WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 8, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Chepkauskas, Dan (Patient choice coalition of texas)
Head, Vim (Self)
Zaman, Fiaz (Self; TASCS)
Zaman, Fiaz (Self; TASCS)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acosta, Andrew (Self)
Capelo, Jaime (MEDNAX Medical Group)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
Chan, Wayne (Altus Infusion)
Cohen, Caleb (Self)
Donald, Bryan (Self)
Dykes, James (Self)
Elizondo, Raul (Self)
Frazier, Kyle (Patient choice coalition of texas)
Hanna, Mark (Texas podiatric medical association)
Kyle, Amy (TXASCS)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Morrow, Kathryn (Self)
Nguyen, Vilinh (Self; Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy)
Parker, Robert (Self)
Pewitt, Bill (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Rubin, Richard (Self)
Shiwprasad, Sanjay (Self)
Wheeler, Dianne (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wyatt, Anjanette (Self; Texas pharmacy association, alliance of independpendnet pharmacist,
texas assoc of independent pharmacy owners)
Wyatt, Damita (Self)
Yates, Karen (Altus Infusion)
For:
Chepkauskas, Dan (Pccot)
Head, Vim (Self)
Kyle, Amy (TXASCS)
Sluder, Jill (Self; TEXAS ASC SOCIETY)
Yarbrough, Boyd (Self)
Zaman, Fiaz (Self; TASCS)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chan, Wayne (Altus Infusion)
Cohen, Caleb (Self)
Frazier, Kyle (Patient choice coalition of texas)
Hanna, Mark (Texas podiatric medical association)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Hubbard, John (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Kerker, Juliana (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Morrow, Kathryn (Self)
Moskow, Bruce (Self; Texas college of Emergency Physicians)
Moskow, Bruce (Self; Texas Emergency Medicine Practice Alliance)
Parker, Robert (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Yates, Karen (Altus Infusion)
Against:
Saxon, Lucinda (American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hopping, Ron (Self; Tezas Optometric Association)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Day, Bob (Self)
Deakins, Jennifer (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
DeLoach, Joe (Self)
Frazee, David (Self; Texas optometric association)
Gee, Kevin (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Hanson, Mark (Self; Texas Optometric Assn)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Head, Vim (Self)
Nguyen, Steven (Self)
Sorrenson, Laurie (Self; Texas optometric association)
For:
Campbell, Leslie (Self; Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
Hanna, Mark (Texas podiatric medical association)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wheeler, Dianne (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
For:
Austin, Sara (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguirre, Heather (Self; Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Against:
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund - texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Pitts, John (Legacy Community Health Services)
For:
Bryant, David (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Nichols-Segers, Simone (National MS Society)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Rea, Audra (Self)
Seidenberg, Tara (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Windham, Blake (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Berndt, Trey (AARP)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Consier, Kirby (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)
COOPER, MAXINE (Self)
DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund - texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Pitts, John (Legacy Community Health Services)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Wheeler, Dianne (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Yarbrough, Nicholas (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
For:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hopper, Jennifer (Self)
Nichols-Segers, Simone (National MS Society)
Pogue, Stacey (Self)
Windham, Blake (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Against:
Bryant, David (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Holliday, Scott (Texas Medical Association)
Oliverson, Thomas (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Zaafran, Sherif (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Moskow, Bruce (Self; Texas Emergency Medicine Practice Alliance)
Moskow, Bruce (Self; Texas college of Emergency Physicians)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berndt, Trey (AARP)
COOPER, MAXINE (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Crocker, Russell (Self)
DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)
Gonzales, David (Humana Texas)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund - texas)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hughes, Lisa (ELAP Services, LLC)
Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Manross, Lee (Self; Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (American Heart Association)
Perez, Dena (Self)
Rea, Audra (Self)
Seidenberg, Tara (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
Capelo, Jaime (MEDNAX Medical Group)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kyle, Amy (TXASCS)
Plagenhoef, Debbie (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Zaman, Fiaz (Self; TASCS)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of public insurance counsel)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Society of Pathologists)
For:
Newton, Anne (Self; Medtronic)
Schwab, Dennis (Self)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Self)
Crockett, Krista (Texas Pain Society)
Rabon, Shona (Self; Specially for Children Endocrinology)
Wheeler, Dianne (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Whitehurst, Darren (Self)
On:
VanHoose, Laurie (HHSC)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Kim, Thomas (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Kepler, Tara (Kepler Health Law)
Kepler, Tara (Kepler Health Law)
Kepler, Tara (Kepler Health Law)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Hubbard, John (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Isett, Carl (Texas Assn of Benefit Administrators)
Jacobson, Edward (Self)
Jacobson, Robyn (Self)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Manross, Lee (Self; Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Nichols-Segers, Simone (National MS Society)
Stephenson, Ken (Self)
Wheeler, Dianne (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
For:
Kim, Thomas (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Kepler, Tara (Kepler Health Law)
Kepler, Tara (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguirre, Heather (Self; Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College Cardiology)
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Bittick, Susan (Ryan LLC)
On:
Clark, Nancy (TDI)
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alcedo, Marc (Cigna Healthcare)
Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan Law Firm)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Gonzales, David (Humana Texas)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
McCandless, Pati (BCBSTX)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Cannon, Patricia (Novartis Oncology)
Consier, Kirby (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)
Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Wheeler, Dianne (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wright, Michael (Texas pharmacy business council)
For:
Cazares, Jose (Self; Texas Dental Association, Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rudd, Jim (Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
Rudd, Tyler (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
DaSilva, Joe (Texas pharmacy association)
Driscoll, Michelle (TPA)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acosta, Andrew (Self)
Alhasan, Yasmine (Self)
Ashley, Price (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Ayala (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Ayala, Monica (Self)
Bailey, Janay (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Beck, Leilali (Self; TPA, HEB)
Berry, Christy (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Bittner, Sarah (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Bogdanich, Ivana (Self)
Booker, Denee (Self)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Briscoe, Amanda (Texas pharmacy association)
Broadus, Bob (Allergan,inc)
Bryce, Allison (Self)
Bueche, Jay (Self; Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Bui, Dat (Self; Texas southern university college of pharmacy and health science)
Cantu, Nario Rene (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association Board Member and Alliance of
Indedependent Pharmacies of Texas Board Member)
Cheyne, Royce (Self)
Chung, Haemy (Self)
Comfort, Mark (Self)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Indepedent Pharmacists of Texas)
Crismon, Lynn (Self; Texas Pharmacists Association)
Dang, Chloe (Self)
Daufen (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Debord, Kayla (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Desmarais, Staci (Self)
Donald, Bryan (Self)
Dossey, Deana (Self)
Dykes, JAmes (Self)
Elizondo, Raul (Self)
Ellis, Christine (Self)
Enemchukwu, Sally (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fancher, Justin (Self)
Fasiku, Oluwaseyi (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Fix, Jennifer (Self)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)
Galega, Ralph (Self)
Garcia, Krutina (Self; Texas pharmacy association)
George, Marshall (Self)
Gillock, Amy (Self)
Giordano, Dante (Self)
Gonzales, Samantha (Self; Student Pharmacist)
Gummelt, Cody (Self)
Hampton, Kimberly (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hao, Yun (Self; Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy)
Hardin-Oliver, Carole (Self)
Harris, Danelle (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hodges, Lauren (Self)
Hubbard, John (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hulsizer, Abby (Self)
Hutto, Kathy (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
Klein, Mary (Self)
Knight, Steven (Self; Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
Lason, Scott (Self)
Le, Clover (Self; Texas pharmacy association -TPA)
Le, Minhngan (Self)
Le, Thao (Self; Texas pharmacy association)
Mancha, Daniela (Self)
Martin, Emory (Self; Texas society of health system pharmacy)
May, Ryan (Self; Texas Pharmacist Association)
Mayes, Robert (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Mcmahon, Linda (Self)
Medlin, Christopher (Self)
Myers, Leslie (Self; Pharmacy)
Nguyen (Self; Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences)
Nguyen, Tina (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Nguyen, Vilinh (Self; Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy)
Owens, Michele (Self)
Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)
Peippo, Mark (Self)
Pfluger, Kassie (Self)
Pham, Lynh (Self)
Pham, Tina (Self; Pharmacy tsucophs)
Phan, Nancy (Texas pharmacy association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Randolph, Ian (The Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Reagan, Carol (Self)
Rodriguez, Micah (HEB)
Sattar, Faizan (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Shiwprasad, Sanjay (Self)
Smith, Stephanie (Self)
Spier, Julie (Self; Tx federation of drug stores)
Tailor, Hiresh (Self)
Tollinger, Kaitlin (Self)
Torres, Oscar (Self)
Trojcak, Ashley (Texas pharmacy association)
Ulrich, Charles (Self)
Untermeyer, Matthew (Self)
Wang, Hongmei (Texas pharmacy association)
Williams, Katherine (Self)
Wilson (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Wise, Caitlin (Self)
Wise, Teresa (Self)
Wong, Ferrari (Texas pharmacy association)
Wright, Michael (Texas pharmacy business council)
Wyatt, Anjanette (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association, The Alliance of Independent Pharmacist
of Texas, Texas Association of Independent Pharmacy Owners)
Wyatt, Damita (Self)
Yu, David (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Against:
Wilson, Wendy (Prime Therapeutics)
For:
Isett, Carl (Texas Assn of Benefit Administrators)
Against:
Austin, Sara (Texas medical assoc.)
Gloyna, David (Self; Texas society of anesthesiology)
On:
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Fields, Rosie (Self; Group & Pension Administrators, Inc)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
Hughes, Lisa (ELAP Services, LLC)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Manross, Lee (Self; Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
West, David (Texas Association of Benefits Administrators)
Against:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College Cardiology)
Kyle, Amy (TXASCS)
Zaman, Fiaz (Self; TASCS)
For:
Amis, Mike (Self; Texas Attorney-Mediators Coalition)
COOPER, MAXINE (Self)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Fryar, Michael (Self)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Hopper, Jennifer (Self)
Hutson, Blake (Consumers Union)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Stephenson, Ken (Self)
Against:
Bryant, David (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Menendez, Isabel C (Texas Medical Association/ Texas Radiological Society)
Menendez, Isabel C (Texas Radiological Society)
Oliverson, Thomas (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Plagenhoef, Debbie (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Zaafran, Sherif (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (TDI)
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berndt, Trey (AARP)
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)
Fryar, Summer (Self)
Gonzales, David (Humana Texas)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund - texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hughes, Lisa (ELAP Services, LLC)
Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Manross, Lee (Self; Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (American Heart Association)
Nichols-Segers, Simone (National MS Society)
Rea, Audra (Self)
Seidenberg, Tara (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Against:
Moskow, Bruce (Self; Texas Emergency Medicine Practice Alliance)
Moskow, Bruce (Self; Texas college of Emergency Physicians)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Society of Pathologists)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of public insurance counsel)
For:
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Bj (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Deakins, Jennifer (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
DeLoach, Joe (Self)
Frazee, David (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Gee, Kevin (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Hanson, Mark (Self; Texas optometric Assn)
Hopping, Ron (Self; Tezas Optometric Association)
Nguyen, Steven (Self)
Sorrenson, Laurie (Self; Texas optometric association)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Phenix, Billy (America's Health Insurance Plans)
Saxon, Lucinda (National Association of Vision Care Plans)
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