WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            May 1, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1770

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Mills, Sarah (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                 On:

                                 Zalkovsky, Emily (Health and Human Services Commission)

            HB 2025

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Laborde, Blanca (Adult Day Health Care Association of Texas)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Self; Texas Assisted Living Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

            HB 2454

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)

                                 Rich, Sid (Texas association of residential care communities)

                                 Rueter, Rodney (Lutheran Sunset Ministries)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

                                 Raines, Stephen (Preferred Care Partners Management Group)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 On:

                                 Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3164

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Roger (Self; El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department)

                                 Shumate, Kim (Self; El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department)

                 On:

                                 Singer, Kaci (Texas Juvenile Justice Department (here as Resource only if needed))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

            HB 3205

                 For:

                                 Escobedo, Cheslee (Self; KinderCare Education)

                                 Kofron, Kimberly (Self; Texas Assoc. for the Education of Young Children)

                 Against:

                                 Altobelli, Joan (Self; Texas Licensed Child Care Association)

                                 Fincher, David (Self; National Child Care Coalition)

                                 Hutson, Lonnie (Self; Kids R Kids)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

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

                                 Jaggers, Terri (Self)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Scherber, Douglas (Self)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Bertoni, Dan (Self)

                                 Bertoni, Monika (Self)

                                 Carvallo, Federico (Self)

                                 Carvallo, Haydee (Self)

                                 Cloutier, Joan (Self)

                                 Cloutier, Matthew (Self)

                                 Engle, Debra (Self)

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                 Against:

                                 Engle, Michael (Self)

                                 Frederick, Darold (Self)

                                 Frederick, Wendy (Self; Kids r kids)

                                 Gilbert, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Gilbert, Mercedes (Self)

                                 Halcomb, Carrie (Self)

                                 Hutson, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Hutson, Sue (Self)

                                 Morales, Miguel (Self)

                                 Morales, Yelitza (Self)

                                 Nguyen, Madeline (Self)

                                 Nguyen, Trac (Self)

                                 Nguyen, Trac (Self)

                                 Nguyen, Trung (Self)

                                 Oliver, James (Self)

                                 Oliver, Marsha (Self)

                                 Perry, David (Self)

                                 Perry, Sharon (Self)

                                 Poe, Kurt (Self)

                                 Scherber, Douglas (Self)

                                 Scherber, Liza (Self)

                                 Sundbeck, Chad (Self; Kids R Kids)

                                 Sundbeck, Monica (Self; Kids R Kids)

                                 Van Eyk, Seth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Shaw, Jean (The Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 3469

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Diana (Self; Texas Assisted Living Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Green, Calvin (Department of Aging and Disability Services)

            HB 3555

                 For:

                                 Banes, Steven (Montgomery County Child Welfare Board)

                                 Jaggers, Terri (Self; Orphan Care Solutions of Texas)

                                 Munday, Chelsea (Orphan Care Solutions, Walker County)

                 On:

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

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Belyeu, Jeremiah (Self; Hope's Path)

                                 Butcher, Trent (Self; OCS -Amarillo)

                                 Dunn, Brian (Self; Stonebridge Community Church)

                                 Gross, Dr. Jay (Self; West Conroe Baptist Church)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                                 Olse, Katie (Tx Alliance of Child and Family Services)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Schlueter, Thomas (Self; Texas Apostolic Prayer Network)

                                 Seago, Dr. Ted (Self; Restoration Church)

                                 Westmoreland, Seth (Self; First Baptist Church, Magnolia)

            HB 3564

                 On:

                                 Ducayet, Patricia (Patty) (Office of the state long-term care ombudsman, Dept. Of Aging and

                                 Disability Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Self; Texas Assisted Living Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)

                                 Ray, Karen (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Reed, Jim (Central Texas Council of Governments/Texas Association of Regional

                                 Councils/Texas Association of Area Agencies on Aging)

            HB 4056

                 For:

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

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                 Against:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

            HB 4094

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)

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

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Daniel, Rachelle (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Estevilla, Lana (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 4168

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Belseth, Tymothy (Self)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

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

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