WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
March 26, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
Girvan, Gregg (Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Meroney, Shannon (NABIP-TX (National Association of Benefits and Insurance
Professionals))
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Watts, Jessica (National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals- Texas)
Against:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Beckmon, Morgan (Self; NeuroRestorative)
Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect texas fragile kids)
De LaGarza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Masel, Brent (Self; Texas Brain Injury Providers Alliance)
Nicewarner Daly, Melissa (Self; Brain Injury Association of America)
Samaratunga, Erin (NeuroRestorative)
Silva, Ezequiel “Zeke” (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Jones-Smith, Tiffany (Self; Texas Kidney Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
GLENN, ERIC (SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN)
Rutledge, Gray (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Against:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Allen, Sara (Texas radiological society)
Allen, Sara (Texas society of pathologists)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Comfort, Mark (Self)
Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)
Dobson, Diana (Texans for Health Access)
Evans, Richard (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas Administration)
Gagen, Charlie (Ameeican Lung Association)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals; Association of Substance
Abuse Programs)
Griffin, Allison (Texans for Health Access)
Kuykendall, Deanna L. (Texas Brain Injury Providers Alliance)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sheffield, Austin (Self; Rehab Without Walls)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wittenburg, Michelle (USAP-TX)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry, Texas Dermatological Society, Texas Asthma,
Allergy, and Immunology Society)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association)
For:
Silva, Ezequiel “Zeke” (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry, Texas Dermatological Society, Texas Asthma,
Allergy, and Immunology Society)
Against:
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Tarpley, Matt (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Jeffreys, Holly (Self; Texas nurse practtioners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Meroney, Shannon (NABIP-TX (National Association of Benefits and Insurance
Professionals))
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Porter, Clifford (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Silva, Ezequiel “Zeke” (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
GLENN, ERIC (SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Shannon (NABIP-TX (National Association of Benefits and Insurance
Professionals))
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Bolduc, David (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Newton, Chris (Texas Apartment Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wittenburg, Michelle (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors - Tx)
Against:
Meroney, Mike (Chubb)
On:
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bornstein, Sue (Texas primary care consortium, texas academy of family physicians, and texas
chapter of the american college of physicians)
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Matula, Kevin (USAA)
Meroney, Shannon (NABIP-TX (National Association of Benefits and Insurance
Professionals))
Mica, Tara (Cigna Healthcare)
Thompson, Jay (Talhi)
Wittenburg, Michelle (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors - Tx)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas radiological society)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bornstein, Sue (Texas Primary Care Consortium, Texas Chapter of the American College of
Physicians, and Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Evans, Richard (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Meroney, Shannon (NABIP-TX (National Association of Benefits and Insurance
Professionals))
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Walker, Janet (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Bostick, Ches (Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA))
Cooper, Ronald (Self; Ron Cooper Public Adjusting)
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)
Raizner, Jeff (Raizner Slania)
Simon, Jay (Self; Chad t wilson law firm)
Terry, Dale (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Meroney, Shannon (Velocity Risk)
Thompson, Jay (Wholesale specialty insur association)
On:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Posey, Jake (National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA))
Against:
Gonzales, Walter (American propert casualty insurance association)
Meroney, Mike (Chubb)
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Penick, Justin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Holbrooks, Paige (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Hughes, Rob (Self; Texas Forestry Association)
Morris, Joe (Texas Forestry Association)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Keiningham, Jason (Texas A&M Forest Service)
McCrady, William ‘Andy’ (Texas A&M Forest Service)
For:
Deakins, Jennifer (Texas Optometric Association)
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Against:
Healy, Melody (VSP Vision Care)
Roberts, Julian (National Association of Vision Care Planc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Clay (Self)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
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