WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 23, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Shields, Bradford (Texas Academy of Audiology)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Culley, Robert (Texas Hearing Aid Association)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Burkhart, Jayme (Self)
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Isett, Carl (Texas Roofing Contractors Association)
Muro, Mona (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Against:
Hill, Jarrett (Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
ORyan, Anne (Auto Club Indemnity)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Muckerheide, David (Texas Dept of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Talley, Jason (NAIFA-Texas (National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors - Texas)
Thompson, Jay (Talhi)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Garza, Debbie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Rodriguez, Miguel (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Rogers, John (Self; Rogers Pharmacies)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Shrader, Melodie (PCMA)
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Kralj, Nicole (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Odom, KeShana (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Davila Pharmacy)
Wright, Michael (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Galant, Carl (Texas Dental Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO))
Erenbaum, Allen (Careington International Corporation)
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For:
Garcia, Joe (Delta Dental Insurance)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Scott, Bruce (Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Association of Orthodontists)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Aldeen, Doug (Self)
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Against:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
On:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Kyle (Kyle Frazier Consulting)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Silva, Ezequiel (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ashley, Price (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Ashley, Price (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Ashley, Price (Texas Radiological Society)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Urological Society)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hillert, Bobby (Executive Director)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Phenix, Billy (America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Altizer, Rick (Self; Earnnest)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property Casualty Insurance Associatiom)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burklund, Adam (Sentry Insurance)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Meroney, Mike (Chubb)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Polan, Deborah (AIG)
Schlueter, Brad (Jobs for Texas)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Simmons, Carrie (Liberty Mutual Insurance Co)
Strama, Keith (Texas Surplus Lines Association)
Sullivan, Ray (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Muckerheide, David (Texas Dept of Insurance)
For:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Meroney, Shannon (Texas Association of Health Underwriters (TAHU))
On:
Thompson, Jay (Talhi)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Garcia, Joe (Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries)
Johnson, Katheryn (OneShare Health llc)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
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