Nancy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Castillo, Consuelo (Texas Advocates)
 
 
Travis, Jamie (The Gulf Coast Center & The ARC of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  4017
 
    For:
Jaloway Gill, Norine (Imagine Enterprises)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Dunaway, Rose (Texas Association For Home Care)
 
 
Meadours, James (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cranston, Catherine (Personal Attendent Coalition of TX
ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Self and ADAPT/ PACT)
 
 
Elrod, Susanne (TX Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard (EduCare Community)
 
    For:
Kafka, Bob (ADAPT of TX)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Association of Texas)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and ADAPT of TX)
 
 
 
 
HB  4154
 
    For:
Hine, Jim  (Self)
 
 
Kappel, Katy  (Self and Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
Litzinger, Linda  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
 
 
Hammond, Rachel (TX Association For Home Care)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Johnson, Karen (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy, Inc)
 
 
Thomason, David (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
 
 
VanHoose, Laurie (AARP)
 
 
 
 
HB  4158
 
    For:
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association)
 
 
Linial, George (Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Kappel, Katy (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Assn. of Residential Care Communities)
 
 
Thomason, David (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  4552
 
     On:
Corbett, Garth (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Jessee, Gary (DADS)
 
 
Traylor, Chris (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association For Home Care)
 
 
 
 
HCR 160
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Kappel, Katy (Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For The Protection of Children)
 
 
VanHoose, Laurie (AARP)