WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 29, 2011 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Homer, Andrew (Texas Public Employees Association)
On:
Jones, Jennifer (Legislative Budget Board)
Kukla, Robert (ERS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Littlefield, Rita (Texas Renal Coalition)
Matz, Laura (March of Dimes)
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
For:
Davis, Robert (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
Thompson, John (Polk County)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Bleecker, E Timothy (Texas for Parental Choice)
Lantry, James (Texans for Parental Choice)
Smith, Andrea (Texans for Parental Choice)
Smith, Curtis (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
Gill, Norine (The Arc of the Gulf Coast)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Mincher, Debbie (Texas Occupational Therapy Assoc.)
Mizcles, Amy (The Arc of Texas)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Psychological Association)
Padilla, Juliana (Self)
Pokluda, Rebecca (Kidworks Therapy Services)
Against:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
McCandless, Pati (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Meroney, Shannon (Aetna)
Oates, John (CIGNA)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Cross of Texas)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Katz, Kevin (Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
McCandless, Pati (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Brenda (Bj) (Texas Optometric Assc.)
Contaldi, Mario (Self)
Deloach, Joe (Self)
Lucas, Thomas (Self)
Newhouse, Beverly (Self)
Nguyen, Steven (Self)
Sorrenson, Laurie (Self)
Against:
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Geeslin, Mike (TX Dept of Insurance)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Gamez, Erin (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
For:
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT TALHI)
On:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gilbert, Robert (Bo) (USAA)
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For:
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Against:
Thompson, Jay (Prudential TALHI)
On:
Daniel, Katrina (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Canady, Joey (Texas Association of Vehicle Theft Investigators)
Hansen, Tommy (TX. Assoc. Vehicle Theft Investigators Intl. Assoc. Auto Theft
Investigators)
Watson, Richard (Self)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
On:
Caldwell, Charles (TX Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Auto Burglary & Theft Prevention Authority)
Hurley, Leslie (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Gilbert, Robert (Bo) (USAA)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
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On:
Julian, Gary (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Against:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Gilbert, Robert (Bo) (USAA)
Johnson, Connie (Progressive)
Royer, Mark (Farmers Insurance Group)
On:
Byckovski, J'ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
Massey, Bert V. (Texas Land Title Association Independant Title Agents of Texas)
On:
Carter, Robert (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burner, Burnie (Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Assn.)
Jackson, Guy (Self; Texas Land Title Association)
Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.)
Lewis, Ron (1st American Title Co.)
For:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Montano, Marilyn (Jackson Walker, L.L.P., representing Farmers Insurance Exchange)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Byckovski, J'ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galitski, Frank (Farmers Insurance Group)
Johnson, Connie (Progressive)
Phenix, Billy (Allstate Insurance Company)
Ross, Susan (State Farm Insurance)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
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