WITNESS LIST

            County Affairs Committee

            March 8, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

County hospital districts and rural hospitals

                 On:

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Henderson, John (Self; Torch)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Schalchlin, Scott (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

County jails/courts/inmate issues

                 On:

                                 Burkhart, Geoff (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))

                                 Mills, Buddy (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wood, Brandon (Commission on Jail Standards)

County mental health issues

                 On:

                                 Gaines, Sonja (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Grady, Victoria (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Alletto, Michelle (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Dole, Robert (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Simpson, Jennie (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

Jail diversion - county programs

                 On:

                                 Javaid, Muna (Integral Care)

                                 Lozito, Michael (Bexar County)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Alletto, Michelle (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

                                 Simpson, Jennie (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

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