WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 23, 2025 - 8:00 AM
On:
Kovacevich, Craig (The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Varian, Jessica (Jeffrey’s Journey & Legacy Advocacy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition For Patients)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 39)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Cameron, Theresa (Self)
Lyss, Aaron (Self; OneOncology and The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition For Patients)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Lewis, Jesse (Bristol Myers Squibb)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Vane, Mark (HB Strategies)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Power, Michael (PCMA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition For Patients)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Leavell, Kari (Texas Psychological Association)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Craddock, Allen (TDI, Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 39)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Serna, Ed (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Against:
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Duncan, Cameron (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)
Sifuentez, Jesse (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Walker, Janet (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Against:
Ashibuogwu, Ify (Self)
Autry, Evan (Self)
Kerker, Juliana (HCA Healthcare)
Okafor, Ebere (Self)
On:
Wright, Cindy (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Meier, Adam (Cicero Action)
On:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bishop, Ann (Self; TPEA)
Bordas, Mark (Patient Choice Coalition)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Torres, Noah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bordelon, Rod (Texans for Free Enterprise)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Powell, Abby (Texas Land Title Association)
Against:
DeVore, Chuck (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason, Texans for Free Enterprise)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
On:
Byckovski, J’ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Betts, Albert (Insurance Council of Texas)
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
McDorman, Robert (Self; Auto Claim Specialists)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Bolduc, David (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Smith, Jacob (Auto Body Association of Texas)
Steingart, Nick (Alliance for Automotive Innovation)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
On:
Muckerheide, David (Texas Department of Insurance)
Against:
Lineenschmidt, Larry (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clayton, Carson (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Isaac, Jason (Self; American Energy Institute)
Against:
Collier, Andrew (Freedom to Invest)
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
Flippin, Ken (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Flippin, Ken (Chispa Texas)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Palacios, Denisce (Climate Cabinet)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
On:
Walker, Jamie (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Allen, Sara (Texas radiological society)
Allen, Sara (Texas society of pathologists)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Bordas, Mark (Patient Choice Coalition)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Evans, Richard (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition For Patients)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Dillon, Amanda (Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC))
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