WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March  26, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  216
 
    For:
Bartz, Joan (UHNA)
 
 
Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Services Center)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
 
 
Metzinger, Jane (Mental Health America of Greater Dallas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Monreal, Nick (Alamo Area Council of Governments Bexar Assisted Living Task Force)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bolton, Pamela (Texas Watch)
 
 
Campbell, Ben (TORCH Life Steps of Tx.)
 
 
DeWitt R.Ph., Lauren (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
Rocha, Susan (City of San Antonio)
 
 
Weber, Al (University Hills Neighborhood Association)
 
 
Worden, Jobeth (University Hills Neighborhood Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Elrod, Susanne (TX Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard (EOU Care Community Living)
 
 
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Assn. of Texas)
 
 
Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association TX Press Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  216 - Committee Substitute  (Rose)
 
    For:
Metzinger, Jane (Mental Health America of Greater Dallas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Elrod, Susanne (TX Council of Community MHMR Centers)
 
 
Hernandez, Richard (EOU Care Community Living)
 
 
Hooser, Greg (Private Providers Association of Texas)
 
 
Smith, Carole (Private Providers Assn of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  415
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Coody, Tess  (Self and Parents Supporting HB415/ Guerra DeBerry Coody)
 
 
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Schultz, Brenda (Texas Licensed Child Care Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  612
 
    For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of Austin)
 
 
Flores, Lourdes (Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
 
 
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Levels, Katherlene (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Conn, Jacqueline (Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
 
 
Dieter, Alison  (Self)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Mendez, Mary (Tarrant County)
 
 
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Caritas of Austin)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
 
 
HB  704
 
    For:
Richardson, Key  (Self)
 
 
Sloan, M. Madison (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)
 
    For:
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso For The Protection of Children)
 
 
Snowden, Tara (Child Advocates San Antonio)
 
 
Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)
 
 
Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DeWitt R.Ph., Lauren (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
 
 
HB  705
 
    For:
Richardson, Key  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barker, Constance (DePelching Children's Center)
 
 
Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
DeWitt R.Ph., Lauren (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)
 
 
Holman, Nancy (TX Alliance of Child and Family Services)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)
 
 
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
Sloan, M. Madison (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)
 
 
Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  892
 
    For:
Carter, Kimberly  (Self)
 
 
Gilbert, Michele  (Self)
 
 
Huber, Carol  (Self and Community First Health Plus)
 
 
Nichols, Simone (Aubrey Staples)
 
 
Realini MD MPH, Janet (Healthy Futures Alliance Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Spear, Scott  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Casso, Amy (LaFe Policy Research & Education Center)
 
 
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Katz, Laura (March of Dimes)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Matous, Janelle  (Self)
 
 
Nava, Mary (Bexar County Medical Society)
 
 
Ramsey, Lesley (TX Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates)
 
 
Roca, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Pojman, PH.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  1462
 
    For:
Davis, Ed (Texas CASA)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)
 
 
Snowden, Tara (Child Advocates San Antonio)
 
 
 
 
HB  1574
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Canaday, Jennifer (ATPE)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (TX- AFT)
 
 
Levine, Steve  (Self)
 
 
Lewis- Nourzao, Lisa (Texas PTA)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Moussa, Nagla  (Self and The ARC of Texas)
 
 
Smith, Donald (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition)
 
 
Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Valderrama, Fil  (Self and Christopher Valderrama)
 
 
Weisfeld, Shanna (Texas State Teachers Assosiation)
 
 
 
 
HB  1627
 
    For:
Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dally, William (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
 
 
De Young, Michael (Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs)
 
 
Graves, Boyd (Health and Human Services Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Dieter, Alison  (Self and Texas League of Women Voters)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Caritas of Austin)
 
 
Stout, Billy (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
Tigner, Drucilla (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Peinado, Elena (Texas Department of Housing and)
 
 
 
 
HB  1897
 
Against:
Caples, Robert  (Self and Border Alliance of Adult Day Cares)
 
 
Flores, Frank (Border Alliance of Adult Day Cares)
 
 
Gonzalez, Blanca (Border Alliance Association of ADC in RGV)
 
 
Izqurrie, Rositia (Border Alliance of Adult Day Care Centers)
 
 
Leija, Job (HB 1897/ Adult Day Cares/ Border Alliance)
 
 
Ortiz, Simon  (Self)
 
 
Troy, Carter (Adult Day Care Association of Texas)
 
 
Walthall, Richard (Adult Day Care Assoc. of Texas)
 
 
Wheaton, Arris (Adult Day Care Service North Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Adams, Chris (Resource Witness from Dept of Aging and Disability Svcs)
 
 
Henderson, Don (Tx Dept. of Aging & Disability Services)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Joy, Ron (Texas Dept. of Public Safety- Highway Patrol)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Perez, Elizabeth (Elizabeth I. Perez & Assoc-Inc DBA Scenario Adult Restorative Nursing & Day Services)
 
Against:
Schmitz, Ricardo  (Self)
 
 
Vigil, Jennifer  (Self)
 
 
Vigil, Romie  (Self)
 
 
Ybarra, Adelide  (Self and Adult Day Care Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1905
 
    For:
Gruger, Joyce  (Self and Autism Society of Greater Austin)
 
 
Moussa, Nagla  (Self and The Arc of Texas)
 
 
Schleiss, Ronnie  (Self and Autism Society of Greater Austin)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
 
 
Day, Angela  (Self)
 
 
Garrison- Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Levine, Steve  (Self)
 
 
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Schlotzhauer, Judy  (Self)
 
 
Thyssen, Monica (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Valderrama, Fil  (Self and Christopher Valderrama Blanca Rodriguez Yolanda Valderrama David Rodriguez Angie Valderrama Marti Jennings)
 
 
 
 
HB  1943
 
    For:
Gagen, Joe (Texas CASA)
 
 
Johnson, Julie (Dallas CASA, Supervisor)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Boyd, Jean  (Self)
 
 
Cox, Heidi  (Self)
 
 
Freeby, Eric  (Self)
 
 
Lehrmann, Debra  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
Sampson, John J  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barker, Constance (DePelchin Children's Center)
 
 
Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Services Center)
 
 
LeBoeuf, Nicole  (Self)
 
 
Simmons, Frank (CASA of the Coastal Bend)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
 
 
HB  2040
 
    For:
Vanhoose, Laurie (AARP)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McCown, Scott (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barker, Constance (De Pelchin Children's Center)
 
 
Dewitt R.Ph., Lauren (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
Gendron, Christine (TX Network of Youth Services)
 
 
Henry, Tricia (AARP)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Ingersoll, Deborah  (Self)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)
 
    For:
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
 
 
 
 
HB  2225
 
    For:
Cox, Heidi  (Self and The Gladney Center)
 
 
Freeby, Eric  (Self)
 
 
Monsivaiz, Pam  (Self)
 
 
Nickels, Kathleen  (Self)
 
 
Price, Bob  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kromrei, Liz (DFPS (Dept. of Family & Protective Services))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Holman, Nancy (TX Alliance of Child & Family Services)
 
 
Lugo, Noelita (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  2876
 
    For:
Brim, Jay  (Self)
 
 
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
 
 
 
 
HB  3142
 
    For:
Caballero, Leticia (Texas Health Care Association)
 
 
Linial, George (Texas Association of Homes & Services for the Aging)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carter, Troy (Adult Day Care Association of Texas)
 
 
Culp, Wayne  (Self)
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  (Self and Texas Silver- Haired Legislature)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care Communites)