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WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April  23, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  166
 
    For:
Caldwell, Robbie (DBMAT- Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Assoc. TX.)
 
 
Knapp, Melanie  (Self and Secretary- Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Ass. Tx)
 
 
Newton, Richard (DBMAT Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas)
 
 
Schoen, Stephen (DBMAT Deaf BLind Multihandicapped Assoc. of Tx.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dionne- Vahalik, Michelle (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
 
 
Horn, Adelaide (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bower, Bruce  (Self)
 
 
Choate, Dawn (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
HB  583
 
    For:
Herskowitz, Robin (RH2 Consulting Inc + Network Sciences)
 
 
Kitchen, Ann (Integrated Care Collaboration and Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Abney Spelce, Kit (insure a kid)
 
 
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  830
 
Against:
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  886
 
    For:
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Verver, Nicole (Texas Workforce Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bower, Bruce  (Self)
 
 
Dwyer, JC (Texas Food Bank Network)
 
 
Mills, Sarah (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  1170
 
     On:
Burke, Cecelia (Texas Association of Domestic Relations Offices)
 
 
Hinojosa, Laura (Hidalgo County DRO Advisory Board Member)
 
 
 
 
HB  1540
 
    For:
Ahrens, Paul  (Self)
 
 
Bertoni, Dan  (Self)
 
 
Fincher, David  (Self and National Child Care Coalition)
 
 
Frederick, Wendy  (Self)
 
 
Holloway, Robert (The Childrens Center)
 
 
Hutson, Lonnie (41 seperate Kids R Kids childcare centers in Houston, TX)
 
 
Nguyen, Trung  (Self)
 
 
Ray, Nannette (Liberty Field Schools of SA LLC)
 
    For:
Ray, Terrence (Terrence Ray & Associates Inc.)
 
 
Smith, Jim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allman, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference
The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
 
 
Dufour, Doots (Afterschool Programs of Austin Travis County, Austin School District)
 
 
Timinsky, Melody (Big Thought- Thriving Minds After School Program)
 
 
Vannoy, Tamara (Texas Afterschool Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Collins, Robby (Dallas I.S.D.)
 
 
Haley, Anthony (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)
 
 
Hutson, Kurt  (Self)
 
 
James, Leslie (Fort Worth ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Smith, Donald (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  2659
 
    For:
Margulies, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
Shenoda, David  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Amaya, Bertha (Texas Assn. of Local WIC Directors)
 
 
Buck, Linda (Texas Association of Local WIC Directors (TALWD))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hayes, Michael (Attorney General- Child Support Division)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Jennifer, Allmon (The Texas Catholic Conference
The Roman Catholic Bishops)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)
 
 
Ramsey, Lesley  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Grisham, Loretta  (Self)
 
 
Harden, Judith (TX Association of Local WIC Directors)
 
 
Hill, Sandra  (Self)
 
 
Hopkins, Merry Jo (Texas Association of Local WIC Directors)
 
 
Khaleeq, Barbara  (Self)
 
 
Payton, Margaret (Texas Assoc. of Local WIC Directors)
 
 
Quillin, Angela  (Self)
 
 
Sundstrom, Donna (Texas Association of Local WIC Directors)
 
 
Wysong, Monica (Texas Assoc. of Local WIC Directors)
 
 
 
 
HB  2921
 
Against:
Murphree, Susan (Advocacy Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Horton, Colleen (Tx. Center for Disability Studies)
 
 
Hull, Katy (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Snyder, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2921 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
     On:
Choate, Dawn (The ARC of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Hull, Dorothy (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  4009
 
    For:
Green, Shelton (Christian Life Commission of the Texas Baptist Convention)
 
    For:
Mark, Dennis (Redeemed Ministries & Not for Sale Campaign)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Rasco, Sasha (Dept. of Family and Protective Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference
The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
Sinitsyn, Olga (Children at Risk)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lyons, Caitriona (HHSC)
 
 
 
 
HB  4023
 
     On:
Horn, Adelaide (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Margulies, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texa Asso. For The Protection of Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  4317
 
     On:
Horn, Adelaide (Dept. of Aging and Disability Services)
 
 
Linkous, Shane (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
Owens, John (Resource Witness Office of TX Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
HB  4562
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Vanhoose, Laurie (AARP)
 
 
 
 
HB  4806
 
    For:
Gagen, Joseph (Texas CASA)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care for Children)