WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 16, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Albritton, Karen (Self)
Charne, Rijon (Self)
Hudson, Kathryn (Self; Texas Oncology, Texas Medical Association)
Whiteside, Tom (Self)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
On:
Woodard, Terri (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Lofye, David (Alliance for Fertility Preservation)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Paulson, Roy (Self; Texas Oncology PA, The US Oncology Network, the Texas Society of
Clinical Oncology)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Schwartz, James (Self; NCODA, COPA, Tx Oncology)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Kk125 ovarian cancer research foundation)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers (TALHI))
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Phenix, Billy (America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Paulson, Roy (Self; Texas Oncology PA, The US Oncology Network, the Texas Society of
Clinical Oncology)
Schwartz, James (Self; NCODA, COPA, Tx Oncology)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Kk125 ovarian cancer research foundation)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers (TALHI))
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Johnson-Patagoc, Kate (Self; Txaba public policy group)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Flores, Lisa (Easterseals Central Texas)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas parent to parent)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Walker, Nancy (Texans Care for Children)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers (TALHI))
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
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Against:
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Phenix, Billy (America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Carlo, John (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Ehrlich, Lisa (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Urological Society)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; Equality Texas)
Mather, Stacey (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Paulson, Roy (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers (TALHI))
Ellmer, Mindy (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Phenix, Billy (America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
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On:
Pahl, Stephen (DSHS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellmer, Mindy (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Jones, Neal T Buddy (Pharmaceutical researchers and manufacturers association)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Burns-Ramon, Sarah (Self; Roofing Conractors Association of Texas)
Haden, Brian (Self; Texas association of public insurance adjusters)
Ramon, Paul (Self; Roofing Contractors Association of Texas)
Against:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Independent Roofers Association)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Jackson, Jennifer (Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Guess, Dustin (Self)
Knox, Melanie (Self)
Longoria, David (Self)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas; Auto Club County Mutual; Auto Club Indemnity)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Fuentes, Frank (Self; U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association)
Hennig, Sawyer (Texas Roofer and Consumer Association)
Wassdorf, Petrus (JFerg Roofing)
For:
Lake-Wallace, Sarah (Self; Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
Patel, Binita (Memorial Hermann and Texas Hospital Association)
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For:
Paulson, Roy (Self; Texas Oncology PA, The US Oncology Network, the Texas Society of
Clinical Oncology)
Schwartz, James (Self; NCODA, COPA, Tx Oncology)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers (TALHI))
Ellmer, Mindy (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Phenix, Billy (America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Martin, Paul (Reinsurance Association of America)
On:
Slape, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Britton, Jon (Lloyd's America)
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers (TALHI))
DeWitt, Cathy (USAA)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Meroney, Mike (Chubb INA Holdings Inc.)
Norton, Jo Betsy (Texas Mutual Ins. Co.)
Polan, Deborah (AIG)
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For:
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Townsend, Trent (North Texas Auto Dealers)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Wilkes, Morris (The New Car Dealers of West Texas)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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