WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
May  5, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  1582
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cooper, Kevin (Stonehenge Capital)
 
 
Delgadillo, Danielle (Advantage Capital Partners)
 
 
Hinkce, Ron (Advantage Capital, Enhanced Capital, Stonehenge Capital)
 
 
 
 
HB  2750
 
    For:
Smith, Charlotte (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Spangler, Lee (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hulsey, Julie (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
 
 
Sypert, Stephen (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
 
 
Thompson, Jay (TALHI)
 
 
Wolfe, Jared (TAHP)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
 
 
Geeslin, Mike (Tx Dept of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Tx. Hospital Association)
 
 
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Baker, Misty  (Self)
 
 
Budinsky, Marty  (Self)
 
 
Ott, Rick  (Self)
 
 
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Simmang, John  (Self)
 
 
Taylor, Des (Nat'l. Assoc. Insurance & Financial Advisors of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3978
 
    For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kincaid, Mark (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hooser, Greg (Texas Surplus Lines Ass'n)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  4519
 
    For:
Chin, Daniel (Envoy Medical Systems, LP)
 
 
Cunningham DC, Jeff (ZRC Medical Resolutions)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
 
 
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Dept. of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cobb, Ron (American Ins. Assn.)
 
 
 
 
SB  6
 
    For:
Green, Shelton (Christian Life Commission of the TX Baptist Convention)
 
 
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Geeslin, Mike (Tx Dpt of Insurance)
 
     On:
Hanna, Mark (Texas Podiatric Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ahrens, Jennifer (Texas Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
 
 
Apodaca, Michelle (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Arnold, Jay (National MS Society)
 
 
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Buffum, Ron  (Self)
 
 
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
Jones, Marsha (Travis County Healthcare District)
 
 
Kitchen, Ann (Integrated Care Collaboration AND Tex Health Central Tx (Central Tx 3 Share))
 
 
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Longley, Dianne (Tx Dept of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
SB  698
 
     On:
Geeslin, Mike (Texas Dept of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
SB  963
 
     On:
Ahrens, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Nation, Brenda (American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI))
 
 
 
 
SB  972
 
     On:
McCandless, Patricia (Texas Association of Health Plans)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ahrens, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
 
 
Apodaca, Michelle (Tx Hospital Association)
 
 
Bailey, Chuck (Firstcare)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Wolfe, Jared (TAHP)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Smith-Daley, Ana (Tx Dept Insurance)
 
 
 
 
SB  1106
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Auddleston, Cheri (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Wolfe, Jared (TAHP)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Danzeiser, Douglas (Texas Dept. of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
SB  1403
 
    For:
Ahrens, Jennifer (TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Tx Hospital Association)
 
 
Arnold, Jay (National MS Society)
 
 
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
 
 
SB  1771
 
    For:
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Longley, Dianne (Tx Dept of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Tx Hospital Association)
 
 
Arnold, Jay (National MS Society)
 
    For:
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
 
 
Green, Shelton (Christian Life Commission of the Texas Baptist Convention)
 
 
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
Wolfe, Jared (TAHP)