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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Health & Human Services

            August 14, 2014 11:00 AM

            Charge #4 - ACA

                  ON:

                                 Brown, Brianna  Community Organizer (Texas Organizing Project), Dallas, TX

                                 Bufkin, Alice  Early Opportunities Policy Associate  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Texans Care for Children), Austin, TX

                                 Daniel, Katrina  Associate Commissioner for Life Accident and Health  (also providing

                                 written testimony) (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX

                                 Duerte, Sandra  Community Leader (Texas Organizing Project), San Antonio, TX

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne  Associate Director  (also providing written testimony) (Center for Public

                                 Policy Priorities), Austin, TX

                                 Eastman, Dale   (also providing written testimony) (Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation), San

                                 Antonio, TX

                                 Fowler, Rebecca   (also providing written testimony) (Young Invincibles), Houston, TX

                                 Francis, Will  Government Relations Director  (also providing written testimony) (National

                                 Association of Social Workers - Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Guerra-Cardus, Laura  Associate Director  (also providing written testimony) (Children's

                                 Defense Fund Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Hawkins, John  Senior Vice President, Government Relations (Texas Hospital Association),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Hopkins, Jody  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Lone Star

                                 Association of Charitable Clinics), Austin, TX

                                 Hutson, Blake  (Consumers Union), Austin, TX

                                 Janek, Kyle  Executive Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Health and

                                 Human Services Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Jones, Marsha  Community Leader (Texas Organizing Project), Dallas, TX

                                 Lakey, David  Commissioner (Department of State Health Services), Austin, TX

                                 Lavelle, Tanya  Senior Manager of Advocacy  (also providing written testimony) (Easter

                                 Seals Central Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Martin, Phillip  Deputy Director (Progress Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Milligan, Maureen  President; Chief Executive Officer  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Teaching Hospitals of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Molina, Luz  Leader (Texas Organizing Project), Houston, TX

                                 Rathgeber, Julia  Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Department of

                                 Insurance), Austin, TX

                                 Salinas de la Rosa, Ileana  Community Organizer (Texas Organizing Project), Houston, TX

                                 Switzer, Gyl  Public Policy Director  (also providing written testimony) (Mental Health

                                 America of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Troche, Sonia  Texas Regional Director (National Council of La Raza (NCLR)), San

                                 Antonio, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  ON:

                                 Janda, Ken  Chair, Legislative Committee (Texas Association of Community Based Health

                                 Plans; Community Health Choice), Houston, TX

                                 Romero, Michelle  Associate Director - Advocacy (Texas Medical Association), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Health & Human Services

            August 14, 2014 11:00 AM

            Charge #7 - CPRIT

                  ON:

                                 Eastman, Dale   (also providing written testimony) (Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation), San

                                 Antonio, TX

                                 Roberts, Wayne  Chief Executive Officer  (also providing written testimony) (Cancer

                                 Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)), Austin, TX

            Charge #7 - Dental Board Reform

                  ON:

                                 Hildebrand, Julie  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Texas State

                                 Board of Dental Examiners), Austin, TX

            Charge #7 - SB 7

                  ON:

                                 Danks, Karen   (Self; Sarah (daughter)), Corinth, TX

                                 Frizzell, Sandra  Director of Policy Development  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Ghahremani, Kay  Texas Medicaid/CHIP Director  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)), Austin, TX

                                 Hammon, Rachel  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Texas

                                 Association for Home Care & Hospice), Austin, TX

                                 Henning, Peter  Board President (Private Providers Association of Texas), Tomball, TX

                                 Horton, Colleen  Policy Program Officer (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health), Austin, TX

                                 Johnson, Linda   (Self), Temple, TX

                                 Linial, George  President  (also providing written testimony) (Leading Age Texas), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Litzinger, Amy   (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Litzinger, Linda   (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Mason, Ruth   (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Son), Houston, TX

                                 Mayfield, Stacey   (Self; Andrew (son)), Denton, TX

                                 Miller, Jeff  Director of Governmental Affairs  (also providing written testimony) (The Arc

                                 of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Moccia, Leslie   (also providing written testimony)  (Self), San Antonio, TX

                                 Moccia, Zach   (Self), San Antonio, TX

                                 Robinson, Ileene   (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Traylor, Chris  Chief Deputy Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Health and

                                 Human Services Commission), Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  ON:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda  Associate State Director (AARP), Austin, TX

            Charge #7 - SB 8

                  ON:

                                 Dunn, Paul  Dentist  (Self), Levelland, TX

                                 Evans, Everett  Doctor  (Self), Shady Shores, TX

                                 Ghahremani, Kay  Texas Medicaid/CHIP Director  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Health and Human Services Commission), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Health & Human Services

            August 14, 2014 11:00 AM

                                 Ray, Jason   (Self; Various Medicaid Providers), Austin, TX

                                 Schmider, Joe  State EMS Director  (also providing written testimony) (DSHS - Office of

                                 EMS/Trauma), Austin, TX

                                 Teegardin, Vivian  Dentist (Harlingen Family Dentistry), Harlingen, TX

                                 Traylor, Chris  Chief Deputy Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Health and

                                 Human Services Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Wilson, Douglas  Inspector General  (also providing written testimony) (Health and Human

                                 Services Commission/Office of Inspector General), Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  ON:

                                 Romero, Michelle  Associate Director - Advocacy (Texas Medical Association), Austin, TX