WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            May 11, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 4056

                 For:

                                 Boenig, Cathy (Argent Court Assisted Living Communities)

                                 Rich, Sid (Texas assiciation of residential care communities)

                 Against:

                                 Ducayet, Patty (State Long-term Care Ombudsman Program)

                 On:

                                 Adams, Chris (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Lothringer, Linda (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniels, Blake (Self; TORCH)

                                 Raines, Stephen (Preferred Care Partners Management Group)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Kidd, Tom (Self)

            SB 207

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)

                                 Ramon, Mariah (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)

                 On:

                                 Janek, Kyle (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Kirkle, Sarah (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Nasr, Danielle (Sunset commission)

                                 Ray, Karen (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 277

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Janek, Kyle (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Kirkle, Sarah (Sunset Advisory Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Teleki, Katharine (Sunset Advisory Commission)

            SB 304

                 On:

                                 Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Raines, Stephen (Preferred Care Partners Management Group)

                                 Wright, Eric (Senior Care Centers)

                 On:

                                 Adams, Chris (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

            SB 354

                 For:

                                 Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Rauls, Joy (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc)

                 Against:

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                 On:

                                 Harper, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 McCleskey, Gene (Office of the Attorney General)

            SB 760

                 For:

                                 Berndt, Trey (AARP)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Ducayet, Patty (State Long-term Care Ombudsman Program)

                                 Frizzell, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

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

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

                                 Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Jimenez, Carlin (Clarity Child Guidance Center)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

                                 Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 1129

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Yezak, Gerald (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Hanna, Mark (Texas Society For Clinical Social Work)

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

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Boyd, Roy (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Harmon, Micah (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Smith, R Glenn (Self; Sheriffs' Assoc of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Raymond, Kerry (Department of State Health Services)

            SB 1279

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            SB 1385

                 For:

                                 Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)

                 On:

                                 Garza, Elisa (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Kidd, Tom (Self)

                                 Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Adams, Chris (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Jessee, Gary (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 1664

                 For:

                                 Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Masey, Chris (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Greer, Haley (The Arc of Texas)

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

                                 Hart, Michael (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Jimenez, Gerard (Self; Texas Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)

                                 Rosen, Laura (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Fernandez, Linda (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Perez, Gina (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Stapper, Cynthia (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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