WITNESS LIST

            Insurance Committee

            March 1, 2011 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            Invited Testimony

                 On:

                                 Geeslin, Mike (Texas Department of Insurance)

            HB 194

                 For:

                                 Peterson, Randall (Self)

                                 Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

                 Against:

                                 Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)

                                 Thompson, Jay (AFACT)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America (PCI))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Figuerou, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))

                 Against:

                                 Cobb, Ronald (Travelers Ins)

                                 Johnson, Connie (Progressive Insurance)

                                 Marlow, John (ACE Group)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)

                                 Byckovski, J'ne (Texas Department of Insurance)

            HB 438

                 For:

                                 Gray, James (American Cancer Society)

                                 McCauley, David (Komen & ACS)

                                 Ming, Christi (Self; American Cancer Society  Oral Chemo)

                                 Patt, Debra (TMA (Texas Medical Association))

                                 Worden, Jerry (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lajeunesse, Joel (MD. Anderson Cancer Center)

                                 Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Brand, Peggy (Genentech)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Dungan, Karen (Self)

                                 Eastman, Dale (Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation)

                                 Fanujel, Shirley (Self)

                                 Fischer, Melissa (Self; Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation)

                                 Fritsch, Lori (Self)

                                 Haeber, Julie (TX Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)

                                 Hill, Doris (Self)

                                 Laca, Gaspar (Glaxosmithkline)

                                 Marwitz, David (Texas Dermatalogical Society)

                                 Melancon, Nancy (Self)

                                 Ming, Joel (Self)

                                 Nangia, Julie (Self)

                                 Rafte, Susan (Self)

                                 Spencer, Sedrick (Celgene Corp)

                                 Wall, Susan (Self)

                                 Widlaski, Lyn (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 636

                 For:

                                 Adams, Howard (Self)

                                 Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Bailey, Susan (Texas Medical Associatin)

                                 Baker, Misty (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)

                                 Brinton, Tracy (Self)

                                 Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)

                                 Erenbaum, Allen (Consumer Health Alliance)

                                 Ganelin, Deborah (Memorial Herman Healthcare System)

                                 Gomes, Michael (BenefitMall)

                                 Martinez, Rosaisela (Gateway to Care)

                                 Moore, Carol (TX NAACP)

                                 Mullen, James (Delta Dental of California)

                                 Neagli, Mark (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP))

                 On:

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texas Care for Children)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Geeslin, Mike (TX Dept of Insurance)

                                 Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference - 15 Roman Catholic dioceses of Texas)

                                 Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)

                                 Lummus, Gwen (Self; Dallas Area Interfaith)

                                 Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

                                 Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society)

                                 Siegel, Mike (Self)

                                 Wohlgemuth, Arlene (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Buffum, Ron (Self)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI))

                                 Eastman, Dale (Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation)

                                 French, Leslie (Self)

                                 Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)

                                 Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)

                                 Johnson, Eric (Self)

                                 Keathley, Bryan (Self)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Taylor, Des (National Assn. Insurance & Financial Advisors of Texas)

                                 Valdez, Jerry (Greater Houston Partnership)

                 Against:

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Parker, Judith (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas 1212 Guadalupe St. #107 Austin, TX

                                 78701 512 502-0278)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Berndt, Trey (AARP)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))

                                 Delagarza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)

                                 Flores, Juan (La Fe Policy Research and Education Center)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

            HJR 26

                 For:

                                 Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

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