WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 29, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Carrington, Christie (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Vincent, Jennifer (Health and Human Services Commission)
Against:
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
On:
Romero, Emiliano (LeadingAge Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beving, Rita (Public Citizen)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Assoc of Fire Fighters)
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Green, Sherri (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Monge, Maria (Texas medical association)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Mica, Tara (Texas State Rifle Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tuccio, Nick (National Rifle Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Kosobud, Terry (Self; Grandparents for Public Schools)
Person, Maria (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
On:
Ashworth-Mazerolle, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
Ortiz, Hector (DFPS Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Stinnett, Sam (Upbring)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
McDaniel, Nathan (Texas Juvenile Justice Deprtment)
Against:
Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Projecr)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Against:
Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Johnson, Steve (Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors Safety)
Hoffman, Jon (Self)
Pangburn, Cheryl (Secure Our Senior’s Safety)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Clardy, Travis (THCA)
Zurovec, Darrell (Texas Health Care Association, Touchstone Hearing)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Allred, Stephanie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Blood, Michael (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Christianna (Self; True texas project)
Brown, Elaina (Self; True Texas Project)
Brown, Monica (Self; True Texas project)
Brown, Monica (Self; True Texas Project)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True texas project)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Projecr)
Parker, James (Texas Hospital Association)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rogers, David (Self)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Talbert, Marta (DFPS Resource Witness)
For:
Mills, Sarah (Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Chang, Jessie (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Sczepanski, Bill (Team Select Home Care)
Vasek, Heather (Pediatric Home Service)
Vigorito, Renee (Self)
On:
Allred, Stephanie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Seyeller, Joanna (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Beaman, Frank (Self; Jack County Hospital District dba Faith Community Health System)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Jess (Texas dental assn)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kaufman, Lisa (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
Martin, Mckenzie (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Parker, James (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Miller, Chris (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
On:
Dillon, Amanda (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Romero, Emiliano (LeadingAge Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schoeman, Alexa (Office of The State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen)
Against:
Clardy, Travis (Texas Health Care Association)
On:
Parades, Eddie (Self; Independent Coalition of Nursing Home Providers)
Zurovec, Darrell (Touchstone Communities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Andrea (AARP TX)
Wilbanks, Chad (Organizing For Texas Seniors)
On:
Allred, Stephanie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Sotelo, Joseph (Self)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice & Palliative Care Organization)
On:
Nichols, Jordan (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Jess (Texas dental assn)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kaufman, Lisa (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
Parker, James (Texas Hospital Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellenir, Joshua (Self; Hutto Police Department)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Urrutia, Ryan (Round Rock ISD)
Yarbrough, Jeffrey (Hutto Police Department)
On:
Arnold, Quinton (Health and Human Services Commission)
Vincent, Jennifer (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Johnson, Dawrence Kirk (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clardy, Travis (THCA)
Clardy, Travis (Texas Health Care Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Schoeman, Alexa (Health and Human Services Commission, Long Term Care Ombudsman)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Forester, Diana (Texans Care for Children)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Stinnett, Sam (Upbring)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Mims, Hollie (DFPS Resource Witness)
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