WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 30, 1999-10:30A
HB 610
For: Koepsel, Kirk (Self)
Lee, Mike (Baylor Health Care System & Ennis Hospital)
Murphy, Michael (Self and Gulf Coast Medical Center)
Stephenson, Ken (Universal Health Services, THA)
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
HB 768
For: Tooley, Ken (Texas Association of Life Underwriters)
HB 1097
For: Opler, Lorne (Self)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
HB 1194
For: Dacso, Sheryl (Legal Counsel/ Consultant to RCHS)
Richey, Don (Southwest Texas Health Alliance; Texas
Hospital Association)
Walker, Craig (Texas Organization of Rural and Community
Hospitals; Texas Rural Health Association)
Wallace, B.R. "Skipper" (Self and RCHS)
On: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
HB 1211
For: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Against: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
HB 1212
For: Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Businesses and
Chambers of Commerce)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Against: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
HB 1217
For: Vincent, Robin (Harris County)
HB 1354
On: Davis, Will (Texas Medical Liability Underwriting
Association)
HB 1650
For: Kern, Diana (Self)
Lovelace, Joe (NAMI)
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Hutzler, Shirley (Texas Association of Life and Health
Underwriters)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
HB 1928
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
Against: Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
On: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
HB 1986
Against: Berthelsen, Spencer (Self and Kelsey Seybold Clinic)
Patterson, Jerry (Texas Association of Health Plans)
HB 2061
For: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Nagler, David (Genentech, Inc)
Raber, Martin (Self and MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Against: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
HB 2340
For: Brown, Timothy (Self and National Associtaion of Dental
Plans)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Thevenet, Ted (Self and Prudential Dental and National
Association of Dental Plans)
West, Allen (Self and Cigna Dental Health of Texas,
National Association of Dental Plans)
Against: Findley, John (Self and Texas Dental Association)
On: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance)
HB 2418
For: Gay, Cliff (Self and Consumer Council for Mental Health
Advocacy and the Mental Health Association)
Hiser, Deborah (Self and Patients' Assistance League)
Kern, Diana (Self)
Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
Levinson, Cynthia (Self and Patients' Assistance League)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in
Texas)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
McPherson, Kim (The Disability Policy Consortium)
Stark, Charlsa (Self)
Tangen, Richard (AARP)
Zamzon, Larry (Self)
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Hutzler, Shirley (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters)
Patterson, Jerry (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoication of Life and Health
Insurers)
On: Bordelon, Rod (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Comola, Jon (BCBSTX)
HB 2748
For: Freedenberg, Debra (Self and TMA, Texgene, TPS)
Martinec, Joseph (Self)
HB 2883
For: Abigail, Timothy (Self and American College of Foot &
Ankle Surgeons; First National Guild of Medical
Providers)
Hanna, Mark (Texas Podiatry Association)
Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Koepsel, Kirk (Self and Texas Podiatric)
Against: Patterson, Jerry (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
HB 2969
On: Myron, Rhonda (TDI)
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
HB 3016
For: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
HB 3019
For: Berthelsen, Spencer (Self and Texas Medical Association
& Kelsey Seibold Clinic)
Butts, Edna Ramon (Phycor)
Against: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
On: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union)
HB 3020
Against: Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
On: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
HB 3021
For: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
HB 3039
For: Berthelsen, Spencer (Self and TMA, Kelsey Seybold
Clinic)
Callewart, Craig (Self)
Gill, John (Self)
Hilgers, David (Texas Surgeons, Health Institute of
Texas, Southe Texas Physician Association, Premier
IPA)
Palmisano, Donald (American Medical Association)
Sloane, Robert (TMA)
Against: Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Hutzler, Shirley (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters)
Patterson, Jerry (Texas Association of Health Plans)
HB 3096
For: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in
Texas)
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Hutzler, Shirley (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters)
Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
Tooley, Ken (Texas Association of Life Underwriters)
HB 3097
For: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
Against: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)