WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; ZERO Prostate Cancer)
Coffman, John (Self)
Garrett, Craig (Self)
Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Stone, Suzanne (Livestrong)
Zaid, Harras (Self; American Urology Association)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Against:
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Bowman, Larry (Self)
Against:
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Cardwell, Margo (USAA)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Hanson, Donald (GEICO)
Hodge, Daniel (Al Boenker Insurance Agency, Inc.)
Kibbe, Scot (APCIA)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ginn, Charlie (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Thomas, Anne (Self)
Against:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Bentley, Matthew (Texas independent automobile Dealers Association)
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Joseph, Leigh (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Hanson, Donald (GEICO)
Hodge, Daniel (Al Boenker Insurance Agency, Inc.)
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bordas, Mark (Patient choice coalition)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
On:
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Childs, Brock (Texas Department of Insurance)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
For:
Hoot, Aaron (Sky Wonder Pyrotechnics LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tredway, Cade (Mr. G’s and Big G’s Fireworks)
On:
Allen, Chuck (State Fire Marshal’s Office)
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Butts, Jeffrey (Self)
McQueen, Katherine (Self; Recovery Medicine)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self)
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs / Texas Association of Addiction
Professionals)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Layton, Sherri (Self; Texas Assoc of Addiction Professionals, Assoc of Substance Abuse
Programs, La Hacienda Treatment Center)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vasek, Heather (National Asscociation of Chain Drug Stores)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Rolf, Rita (National association of benefits and insurance professionals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Hanson, Donald (GEICO)
Hodge, Daniel (Al Boenker Insurance Agency, Inc.)
Thompson, Jay (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Byckovski, J’ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Clark, Lauren (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
On:
Crosson, Robyn (Navitus Health Solutions, LLC)
Rolf, Rita (National association of benefits and insurance professionals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas society of pathologists)
Allen, Sara (The texas college of emergency physicians)
Allen, Sara (Texas radioogical society)
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Rose, Denise (AstraZeneca)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Vasek, Heather (National Asscociation of Chain Drug Stores)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, Texas Dermatological Society,
Texas Allergy, Asthsma and Immunology Society, Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Moore, Pasha (PCMA)
Sanaie, Kandice (Cigna)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Wilson, Wendy (Prime Therapeutics)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Fisher, Gayle (Navitus Health Solutions, LLC)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bolduc, David (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casci, Charles (AARP Texas)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Byckovski, J’ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Rolf, Rita (National association of benefits and insurance professionals)
Thompson, Jay (Self)
Wittenburg, Michelle (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors -- Texas)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Albrecht, Jon (Self; Methodist Health System)
Beaman, Frank (Jack County Hospital District)
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Hand, Mikki (Self; Frontera Healthcare Network)
Porsa, Esmaeil (Harris Health)
Reddish, Jason (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (University Health)
Against:
Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Knight, Perry (Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine)
Lamberton, Sharon (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
Patt, Dr. Debra (Self; Texas Oncology)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
West, Kellie (Self)
On:
Murray, Owen (UTMB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Autry, Evan (St. Luke’s Healthcare System)
Borja, Rob (Central Health)
Brooks, Jeri (Houston Methodist)
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
DeLeon, Benjamin (Memorial Hermann Health System)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Children’s Hospital)
Hamilton, Christopher (Self; Texas Health Action)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso; El Paso Children’s Hospital)
Holcomb, Holly (Self; Childress County Hospital District)
Jones, Alyssa (Baylor Scott and White Health)
Luna, Vilma (JPS Health Network)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Purser, Thomas (Legacy Community Health)
Richmond, Travis (CHRISTUS Health)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Vasek, Heather (National Asscociation of Chain Drug Stores)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yoder, Katherine (Parkland Health)
Against:
Barton, Yvonne (Abbvie)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Britton, Chris (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
Britton, Tiffiny (Bristol Myers Squibb)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Healthcare Bioscience Institute)
Lewis, Jesse (Bristol Myers Squibb)
McEwen, Melisa (Self; AstraZeneca)
Miller, Sam (Infusion Access Foundation)
Moore, Pasha (PCMA)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Sanofi)
Ross, Susan (Self; Johnson & Johnson)
Scott, Bruce (Pfizer)
Vane, Mark (HB Strategies)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Walker, Kwame (Teva Pharmaceuticals)
West, Alan (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals)
Woomer, Eric (BIO (Biotechnology Innovation Organization); Otsuka)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Hutchison, Josh (Department of State Health Services)
Parrilla, Priscilla (Health and Human Services Commissioner)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Tapp, Matt (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Graves, Patrick (Self)
Patt, Dr. Debra (Self; Texas medical association)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Gratias, Eric (EviCore by Evernorth)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (The texas college of emergency physicians)
Allen, Sara (Texas radioogical society)
Allen, Sara (Texas society of pathologists)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Durham, Steve (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, Texas Dermatological Society,
Texas Allergy, Asthsma and Immunology Society, Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Moore, Pasha (PCMA)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Sanaie, Kandice (Cigna)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
McGregor, Kyle (Self; National Farm Life Insurance Co.)
Thompson, Jay (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardwell, Margo (USAA)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Hadley, Elizabeth (Aflac)
Meroney, Mike (Corebridge Financial)
Meroney, Shannon (National Life Group)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Wittenburg, Michelle (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors -- Texas)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
On:
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Childs, Brock (Texas Department of Insurance)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schlaud, Paul (Texas Mutual)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Gonzales, Walter (American property casualty insurance association)
Hodge, Daniel (Al Boenker Insurance Agency, Inc.)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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