WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 30, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Stephens, Stephanie (HHSC Resource Witness)
For:
Barriga-May, Heidi (PerryLee Home Healthcare)
Berndt, Trey (AARP)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Castle, Danette (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Cranston, Catherine (Self; Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas and ADAPT of Texas)
Fritzsching, Jacob (Self)
Fritzsching, Kim (Self)
Goslant, Kaili (The Arc of Texas)
Griffith, Mark (Self)
Jensen, Frank (Self)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Adapt of texas)
Langendorf, Jean (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)
Maxwell, Carol (The arc of texas)
McPhail, Jennifer (Self; ADaAPT)
Powell, Marjorie (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA))
Reimer, David (KidsCare Therapy, TAHC&H, Home Therapy Advocates for Kids)
Salovitz, Heiwa (ADAPT of Texas)
Wittie, David (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
Wohlgemuth, Arlene (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Berkely, John (Lutheran Social Services)
Cayton, Marsha (Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services)
Dickerson, Cassandra (Self; Down Home Ranch)
Dunson, Leigh (Mary lee foundation)
Edgel, Arianne (Self; Mary Lee Foundation Southpointe)
Fowles, Amanda (Self; Mary lee Foundation)
Fraysier, Debbie (Self; I have a personal interest as well I am the director of Mosaic in Waco,
Tx serving 73 persons through the HzcS program!)
Gilbert, June (Self)
Gunderlach, Boyce (Self; Mary lee foundation)
Heard, Mark (Self; Regency nursing)
Henning, Peter (Self)
Johnson, Susan (Self)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Loyd, Ashley (Self; Mary lee foundation)
McBurnett, Johnny (Self; Mary lee foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Morrison, Maggie (Self; Mary Lee Foundation)
Newman, Glenn (Self; Mary Lee Foundation)
Rich, Sid (Texas association of residential care communities)
Rogers, Edwina (Self; Mary lee foumdation)
Sanders, Linda (Self; Mary lee foundation)
Seargent, William (Self; Mary lee foundation)
Shankles, Susan (Self; Mary lee foundation)
Slone, Jeri (Self; Bluebonnet homes inc)
Sosa, James (Self; MaryLee Foundation)
Standifer, Cheryl (Self)
Thomason, David (LeadingAge Texas)
Von Dohlen, Tim (Self)
Williams, Nathan (Self; Austin advocates, mary lee foundation)
On:
Brooks, Lynne (Self; Disability Services of the Southwest, Inc.)
Cohen, Lynni (PerryLee Home Healthcare Services)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Fontenot, Ann (Self)
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Graves, Tim (Texas Health care association)
Graves, Tim (Texas health care association)
Haas, Phil (Self)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home care & Hospice)
Israel, Gordon (Self; Draco Services, Inc.)
LaViola, Mara (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
McNeal, Cotina (PerryLee Home Healthcare Services)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Schauer, Tim (Texas Association of Community Based Health Plans)
Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)
Southern, David (Self)
Spencer, Sarah (Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health)
Svien, Doug (Self; PACSTX. Providers Alliance for community Services in Texas.)
Traylor, Chris (HHSC Resource Witness)
Valdez, Debby Salinas (Self; Tx Adults W/Autism & IDD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Coppock, Laurel (Self)
Cranston, Ron (Self; Adapt of texas, personal attendant coalition of texas)
Griffin, Tish (Self; Adapt)
Holcomb, MD, John (Tma)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Metz, Albert (Self; Adapt)
Steele, Mary (Self; Adapt)
Against:
Abbott, Joyce (Self; Mary lee foundation)
Abraham, Deanna (Self; Mosaic in Corsicana)
Bartlett, Jacob (Self)
Bartlett, Michelle (Self)
Broome, Anna (Self)
Burris, Walter (Self)
Crawford, Shannon (Self; Mosaic of Texas)
Drake, Amy (Self; Mary Lee Foundation)
Horabin, William (Self; Independent Nursing Homes)
Levine, Linda (Self)
Morrison, Jan (Marylee foundation)
Ortopan, Kate (Self)
Torres, Meghann (Self; Mary lee foundation)
Venette Fuentes, Trudy (Self)
Watkins, Sarah (Community Now)
Weaver, Marva (Self; Mosaic)
Zielinski, Mabel (Self)
On:
Canfield, Irma (Self)
Engelking, Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Harper, Michelle (HHSC Resource Witness)
Jessee, Gary (HHSC Resource Witness)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Levine, Linda (Self)
Mason, Ruth (Self)
Tate, Joe (Self; Community NOW!)
Weizenbaum, Jon (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)
Levine, Linda (Self)
Levine, Linda (Self)
Williams, Nathan (Self; Austin advocates, mary lee foundation)
Williams, Nathan (Texas Advocates)
On:
Genco, Frank (HHSC Resource Witness)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Israel, Gordon (Self; Draco Services, Inc.)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The arc of texas)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Tate, Joe (Self; Community NOW!)
Valdez, Debby Salinas (Self; Tx Adults W/Autism & IDD)
Watkins, Sarah (Community Now)
On:
Scheib, Katherine (DSHS)
Williamson, Dana (DADS)
On:
Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health - Resource)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Cranston, Catherine (Self; Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas and ADAPT of Texas)
Cranston, Ron (Self)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Adapt of texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
McPhail, Jennifer (Self; ADAPT)
Metz, Albert (Self; Adapt)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Tate, Joe (Self; Community NOW!)
Watkins, Sarah (Community Now)
Wittie, David (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Williamson, Dana (DADS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Minstries of South Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)
On:
Beattie, Terry (HHSC Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
McClure, Madeline (Self; TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Wood, Donna (Self)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Damron, Renee (Self; Any Baby Can)
Marshall, Sandra (Self; Any baby can)
McClure, Madeline (Self; TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Mugno, Krystal (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas Association for Infant Mental Health)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Eckstein, Kathy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Funk, Sadie (Self; Texas assoc. for infant mental health)
Hine, Jim (Self)
Kuykendall, Randal (Texas municipal police association)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Minstries of South Texas)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas county)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sabo, Jason (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Sepulveda, Gabriel (The Nurse Family Partnership)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)
Wood, Donna (Self)
Against:
DeWitt, Lauren (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights TX)
On:
Beattie, Terry (HHSC Resource Witness)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
McClure, Madeline (Self; TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Adams, Michele (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Kanne, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
McClure, Madeline (Self; TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Kanne, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One voice texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
McClure, Madeline (Self; TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Anderton, Robert (Self)
Berlanga, Hugo (Texas Dentist for Medicaid Reform)
Cazares, Jose (Self; Texas Dental Association, Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Evans, Everett (Self)
Holcomb, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Nazari, Behzad (Self; Tdmr)
Villarreal, Juan (Self; Harlingen Family Dentistry)
Young, Chuck (Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform)
On:
Wilson, Douglas (HHSC - OIG Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Jay (South Texas Dental)
Elrod, Susanne (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Houston, Fread (Self)
Imken, Lorie (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rudd, Tyler (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
On:
Nelson, Karen (HHSC-OIG Resource Witness)
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