WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
May 5, 1999-7:00A
HB 330
Registering, but not testifying:
For: McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas), Austin
HB 1145
FOR: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association), Austin
HB 1237
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers),
Austin
Hulse, Mary Ann (AARP), Austin
Speight, Susan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy), Austin
On: Lehrman, Jim (Texas Department of Human Services), Austin
HB 1396
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Childress, Terry (Private Providers Association of Texas),
Austin
Hooser, Greg (Private Providers Association of Texas), Austin
Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas), Austin
On: Alexander, Cindy (Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin
Gold, Marc (Texas Department of Human Services), Austin
Henderson, Don (Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation), Austin
Lehrman, Jim (Texas Department of Human Services), Austin
HB 1715
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Gold, Marc (Texas Department of Human Services), Austin
Lehrman, Jim (Texas Department of Human Services), Austin
HB 2304
FOR: Speight, Susan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ashby, Cindy (Texas Counseling Association), Austin
Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers),
Austin
On: Gernsbacher, Ron (Texas Department of Health), Austin
HB 2641
FOR: Markland, Barrett (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Marshall, Susan (The ARC of Texas), Austin
Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas), Austin
AGAINST: Ayala, Juan (National Federation for the Blind - McAllen
Chapter), Pharr
Bradley, Ed (American Council of the Blind of Texas), Houston
Craig, Tommy (National Federation of the Blind of Texas),
Austin
Cupp, LaDanne (National Federation for the Blind), San Antonio
Dunn, James (James Earl Dunn Educational Services, Inc.),
Houston
Durst, Sherri (Texans Supporting State Schools), Plano
Ferguson, Billie (Texans Supporting State Schools), Dallas
Ferguson, Charles R. (Texans Supporting State Schools), Dallas
Graham, Malcolm Joseph (National Federation for the Blind),
Austin
Guerra, Edward (American Council of the Blind of Texas), Austin
Higgins, Evelyn S. (myself), San Antonio
Klute, Johna (Texas Commission for the Blind), Houston
Olson, James G. (Association for the Developmentally
Disabled), Houston
Pearcy, Jeffrey (Texas Association of Blind Merchants), Austin
Pearcy, Zena (Texas Committee of Parents of Blind Children),
Austin
Pierce, Barbara (National Federation of the Blind), Oberlin,
Ohio
Shockley, Joe (self), Montgomery
Shockley, Trevor (myself), Montgomery
Snider, Harold W. (National Federation of the Blind), Silver
Spring
Varnell, Doris (self and the National Federation of the
Blind), Austin
Ward, Nancy (Texas Supporting State Schools), Ft. Worth
ON: Blackburn, Audley (American Council of the Blind of Texas),
Austin
Daniel, Katrina (Sunset Advisory Commission), Austin
Gilbert, Don (Texas Health and Human Services Commission),
Austin
Kane, Jerry (Texas Rehabilitation Commission Board), Austin
Longley, Joey (Sunset Advisory Commission), Austin
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas), Austin
Morris, Robert (Sunset Advisory Commission), Austin
Waldrep, Kent (self and the Texas Rehabilitation Commission),
Plano
Wilkerson, Ray A. (Texas Rehabilitation Commission), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Garrett, Steve M. (self), Austin
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association), Austin
Gray, Crintis (Texas Commission for the Blind), Ft. Worth
Hulse, Mary Ann (AARP), Austin
Spanoz, David (Chris Cole), Austin
Against: Anders, Mike (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Arthur, Peggy (Chris Cole Rehabilitation Center), Allen
Ausburn, Sandra (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Baker, Norma Gonzales (National Federation of the Blind of
Texas), Austin
Ballard, Peggy (myself and the Texas Commission for the
Blind), Temple
Bigner, Louana (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Bradley, Kathleen (myself), Abilene
Bradley, Kathleen (self), Austin
Castro, Raymond (Texas Commission for the Blind), San Antonio
Cementwala, Mariyan (self), Austin
Cheng, Priscilla (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Coverson, Anita (self and Chris Cole School for the Blind),
Houston
Craig, Margaret C. (National Federation of the Blind of
Texas), Austin
Darnell, Jerry (self), Austin
Day, Shawn (Chris Cole), Mesquite
Donelson, Olivia (self), Austin
Doyle, Mary Janice (self), Dallas
Durbin, Betty (self), Austin
Edwards, Keith (Texas Commission for the Blind), Austin
Fritz, John (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Garcia, Joey (Chris Cole Rehabilitation Center), Austin
Goodman, William (Chris Cole and self), Houston
Gordon, Bee Berry (self), Austin
Hamilton, Donald (Chris Cole School for the Blind), Harker
Heights
Hecker, Heather (National Federation of the Blind), Ruston, LA
Hedrick, Mary M. (myself), Austin
McGuire, Stephen (self), San Antonio
McQueen, J.B. (self and the Texas Commission for the Blind),
Sulfer Springs
McVeigh, Pamela (National Federation of the Blind), Ruston, LA
Melanlon, Bobbie Sue (National Federation of the Blind),
Houston
Moran, Erlinda (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Norton, Kenneth (Texas Commission for the Blind), Copperas Cove
Nwuga, Andrew (self), Austin
Owings, Huey (Texas Commission for the Blind), Groves
Paz, Gilbert (self), Round Rock
Perez, Juanita (National Federation of the Blind), Laredo
Porter, Joyce (National Federation of the Blind), Houston
Puffer, Diane (National Federation of the Blind), Houston
Ratcliff, Harold (Texas Commission for the Blind), Houston
Reece, Lee (myself), Austin
Roldan, Lori (Chris Cole), El Paso
Sanchez, Mary Ellen (self), Austin
Scales, Nell (self), Austin
Schaeffer, Stephanie (Texas Commission for the Blind),
Arlington
Shaffer, Jim (National Federation of the Blind of Texas),
Austin
Sifuentes, Paul (myself), Georgetown
Skelton, James O. (Blind Industrial Workers of Texas), Houston
Smith, Susan (Chris Cole), Midland
Spears, DiShon (National Federation of the Blind), Austin
Studer, Margie (self), Austin
Thomas, Michael (self), San Antonio
Toliver, Carl (American Federation for the Blind), San Antonio
Washburn, William (Texas Federation of the Blind), Houston
Whittle, Jerry (self), Austin
Whittle, Merilynn J. (Texas Association of Blind Merchants),
Austin
Wilson, Harold (self), Dallas
Wilson, Tony (self), Tyler
On: Arrell, Max (Texas Rehabilitation Commission), Austin
Brownlow, Thelma (Chris Cole School for the Blind), Rosenburg
Tapp, Nancy (American Council of the Blind - Texas), Ft. Worth
Webb, Roger (Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities), Austin
Written materials submitted:
For: Friedholm, DeAnn (Americaid Community Care), Austin
Against: Castaneda, Tris (Association of Substance Abuse Programs),
Austin
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs),
Kerrville
HB 2866
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Walker, Craig A. (Texas Organization of Rural and Community
Hospitals), Austin
On: Magers, Bonnie (Texas Department of Health), Austin
HB 3778
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Miller, Karen (Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers), Houston
Against: Hernandez, Leslie (National Association of Social Workers),
Austin
On: Webster, Sarah (Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services), Austin