Among the individuals and organizations providing oral/written testimony were:

• NYS Office of Mental Hygiene Commissioner Michael F. Hogan;
• NYS Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter;
• NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Karen Carpenter-Palumbo;
• Onondaga County Dept of Health Commissioner Robert C. Long;
• Mental Health Assoc of NYS CEO Glenn Liebman;
• National Alliance on Mental Illness Executive Director Nancy Breenlamb;
• Federation of Mental Health Centers President Dr. John Rossland;
• NY Assoc of Psychiatric Rehab Services Executive Director Harvey Rosenthal;
• NYS Rehabilitation Assoc Inc. President & CEO Jeff Wise;
• Cerebral Palsy Associations of NYS Government Relations Vice President Barbara Crasier;
• Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of NYS Executive Director John Coppola;
• Supportive Housing Network of New York Executive Director Ted Houghton;
• Families Together in NYS Executive Director Paige Pierce;
• Citizens Committee for Children Sr. Policy Associate Joan Siegel;
• Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Director of Public Policy & Government Relations Carmen Collado;
• NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Executive Director Lauri Cole;
• Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies Senior Associate for Policy Jason Lippman;
• Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Legal Advocacy Project Staff Attorney Christine Waters;
• Association for Community Living Executive Director Toni Lasicki;
• Corporation for Supportive Housing Ryan Moser;
• The Direct Support Professional Alliance of NYS Co-President Joseph Macbeth;
• Friends of Recovery NY President Laura Elliott-Engel;
• Self-Advocacy Association of NYS Projects Assistant Shameka Andrews; and
• Alliance of Long Island Agencies Coordinator Margaret Raustiala.