WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 28, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Owen, Haley (Self; Texas Academy of Audiology)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Culley, Robert (Texas hearing aid association)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Kumar, Pradeep (Self; Texas Medical Association; Texas Society for Gastroenterology and
Endoscopy)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Society for Gastroenterology & Endoscopy)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
Ottinger, Timothy (CHI St. Lukes Health)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Liechty, Paul (Self; Texas chiropractic association)
Against:
Lynch, Jessica (Texas Assoc of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Frazier, Kyle (Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deakins, Jennifer (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (TX400)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Galant, Carl (Texas Dental Association)
On:
Pittman, John (Metlife)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Joe (Delta Dental)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Strama, Keith (Rodeo Dental and Orthodontics)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Hadley, Elizabeth (NAIFA-TX)
Luparello, Marti (Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Assoc/ Germania Life Insurance
Company)
Meroney, Mike (American International Group (AIG))
Thompson, Jay (Prudential; talhi)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Farley, Elizabeth (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
formerly TAHU)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
For:
Doshi, Gury (Self; Texas Oncology)
Kumar, Pradeep (Self; Texas Medical Association; Texas Society of Gastroenterology and
Endoscopy)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Patel, Binita (Self; Memorial hermann and THA)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Ottinger, Timothy (CHI St. Lukes Health)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Storseth, Angela (The US oncology network)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Valdez, Jerry (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Moore, Pasha (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Deakins, Jennifer (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Sholar, Alina (TX400 and TMA)
Thompson, Jay (Talhi)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Allen, Sara (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Hadley, Elizabeth (Aflac)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Luparello, Marti (Texas Society of Pathologists)
McElvaney, Jason (National Association of Vision Care Plans)
Reed, Rachael (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Robertson, Natalie (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Schlueter, Brad (USAA)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Worman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Denniston, Tom (Denniston Data Inc)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
formerly TAHU)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Against:
Kumar, Pradeep (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initaitve)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Farley, Elizabeth (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Luparello, Marti (Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Assoc/ Germania Life Insurance
Company)
Thompson, Jay (Prudential; talhi)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
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