WITNESS LIST

            Human Services Committee

            May 6, 2025 - 8:00 AM

            Community Based Care

                 On:

                                 Booher, Jessie (Depelchin)

                                 Carson, Wayne (ACH, OCOK)

                                 Garcia, Cristian (Saint Francis Ministries)

                                 Hensarling, Rocky (Texas Family Care Network)

                                 Logan, Brandon (One Accord for Kids)

                                 Lundy, Scott (Arrow Child and Family Ministries, 4Kids4Families)

                                 Muth, Stephanie (DFPS Resource Witness)

                                 Naylor, Kris (TFI)

                                 Roussett, Tara (SJRC Texas, Belong)

            SB 596

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)

                                 Bristol, Mercedes (Self; Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren)

                                 Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Smith, Denise (Self; Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren)

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)

                                 Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 Against:

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of youth Services)

            SB 961

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Geary, Michael (Foundation for Government Accountability Action)

                                 Greener, Jerome (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)

                                 Davis, Hilary (Health and Human Services Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 1183

                 Against:

                                 O'Connor, Amber (Self; Every Texan)

                                 Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Green, Shelton (Fellowship Southwest)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Davis, Hilary (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 1398

                 For:

                                 Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Olson, Charley (East Texas CASA)

                                 Walters, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)

                                 Harris, Rand (TFI)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of youth Services)

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)

                 On:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

            SB 1952

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)

                                 Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Ewen, Robert (Self; Texas State Billing Services)

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))

                                 Erwin, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Committee)

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