WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 17, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dove, Emily (Texas 2036)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-
TX))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Emmick, Robert (Self; Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beers, Jeff (Self)
Bordas, Mark (Patient Choice Coalition)
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas coalition for patients)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
Morris, Robert (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Smith, Jacob (City of Houston)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Wittenburg, Michelle (US Anesthesia Partners Tx)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Wright, Edward (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Beggs, April (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Arevalo, Diana (The ALS Association)
Behrend, Veronica (Self; American Kidney Fund)
Gamez, Josie (American Kidney Fund)
Hussain, Yessar (Self; Texas Neurological Society)
Larkin, Chris (Self; The ALS Association)
Spaulding, Christopher (Self; The ALS Association)
Van Haselen, Jeremy (DaVita)
Young, Marc (Self)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (U.S. Renal Care)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Crowder, Holly (The ALS Association)
Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Drummond, Carolyn (Self; ALS Asoociation)
Drummond, John (Self)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas coalition for patients)
Gamez, Alex (Self)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas hospital association)
Gregg, Aaron (Fresenius Medical Care)
Holloway, Tom (Texas Neurological Society)
Hoskins, Marc (Disability Rights Texas)
Ingram, Gary (Self)
Larkin, Cissy (Self; ALS Association)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
McBrierty, Mike (Biogen)
Price, Gail (Self)
Russell, Phil (The ALS Association)
Verdone, Antoinette (The ALS Association)
Weiss, Fritz (The ALS Association)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Otsuka)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Young, Rebecca (Self)
Zielske, Pamela (Dialysis Patient Citizens)
Against:
Beggs, April (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Dave, Neal (Texas Oncology)
Powers, Pete (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Sams, Shawn (Self)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Cummins, Taylor (AstraZeneca)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas coalition for patients)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas hospital association)
Kelly, Lynn (H-E-B, LP)
Leggett, Adam (American Pharmacies)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
Martin, Mckenzie (Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC))
Nicholas, Casey (Self)
Warren, Kevin (National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS))
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Bordelon, Rod (Texans for Free Enterprise)
Streiff, Steve (Texas Land Title Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blocker, Trey (Stewart Title)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason, Texans for Free Enterprise)
For:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Against:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beggs, April (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-
TX))
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Calvert, Jess (Texas dental assn)
Stout, Austin (Texas Department of Insurance)
Against:
Thompson, Jay (Insur council of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eiland, Craig (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Meroney, Shannon (Chubb)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Traylor, Doug (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Thompson, Jay (Talhi)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Thompson, Jay (Insur council of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Gonzales, Walter (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Harracksingh, Rachel (Texas Ambulance Association)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Oberhoff, Butch (Texas EMS Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Cascio (Cas-sio), Charles (AARP Texas)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas coalition for patients)
Fletcher, Chris (City of Burleson, Texas)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas hospital association)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resouces)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-
TX))
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Smith, Jacob (City of Houston)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Wells, Tina (Global Medical Response)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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On:
Klein, Jorie (Department of State Health Services)
Wright, Cindy (Texas Department of Insurance)
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