WITNESS LIST
Health Care Reform, Select Committee
March 23, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Brizzolara-Dove, Emily (Texas 2036)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Against:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Lamberton, Sharon (Phrma)
On:
Dyson, Brandon (Texas Oncology)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)
Englert, Eric (Self)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Holler, Travis (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
Against:
Besinger, Jackie (Self)
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)
Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
On:
Rowe, Keisha (Health and Human Services Commission)
Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)
Summers, JP (Self; Global Healthy Living Foundation)
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Collins, Genevieve (Americans for Prosperity, the LIBRE Initiative)
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For:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Against:
De La Garza, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Hardy, Jody (Self)
Hornback, Adam (Self; TASCS)
Kaur, Dimple (Self)
Lee, Nicholas (Self; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Sahni MD, Desh (Self)
Silva, Ezequiel (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Radiological Association)
Stanley, Montgomery (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Tamez, Laura (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
On:
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Broussard, Travis (Nomi Health)
Burridge, Tyler (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Castro, Joel (Self; Americans For Prosperity)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self)
Girvan, Gregg (Self; Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP))
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
formerly TAHU)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Allen, Sara (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet Health)
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Cochran, Webb (Tenet Health)
Englert, Eric (Self)
Fisher, Casey (Legacy ER & Urgent Care)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
James, Benedict (Self)
Martinez, Raul (Self)
Morales, Daniel (Houston Methodist Hospital)
Ottinger, Timothy (Self; St. Luke’s Health)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Sandoval, Esteban (Self)
Sutton, Jill (TexasOsteopathic Medical Assn)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health (Hidalgo County))
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On:
Bordas, Mark (Family Hospital System)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)
Hall, Christopher (Self)
Ryholt, Adrienne (Texra Medical Equipment Provider Association)
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Aliff, Tanner (Cicero Institute)
Girvan, Gregg (Self)
LaMantia, Joe (LNF Distributors)
Mack, Elizabeth (Self; Small Businesses for America)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Burridge, Tyler (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Castro, Joel (Self; Americans For Prosperity)
Collins, Genevieve (Americans for Prosperity, the LIBRE Initiative)
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
formerly TAHU)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Allen, Sara (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Beltran, Diego (Self)
Besinger, Jackie (Self)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
On:
Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Ryholt, Adrienne (Texas Medical Equipment Provider Association)
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Boyer, Kindyl (Self; Infusion Access Foundation)
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For:
Canciglia, J (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Clawson, Shelley (Self; Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
Compton, Melissa (Self; Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
Crowe, Ryan (Self; Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
Fredericksen Jones, Julie (Self; Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
Neyland, Rachel (Self; Bleeding disorders coalition)
Silva, Ezequiel (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Radiological Association)
Summers, JP (Self; Global Healthy Living Foundation)
On:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Bruce, Bonnie (Prism Health North Texas)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
Care)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
formerly TAHU)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Tracy, Shelby (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Walker, Kwame (Texas Rare Alliance)
On:
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Dobson, Diana (Self; Regarding Cancer)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Jones-Smith, Tiffany (State of Texas Kidney Foundation)
Lamberton, Sharon (Phrma)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
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Against:
Shrader, Melodie (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Brewer Sambrano, Taylor (NASW Texas Chapter)
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare ans Bioscience Institute)
Quintana, LaRessa (AstraZeneca)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Summers, JP (Self; Global Healthy Living Foundation)
Sutton, Jill (TexasOsteopathic Medical Assn)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Shannon (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
On:
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Aronin, Patricia (Self; TX400 and TEXAS Physicians for Patients PAC)
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Franklin, Jack (Self)
Madrigal, Juliette (Self)
Ostovar-Kermani, Tiffany (Self)
Sawhney, Henna (Self)
Sholar, Alina (Tx400)
On:
Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)
Dayaratna, Kevin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Self; TX400)
Collins, Genevieve (Americans for Prosperity, the LIBRE Initiative)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Heath System)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
McCord, Mia (Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
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For:
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Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Besinger, Jackie (Self)
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