WITNESS LIST
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Committee
February 28, 2023 - 8:00 AM
Art. II Special Provisions
On:
Beall, Mary (Self)
Butterworth, Sharon (Self)
Cardarella, Vicki (Self)
Castillo, Rosemary (Self; Bienvivir)
Cates, Deborah (Self; Family Association of Denton State Supported Living Center)
Caughlin, Charlotte (Self)
Clark, Cody (Self; Avid QC)
Clark, Shelly (Avid Quality Care HCS Provider)
Combest, Bill (Self)
Combest, Stacey (Self)
Culton, Cortney (Avid Quality Care HCS Provider)
Emery, Cody (Self)
Gasmire, Denise (Self; Champion Services)
Gonzalez, Theresa (Self; Avid Quality Care HCS Provider)
Griffith, Kathy (Self; Caregiver)
Hoffpauir, Robin (Self; ADAPT, PACT)
Hymel, Ray (Self; Texas Public Employees Association)
Jameson, Michael (Self)
Jones, Diana (Self)
Leenerts, Ashley (Texas Right to Life)
Leroy, Debbie (Self)
Moore, Abigail (Self; Association of Addiction Programs for Texas)
Pansing, Teri (Self; Denton State Supported Living Center)
Pettit, Amy (Self)
Schatz, Candra (Self)
Schoenfelder, Matt (Self)
Stone, Amanda (Sentido Health)
Stout, David (El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barrett, Carolyn (Department of State Health Services)
Ortiz, Luis (Self; Bienvivir)
Ramos, Reynaldo (Aveanna Healthcare)
Department of Family and Protective Services
On:
Cleeton, Carla (Self; Trac)
Garcia, Celeste (BCFS Health and Human Services)
Guinn, Michael (CitySquare TRAC)
Hymel, Ray (Self; Texas Public Employees Association)
Jenkins, Judy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Jones-Walton, Zoe (Self; Texans care for children)
Lund, Daniel (CK Family Services)
McAllister, Brittany (The National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership and Child
First)
McCormick, Jamie (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
McDowell, Susan (LifeWorks)
Moore, Abigail (Self; Association of Addiction Programs for Texas)
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Osborn, Hope (Texas 2036)
Pollard, Nancy (Friends of the Children Austin)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Cannata, George (Office of Community-Based Care Transition)
Mims, Hollie (Office of Community-Based Care Transition)
Taylor Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)
Department of State Health Services
On:
Burns, Jaydn (Self)
Eubank, Jana (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Gagen, Charlie (Self; American lung association)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Helgesen, Wanda (BorderRAC)
Hymel, Ray (Self; Texas Public Employees Association)
Moore, Abigail (Self; Association of Addiction Programs for Texas)
Murphey, Donald (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Academy of
Family Physicians; ACOG - District XI, Texas Association of OBGYnS, Texas ACP)
Ross, Steve (Self)
Sanchez, Melissa (Alzheimer’s Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Casey, Ann (DSHS)
Doherty, Phyllis (DSHS)
Mazuca, Anne (Texas Association of City and County health officials)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Health and Human Services Commission
On:
Anderson Bell, Carol (Self; Calab,inc)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Armstrong, Aidyn (Self)
Austin, Aimee (Self; Advanced healthcare solutions)
Bailey, Linda (Evergreen Life Services)
Baker, Sheryl (StarCare Specialty Health- Silver Star PACE in Lubbock)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Baugh, Zelia (JPS Health Network)
Belmont, John (Self)
Belt, Katrina (Evergreen Life Services)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; Recovery People)
Blake, Ann (Self; TMA, TPS, TAFP, ACOG - District XI, Texas Association of OBGYNS, TX
ACP)
Bliss, Geraldine (Self)
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Botter, Justin (Self; The Center for Health Care Services)
Brown, Josh (Fort Bend Women’s Center)
Burek, Susan (Self)
Burns, Sonja (Self)
Butterworth, Sharon (Self)
Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Case, Pansy (Self; ADAPT PACT)
Castillo, Rosemary (Self; Bienvivir CEO)
Citron, Tod (Hill Country Mental Health & Developmental Disability Centers)
Coghlan, Brett (Self; Texas Ambulance Assoc)
Costello, Marjorie (Disability Services of the Southwest)
Crowther, Nancy (Self; ADAPT/PACT)
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Dooley, Michelle and Morgan (Self)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)
Earl, Andrea (AARP)
Ellard, Amanda (Self)
Epley, Eric (STRAC)
Eubank, Jana (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Evans, Michael (Self)
Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids PTFK)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Gerken, Lauren (Texas council for developmental disabilities)
Gutierrez, Pam (Denton MHMR)
Haddad, Roberto (DHR Health)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hartman, Gordon (Morgan Inclusion Initiative/ Gordon Hartman Family Foundation)
Heddins, Ramey (MHMR of Tarrant)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Hill, Larry (Self; Hill Resources Inc)
Hinkle, Charles (Self; Texas ambulance)
Hoffman, Shannon (The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Hohfeld, Brooke (Self; Texas Advocates)
Howard, Jesse (Self; Girling Personal Care)
Hymel, Ray (Self; Texas Public Employees Association)
Jackson, Kaitlyn (Self; Nexus Recovery Center)
Jamison, Jelynne (CHCS)
Japko, Rebecca (Self; Parents & Allies for Remarkable Texans)
Jefferies, Kim (CEO, Haven for Hope)
Johnson, Chymeka (Evergreen Life Services)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Leenerts, Ashley (Texas Right to Life)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Lopez, Guillermo (Self; Any Baby Can)
Lucke, Ashley (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Pediatrix)
Lucky, Carol (Self; North Texas Behavioral Health Authority)
Malhotra, Lindsay (Self; Nexus Recovery Center)
Marroquin, Melanie (Self; Nexus Recovery Center)
Maymon, David (Texas PPECC Association)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids PTFK)
Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)
Metz, Albert (Self)
Mitchum, Amber (Self; Nexus Recovery Center)
Moore, Abigail (Self; Association of Addiction Programs for Texas)
Morgan, Randi (StationMD)
Naranjo, Katie (Self; A Pineywoods Home Services)
Navs, Victor (Aliviane, Inc)
Oberhoff, Butch (Self; Texas EMS alliance)
Ott, Angela (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Owens, Chelsea (Breckenridge Village)
Pacheco, Edgar (Self)
Parades, Eddie (Self; The nursing home Coalition)
Petty, Zenovia (Self; Nexus Recovery Center)
Poynor, Lisa (Association of Substance Abuse Programs of Texas)
Rabalais, Carroll (Mary Lee Foundation)
Reyes, Henry (Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office)
Riner, Meera (Truman W Smith)
Ritter, Patty (Advantage care services)
Robison, Kristen (Self; Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health)
Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; Alliance for a Safe Texas)
Ryholt, Adrienne (Texas Medical Equipment Providers Association TexMEP)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Sczepanski, Bill (Self; Team Select Home Care)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Stone, Amanda (Sentido Health)
Tapia, Ivonne (Aliviane)
Taylor, Dr. Sally (University Health, San Antonio)
Towery, Karen (Self; Evergreen Life Services)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice and crime survivors for safety and justice)
Utley, Karen (Self)
Valenzuela, Guillermo (Aliviane, Inc)
Van de Putte, Henry (Self; Meals on Wheels Texas)
Van den bent, Jerre (Self)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Willman, Jonathan (Self; Consolidated Home Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Berry, Jason (Self; Berry Family Services)
Black, Beverly (Self)
Broadbent, Brian (Self)
Brodway, Kathy (Self)
Cranston, Catherine (Self; Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas and ADAPT of TX)
Cranston, Ron$15 (Self; Personall Attendant Coalition of Texas)
Daigle, Scott (Self; Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Foster, Jolene (Texas coalition for disabilities)
Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Gardner, Leah (Self)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Hoppe, Christina (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Hotze,MD, Steven (Self)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT PACT)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights Texas)
Lopez, Renee (ADAPT of Texas)
Marsh, Kelly (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Mills, Sarah (Community Medical Services)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Ortiz, Luis (Self; Bienvivir CFO)
Ramos, Reynaldo (Aveanna healthcare)
Sha, Sabrina (Asian Texans for Justice)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Truesdell, Laurie (Self)
Warner, Carrie (Self; ADAPT PACT)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Yoder, Katherine (Parkland Health)
HHSC - Office of Inspector General
On:
Hymel, Ray (Self; Texas Public Employees Association)
Texas Civil Commitment Office
On:
Brady, Amanda (Self)
Hanks, Lonnell (FACTS Famlies Against Commiting Texans Stand Up)
Hymel, Ray (Self; Texas Public Employees Association)
Larkin, Kathy (Self)
Roberson, Nicole (Self)
Rodriguez, Lorie (FACTS Families Against Committing Texans Stand Up)
Sanchez, Jennifer (Self; Facts. Families against committing texans standup)
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