WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 19, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Alonzo, Sylvana (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Against:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI Resource Witness)
For:
Hall, Ash (Self)
Scheps, Lisa (Self)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Forth, Kay (ACLU)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Ligon, Katharine (Self)
O'Raghallaigh (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI Resource Witness)
For:
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Loftis, Lee (Independenot Insurance Agents of Texas)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
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On:
Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)
Walker, Jamie (TDI resource witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Misty (Independent insurance agents of texas)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Camacho, Jose (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Donatello, Kristine (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Nichols-Segers, Simone (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
Taylor, Des (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
For:
Sprinkle, Gk (Texas Ambulance Association)
Wait, Dudley (Self; Texas Ambulance Association,)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baldazo, Fidel (Texas ambulance association)
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Perez, Jason (Self; Angleton Area Emergency Medical Corps)
For:
Morton, Michael (Self; Invest in Texas)
Scott, Tynisha (Self; Graduate Student Assembly, UT-Austin)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
On:
Landolt, Karen (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hall, Ash (Self)
Ligon, Katharine (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
O'Raghallaigh (Self)
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
Scheps, Lisa (Self)
Vincent, Gregory (University of Texas-Austin (resource witness))
On:
McGinnis, Kevin (The texas A&M System)
For:
Dauphinee, Damien (Self; Texas Podiatric Medical Association, Immediate Past President)
On:
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Texas optometric association)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gee, Kevin (Self; Texas optometric association)
Henderson, Justin (Texas Optometric Association)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Nguyen, Steve (Self)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI Resource Witness Only)
For:
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI Resource Witness Only)
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Texas optometric association)
Frazee, David (Self; Texas optometric association)
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For:
Gee, Kevin (Self; Texas optometric association)
Henderson, Justin (Texas Optometric Association)
Isett, Carl (Texas Optometric Association)
McCormick, John (Self; Texas optometric assn.)
Nguyen, Steve (Self)
Rudd, Tyler (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Wolf, Aaron (Self; Texas Optometric Assoc.)
Against:
Saxon, Lucinda (National Association of Specialty Health Organizations)
Schwartz, A.r. (Texas retail optical companies)
For:
Head, Vim (Self; Spars Surgical)
Palumbo, Antonio (Self)
Against:
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Curran, Doug (Texas Medical Association)
Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chepkauskas, Dan (Self; The patient choice coalition of texas)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas coalition for quality patient care)
Gee, Kevin (Self; Texas optometric association)
Head, Kenneth (Friends of the River San Bernard)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI Resource Witness)
For:
Frazee, David (Self; Texas optometric association)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Banning, Tom (Texas academy of family physicians)
Banning, Tom (Texas academy of family physicians)
On:
Curran, Doug (Texas Medical Association)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Dickey, John (Self)
Henderson, Justin (Texas Optometric Association)
Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
McCormick, John (Self; Texas optometric assn.)
Nichols-Segers, Simone (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
Wolf, Aaron (Self; Texas Optometric Assoc.)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI Resource Witness)
For:
Noble, Joel (Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries)
Against:
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Hunt, Jeff (TDI Resource Witness Only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beaird, Nanette (Gardere)
For:
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI Resource Witness Only)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Texas optometric association)
Frazee, David (Self; Texas optometric association)
Gee, Kevin (Self; Texas optometric association)
Henderson, Justin (Texas Optometric Association)
Isett, Carl (Texas Optometric Association)
McCormick, John (Self; Texas optometric assn.)
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For:
Nguyen, Steve (Self)
Wolf, Aaron (Self; Texas Optometric Assoc.)
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