WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 12, 2011 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Gilley, Jennifer (Tarrant County MHC, Tarrant County Challenge)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (TX Hospital Association)
Cowan, Terry (Assoc Subst. Abuse Programs, Council on At Risk Youth)
Feehery, Matt (Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Ctr.)
Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Layton, Sherri (La Hacienda Treatment Center)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Taylor, Janet (Texans Standing Tall)
Against:
Smith, Claudia (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Holt, Nicole (Texans Standing Tall)
HB 758 - Committee Substitute (Eiland)
For:
Denton, Douglas (TX Association of Substance Abuse Programs, Homeward Bound, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Against:
Love, Roland (Texas Land Title Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hastings, Debbra (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
On:
Carter, Robert (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Jacobson, Robyn (Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (TX Hospital Association)
Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)
Against:
Bratton, Pamela (Career Consultants Staffing Services, Society of Human Resource
Management)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
HB 1534 - Committee Substitute (Eiland)
For:
Buckingham, Dawn (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sanchez, Joe (AARP)
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
Against:
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Assocation)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
On:
Byckovski, J'ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Bacot, David (TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc.)
Holt, Parker (Higginbotham & Assoc.)
Lewis, Dennis (Potter Concrete, LTD)
Martin, Christopher (Self; Texas Contractors Assn.)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parker, Robert (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas and Repcon Strickland, Inc.)
Randle, Glenn (Mechanical Contractors Assn.)
Thomas, Richard (Texas Construction Assoc.)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Aikin, Sandra (Aon)
Anaipakos, John (Centerpoint Energy)
Bowman, Gordon (City of Austin, Texas Municipal League)
Brannan, Ryan (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Brisch, Michael (Perry Homes)
Fons, Lynette (City of Houston)
Moss, Rodney (Balfour Beatty)
Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)
Rudnicki, James (Texas Association of Builders)
Turner, Cheryl (Darling Homes, TX Association of Builders)
Webb, Coyt (Zachry Corp)
On:
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Yvonne (Texas Society of Architects)
Chester, Brian (United Mechanical of Dallas, TX)
Davis, Heidi (D&D Rebar, LLC)
Doyle, Brendan (Marek Brothers Systems)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)
Fox, Elisa (Cummings Electrical, Inc.)
Gellhansen, William (Self)
Hurta, Bud (TNT Crane & Rigging Inc.)
Lawson, David (Beckwith Electronic Systems, LLC)
Morgan, Eugene (Self)
Noto, Crystal (SA Quality Fence & Welding)
Power, Sharon (Dynamic Systems, Inc.)
Rex, Rebecca (Mechanical Contractors Assoc. of Texas)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Associated Plumbing - Heating - Cooling - Contractors of Texas)
Schluter, Cynthia (Beckwith Electronic Engineering Co.)
Schluter, Thomas (American Subcontractors Assoc. & Beckwith Elect Engs.)
Schulz, Carol (Self)
Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)
Turner, Todd (YPS Refrigeration)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Against:
Ashley, Price (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Bosse, Fred (Webber, LLC)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
Burchfield, John (David Weekley Homes)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
DeLuna, Megan (US Hispanic Contractors Assoc)
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Ellmer, Mindy (LyondellBasell Industries)
Flores, Rebecca (Houston ISD)
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy & Shell Oil Co.)
Hastings, Debbra (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
Klumpyan, Julie (Valero)
Martin, Edward (Tilson Home Corporation, Texas Association of Builders)
Martinez, Abel (H.E.B. Grocery Stores, 646 S. Main, San Antonio TX 78204)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
Oswald, Bill (Koch Companies)
Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)
Pate, Gardner (Citgo Petroleum Corp.)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Puente Jr., Frank (Hispanic Contractors Assc. of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Saldana, Paul (Texas Assoc. of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC))
Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)
Williams, Julie (Chevron U.S.A.)
Wilson, Wendy (Texas Apartment Association)
Womack, Daniel (Texas Chemical Council)
On:
Worman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
Nelson, Lyle (Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS))
On:
Woolsey, Sheryl (Medical Transportation Program, Health & Human Svcs. Comm.)
For:
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Doughty, Ron (Prudential)
Galitski, Frank (Zurich Financial Services)
Ross, Susan (State Farm)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Mathews, Miles (ING Americas)
Polan, Deborah (AIG)
Thompson, Jay (Prudential)
For:
Sigman, Rene (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gilbert, Bo (USAA)
Loftis, Lee (Ind. Insurance Agents of TX)
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Carroll, Hobson (Self)
Jacobson, Edward (Entrust Companies, Houston Texas)
Murphy, Sharon (Self; McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP)
Powers, Ricky (Ricky Powers & Vanguard Resources, Inc.)
Against:
Ritchie, Jay (HCC Insurance Holdings, Self Insurance Institute of America)
Thompson, Jay (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Apodaca, Michelle (TX Hospital Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
Simonton, Kay (BlueCross & BlueShield of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chepkauskas, Dan (The Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)
Cohen, Scott (Self)
Against:
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, John (Self)
Enriquez, Raymond (Self)
Kothare, Devesh (Self)
Ramirez, Lori (Elite Surgical Affiliates)
Varela, Louis (Self)
Yarbrough, Boyd (Texas Sports Medicine Institute LLC)
Against:
Connaway, Nancy (Self; National Care Network LLC)
Simonton, Kay (BlueCross & BlueShield of Texas)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hopson, Merritt (Texas Land Title Association, Fidelity National Title Group)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (First American Title)
Cochran, Glen (Self)
Dudley, James (Self; Central Texas Land Titles, Inc.)
Frossard, Suzanne (Self)
Harris, Alex (Self)
Jackson, Guy (Self)
Lee, Randy M (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.)
Moore, Dawn (Self)
Mulder, Phyllis (Self)
Pitman, Brian (Self; Independent Title Agents of Texas)
Rattikin III, Jack (Self)
On:
Carter, Robert (Texas Department of Insurance)
Muckerheide, David (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Galitski, Frank (Farmers Insurance Group)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Loftis, Lee (Ind. Insurance Agents of Texas)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
On:
Julian, Gary (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
McGehee, James (Texas Ambulatory Surgical Center Society)
Against:
Wolfe, Jared (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
Sluder, Jill (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, Summit Ambulatory Surgery Center)
Against:
Connaway, Nancy (Self; National Care Network LLC)
Simonton, Kay (BlueCross & BlueShield of TX)
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
On:
Chepkauskas, Dan (The Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Nowels, Matthew (Asurion Insurance Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (Liberty Mutual Group / Chair Guaranty Fund Board)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
For:
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance)
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI))
HB 2835 - Committee Substitute (Smithee)
For:
Thompson, Jay (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
Against:
Cochran, Glen (Self)
Dudley, James (Self; Central Texas Land Titles Inc)
Harris, Alex (Self)
Jackson, Guy (Self)
Love, Roland (Texas Land Title Association)
Moore, Dawn (Self)
Mulder, Phyllis (Self)
Orwosky, Markeda (Self)
Pitman, Brian (Texas Land Title Association)
Rattikin III, Jack (Self)
Redding, Timothy (Texas Land Title Assoc., First American Land Title Assoc)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Borskey, Mark (First American Title)
Frossard, Suzanne (Self)
Hopson, Merritt (Texas Land Title Association & Fidelity National Title Group)
On:
Carter, Robert (Texas Department of Insurance)
Against:
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Reyer, Catherine (Texas Department of Insurance)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
Against:
Betts, Albert (Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT))
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Reyer, Catherine (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Against:
Kincaid, Mark (Texas Trial Lawyers Ass'n)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Jarmon, Stewart (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Against:
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
On:
Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Loftus, Shawn (USAA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
On:
Hooser, Greg (Texas Surplus Lines Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Marlow, John (ACE Group)
On:
Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance)
HB 3410 - Committee Substitute (Smithee)
For:
Meyer, Don (Hallmark Specialty Insurance Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Yelkin, Kim (Self)
For:
Thomas, Mary (Stewart Title Guaranty Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Gilbert, Bo (USAA)
Lee, Randy M. (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.)
On:
Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Against:
Tracey, Paul (Allstate Ins. Co.)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Travis (Farmers Insurance Group)
Gilbert, Bo (USAA)
Jarmon, Stewart (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Loftis, Lee (Ind. Insurance Agents of Texas)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
On:
Worman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Thompson, Jay (AFACT)
Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Wooten, Clifton (Self)
Against:
Sigman, Rene (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jarmon, Stewart (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Stephens, John (Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
Against:
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
On:
Reyer, Catherine (Texas Department of Insurance)
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