WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            April 6, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1069

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Collins, Billy (Self)

                                 Evans, Larry (Texas association of the deaf)

                                 Farrelly, Amber (Self)

                                 Gissell, Whitney (Self)

                                 Hardell, Shelley J. (Self)

                                 Hughes, Heather (Self; Deaf Action Center)

                                 Hughes, Heather (Self)

                                 Myers, David (Self; Tx association of thr deaf)

                                 Timperlake, Benna (Self)

                                 Valverde, Donna (Self)

                                 Whitley, Shawn (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Hockett, Rhoda (Self; TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Kelchner, Thomas (Self; TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bounds, Betty (Texas association of the deaf)

                                 Hamilton, Beth (Self)

                                 Hutchison, Ryan (Self; Communication service for the deaf)

                 Against:

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                 On:

                                 Breslow, Lori (DARS)

                                 Jones, Jamie (DARS)

            HB 1260

                 For:

                                 Barrington, Beverly (Self)

                                 Johnson, Linda (Self)

                                 Mayfield, Stacey (Self)

                                 Parker, Tammie (Self)

                                 Payne, Susan (PART)

                                 Perkins, David (Self)

                                 Perkins, David (Self)

                                 Rogers, Nona (Self)

                                 Wallace, Stephen (Self)

                                 Ward, Nancy (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Tate, Joe (Self; Community NOW!)

                 On:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Schalchlin, Scott (Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                 On:

                                 Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Trost, Amy (Sunset Advisory Commission)

            HB 1769

                 For:

                                 Crowe, Michael (Texas assisted living associatin)

                                 Hermann, Donna (Self; Belmont Village Senior Living)

                                 Vera, Rose (Self; Silverado Senio Living)

                 On:

                                 Ducayet, Patty (Long-term Care Ombudsman Program)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Alliance of Brain Injury Providers)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

                 On:

                                 Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)

            HB 1880

                 On:

                                 Hays, Susan (NARAL ProChoice Texas)

                                 Hughes, Allison (Dept of state health services)

            HB 2360

                 For:

                                 Latiolais, Todd (Children at Risk)

                 Against:

                                 Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)

                                 Paris, Barbara-Jane (Self; AdvancED/SACS-CASI Commission on Accreditation and School

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Improvement)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2711

                 For:

                                 Jackson, Jr., Larry (Self)

                                 Meyer, Joseph (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 On:

                                 Austin, Laura (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability RightsTexas)

                                 Wait, Dudley (Texas EMS Alliance)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Ayres, James (Self)

                                 Ayres, Monica (Self)

                                 Ellzey, Gareth (Self)

                                 Ellzey, John (Self)

                                 Fischer, Jeff (Self)

                                 Guggenmos, Greg (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Lefebvre, Jean (Self)

                                 Neikirk, Christine (Self)

                                 Parsons, Brad (Self; TAG member)

                                 Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)

                                 Swanson, Mariya (Self)

                 On:

                                 Perry, Peggy (Department State Health Services)

                                 Raymond, Kerry (DS HS)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Schmider, Joseph (DSHS governmental entity)

            HB 2718

                 For:

                                 Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

                 On:

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)

                 On:

                                 Bazan, Kim (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 2903

                 For:

                                 Albrecht, PhD, Kay (Self)

                                 Kofron, Kim (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children)

                                 Triantaphyllis, Christina (Collaborative for Children)

                 On:

                                 Altobelli, Joan (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)

                 On:

                                 Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 3092

                 On:

                                 Engelking, Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)

            HB 3823

                 For:

                                 Isett, Carl (Texas PACE Assn)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Butler, Rachel (Self)

                                 Garza, Elisa (Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Quereau, Jennifer (Legislative Budget Board)

            HB 4001

                 For:

                                 Mayfield, Stacey (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Homecare & Hospice)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)

                 On:

                                 Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)

            HCR 84

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Billings, James (Self)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Denner, Eric (Self)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Alliance of Brain Injury Providers)

                                 Leach, Kathryn (Self)

                                 Martin, Jason (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT))

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 On:

                                 Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)

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