WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 4, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Bingham, Patrick (Self)
Wolf, MD, Stuart (Self; Texas Urological Society)
Wright, Robert (Self)
Against:
Tracey, Shanneč (GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Self; Texas Urological Society)
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Da, Joseph (Self)
Davis, Parker (Self)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Mauro, Kyle (Bayer)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Martinez, Jacob (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Potter, Elisabeth (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Rice, Amanda (Self; The Chick Mission)
On:
Woodard, M.D., Terri (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albritton, Karen (Self)
Cubriel, Randy (Self)
Curlee, Haleigh (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lofye, David (Alliance for Fertility Preservation)
Mauro, Kyle (Texas Society of Clinical Oncology)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Ryan, Jason (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Whiteside, Tom (Self)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Seago, John (Texas Right to Life)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
On:
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas trial lawyers assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Griffin, Elliott (American Adjusters Association)
Haverlah, Sandie (Texas Consumer Association)
Smith, Jacob (Auto body assocaition of texas)
Against:
Castaneda Jr, Tristan (RVOS Farm Mutual Insurance)
Castaneda Jr, Tristan (Hochheim Praire Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Hanson, Don (Geico)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Luparello, Marti (Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association)
Ross, Susan (State Farm Insurance)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Bolduc, David (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Wright, Cindy (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Da, Joseph (Self)
Davis, Parker (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American Chapter of Physicians Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wendell, Ware (Texas watch)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bornstein, Sue (Texas Primary Care Consortium)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Against:
Jones, Dr. Zach (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Health Underwriters - Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American Chapter of Physicians Services)
Sifuentez, Jesse (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
For:
Albritton, Karen (Self)
Curlee, Haleigh (Self)
Rice, Amanda (Self; The Chick Mission)
Whiteside, Tom (Self)
On:
Woodard, M.D., Terri (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
Cubriel, Randy (Self)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lofye, David (Alliance for Fertility Preservation)
Mauro, Kyle (Texas Society of Clinical Oncology)
Meyer, Alyse (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Potter, Elisabeth (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Ryan, Jason (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Wright, Cindy (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Collins, Genevieve (Americans for prosperity)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Meroney, Shannon (National Assn. of Benefits Insurance Professionals)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
On:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Nichols, Colby (TML Health Benefits Pool)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American Chapter of Physicians Services)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Against:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (USAP)
Evenstad, Jade (Self)
Fite MD, Diana (Self)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Jadala, Rachitha (Self)
Luparello, Marti (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Reitnauer, Jacob (Self)
Sam, Mammens (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Tavera (Self)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barta, Jessica (Texas Departmentof Insurance)
For:
Jones, Dr. Zach (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Against:
Ghahremani, Kay (Twxas associarion of community health plans)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Luparello, Marti (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Sandoval, Zachary Emmanuel (Self)
Shepherd, Jenny (Self)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Health Underwriters - Texas)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (USAP)
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Childs, Tilden (Self; Texas Medical Society)
Da, Joseph (Self)
Daly, Garrison (Self)
Davis, Parker (Self)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Luparello, Marti (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Massingill, G Sealy (Self; Tma)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Health Underwriters - Texas)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Moster, Susan (Self)
Nguyen, Vinh (Self)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)
Phillips, Gregory (Self)
Pilkinton (Self)
Poe, Lynnlee (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American Chapter of Physicians Services)
Rogers, Robert (Self)
Salazar, Selena (Self)
Sandoval, Zachary Emmanuel (Self)
Shah, Jayesh (Self)
Shepherd, Jenny (Self)
Siddique, Shangir (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Bailey, Austin (Branch Financial Inc.)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Marlow, John (Chubb)
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Independent County Mutual companies)
Kirkpatrick, Andrew (Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Company)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Luparello, Marti (Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association)
McCartt, J. (Farmers Insurance)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Against:
Britton, Chris (Redpoint County Mutual)
Hanson, Don (Geico)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Bolduc, David (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Childs, Brock (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
On:
Silva, Ezequiel (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Spangler, Lee (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Health Underwriters - Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American Chapter of Physicians Services)
On:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Luparello, Marti (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
For:
Oberhoff, Butch (Texas EMS Alliance)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Health Underwriters - Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Romo, Joel (Texas Ambulance Association)
Wells, Tina (Global Medical Response)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Aventa, Tony (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Da, Joseph (Self)
Davis, Parker (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Aventa, Tony (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Da, Joseph (Self)
Daly, Garrison (Self)
Davis, Parker (Self)
Evenstad, Jade (Self)
Hall, Pamela (Self)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Nguyen, Vinh (Self)
Phillips, Gregory (Self)
Poe, Lynnlee (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American Chapter of Physicians Services)
Rogers, Robert (Self)
Salazar, Selena (Self)
Sam, Mammens (Self)
Sandoval, Zachary Emmanuel (Self)
Shah, Jayesh (Self)
Siddique, Shangir (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Tavera (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
Against:
Rominger (Self)
Sethi (Self)
For:
Childs, Tilden (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Da, Joseph (Self)
Daly, Garrison (Self)
Davis, Parker (Self)
Deschner, Kern (Self)
Dragun, Anthony (TMA)
Fite MD, Diana (Self)
Kedia, Prashant (Self)
Kumar, Pradeep (Self)
Luparello, Marti (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Moster, Susan (Self)
Nemeth, Denise (Self)
Nguyen, Vinh (Self)
Phillips, Gregory (Self)
Poe, Lynnlee (Self)
Salazar, Selena (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Shah, Jayesh (Self)
Shelton, Joseph (Self)
Shepherd, Jenny (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Villariz, Xyruz (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society (TASCS), Texas Dermatological
Society)
Wright, Ben (Texas medical association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Goldman, Adam (Turo)
Against:
Tomme, Paul (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Commercial Airport Association)
Yarbrough, Brian (EAN Holdings, LLC (Enterprise/Alamo/National Rental Car))
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