WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 5, 2011 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Kruger, Dan (Self)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Gilbert, Bo (USAA)
Mullen, Ron (National Assn. Insurance & Financial Advisors - Texas)
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI))
Taylor, Des (Nat'l. Assn. Insurance & Financial Advisors - of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Doughty, Ron (Prudential)
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Royer, Mark (Farmers Insurance Group)
On:
Bedell, Kergin (The Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Holmes, Ralph (Aetna)
Kester, David (Harris County Texas)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Against:
Head, Vim (Spars Surgical)
Hilgers, David (North Cypress Medical Center)
Varela, Louis (Mid-Town Surgical Center)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Geeslin, Mike (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
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Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas ASC Society)
Chepkauskas, Dan (The Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)
Enriquez, Raymond (Self)
For:
Bryan, Christine (Self)
Derr, Patti (Self)
Gentry, Geoff (Clarity Child Guidance Center, San Antonio, TX)
Lindsey, Frankie (The Center for Health Care Services)
Loving, Rhonda (Self)
Owens, Shawn (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
Against:
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Mabrito, Terri (Center for Health Care Services, Bexar County Judges Children's Division
Initiative, Medical Director's Roundtable for Children)
Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers / Texas Chapter)
Oliver, Harold (National Alliance of Mental Illness)
Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Rumancik, Robin (Texas Counseling Association)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Ayres, Monica (Self)
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
Smith, Claudia (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
Schalchlin, Scott (Health & Human Services Commission Health Plan Operations)
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berndt, Trey (AARP)
Against:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Jarmon, Gene (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Head, Vim (SPARS Surgery Center)
Hilgers, David (North Cypress Medical Center)
Varela, Louis (Self)
Against:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas ASC Society)
Chepkauskas, Dan (The Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Ballinger, Philip (Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas)
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For:
Betts, Albert (National Insurance Crime Bureau)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Haskins, Alan (NICB)
Ross, Susan (State Farm)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, NICB)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Pompa, Dennis (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hanna, Mark (Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Duncan, David (Texas Dental Association)
Against:
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kennedy III, Paul (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Rudd, Jim (Texas Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
HB 1776 - Committee Substitute (Taylor, Larry)
On:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
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For:
Hooser, Greg (Texas Surplus Lines Association)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (Liberty Mutual Group)
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Crawford, Justin (JPMorgan Chase)
Doughty, Ron (Prudential)
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of Realtors)
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Leal, Gloria (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
McCartt, J. (TIAA-CREF)
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI))
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, Prudential)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Worman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hewitt, Todd (Texas Fifth Wall Roofing Systems, Inc.)
Robinson, Barbara (TX Construction Assn, Dynamic Systems Inc)
Thompson, Tim (Independent Insurance Group, American Subcontractors Association, Texas
Construction Association)
Against:
Egan, John (Marsh USA, Inc.)
Jefferson, Howard (Self)
On:
Dendy, Phillip (University of Texas System)
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Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Cortez, Albert (United States Hispanic Contractors Association)
Dziuban, Colleen (DFW International Airport)
Findley, Brett (Balfour Beatty Construction)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Co)
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)
Womack, Daniel (Texas Chemical Council)
On:
Moore, Nancy (Texas Department of Insurance)
Worman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
Pascasio, Bob (Chambers Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (TX Hospital Association)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of LIfe and Health Insurers)
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Doughty, Ron (Prudential)
Gilbert, Bo (USAA)
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Doughty, Ron (Prudential)
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For:
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers)
Ross, Susan (State Farm)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Beck, Richard (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Moore, William (Self; Moore's Pharmacy, Sinton TX)
Smith, Michael (Walgreens)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Waldon, Barbara (HEB)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Against:
Dederichs, David (Express Scripts)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Galitski, Frank (Farmers Insurance Group)
On:
Bedell, Kergin (The Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Ross, Susan (State Farm)
On:
Julian, Gary (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hooser, Greg (Texas Surplus Lines Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
On:
Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance)
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On:
Geeslin, Mike (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (TX Hospital Association)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insourance)
HB 2723 - Committee Substitute (Walle)
On:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Ross, Susan (State Farm)
On:
Bedell, Kergin (The Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Julian, Gary (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cashin, Allen (Willis Re - reinsurance broker)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Against:
Mostyn, Steve (TX Trial Lawyers Assn.)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (Liberty Mutual Group)
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
On:
Jarmon, Gene (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Nasman, Linnea (National MS Society, Lone Star)
Rankin, David (Self)
Rankin, Deborah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (TX Hospital Association)
Berndt, Trey (AARP)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Royer, Mark (Farmers Insurance Group)
Against:
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, TAIPA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Ross, Susan (State Farm)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Against:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Hurley, Leslie (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Dick-Paclik, Alexis (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
King III, William H (Self; Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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On:
Anderson, James (Self)
Berry, Byron (Self)
Lam, Patrick (Self)
Mostyn, Steve (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.)
Swander, Steven (Self; Texas Entertainment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance)
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