WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 20, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Fox, Januari (Self; Prism Health North Texas)
Lee, James (Legacy Community Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Guidangen, Jason (Self; Equality Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas association of business)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Against:
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Hodge, Daniel (Al Boenker Insurance)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
DeBill, Valerie (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas association of business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Young, Meghan (HHSC)
For:
Laird, Steve (Self)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
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:
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Wilcox, George (Self)
Wilcox, Izaiah (Self)
Wilcox, Jaxon (Self)
Wilcox, Suzie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pojman, Ph.D, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas association of business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McDorman, Robert (Self; Auto Claim Specialists)
Vucekovich, Gary (Self; ForeSight Services Group, Inc.)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Crail, Pamela (SA Auto Dealers)
Franks, C. Brent (North Texas Automobile Dealers)
Wainwright, Wyatt (Houston Auto Dealers Assoc)
Wilkes, Morris (New Car Dealers of West Texas)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brodsky, Nina (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Dunn, MD, Carl Tony (American College of Obstreticians and Gynecologists (ACOG),
District XI)
Garcia, Sarah (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
For:
Morgan, Robert (Self; Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas association of business)
McCord, John (NFIB)
For:
Geelhod, Mike (Self; Texas PT Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
De La Garza, Veronica (American diabetes association)
Denny, Steven (Self)
Howe, Carol (Assoc Diabetes Care & Educ Specialists)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association)
White, Marjorie (Self)
For:
Bingham, Patrick (Self)
Wolf, J Stuart (Self; Texas Urological Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Urological Society)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas association of business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
For:
Prejean, Brandi (Association for Claims Professionals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brodsky, Nina (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Garcia, Sarah (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
On:
Clark, Nancy (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
De La Garza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
Denny, Steven (Self)
Howe, Carol (Assoc od diabetes care and education specialists)
Verma, Reva (Self; A erican diabetes assoc)
White, Dawn (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wendell, Ware (Self; Texas Watch)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
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