Home/Court of Appeals of Texas/Cecile Erwin Young, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.; And Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. v. Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, Superior Health Plan, Inc., and Wellpoint Insurance Company

Cecile Erwin Young, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.; And Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. v. Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, Superior Health Plan, Inc., and Wellpoint Insurance Company

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided July 16, 2025·No. 15-24-00114-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00114-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/16/2025 6:59 PM No. 15-24-00114-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICTAUSTIN, OF TEXASTEXAS 7/16/2025 6:59:00 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CECILE ERWIN YOUNG, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE CClerk OMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF TEXAS, INC., AND AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF TEXAS, INC., Appellants,

v.

COOK CHILDREN’S HEALTH PLAN; TEXAS CHILDREN’S HEALTH PLAN; SUPERIOR HEALTHPLAN, INC.; AND WELLPOINT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellees.

On Appeal from the 455th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas Cause No. D-1-GN-24-003839

MOTION IN SUPPORT OF MATTHEW P. GORDON’S PRO HAC VICE

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

We, Karen C. Burgess and Amy Warr, file this Motion in Support of

nonresident attorney Matthew P. Gordon’s request for admission Pro Hac Vice and,

in support, respectfully show the following: 1. We are associated with Matthew P. Gordon of the law firm Perkins Coie

LLP on this case. We are employed as attorneys on this case representing Appellee

Cook Children’s Health Plan and will personally participate in the proceedings.

2. We are practicing attorneys and members in good standing with the

State Bar of Texas. Our State Bar numbers, office addresses, telephone numbers, fax

numbers, and e-mail addresses are included below our signatures.

3. Matthew P. Gordon is a reputable attorney in good standing in his state

and we recommend that the Court permit him to appear in the above-captioned

proceeding before the Court.

For these reasons, we respectfully ask the Court to grant Matthew P. Gordon’s

Motion Pro Hac Vice and grant him permission to appear before this Court in this

proceeding.

2 Respectfully submitted,

July 16, 2025 /s/ Amy Warr Amy Warr State Bar No. 00795708 awarr@adjtlaw.com ALEXANDER DUBOSE & JEFFERSON LLP 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1450 Austin, Texas 78701-2709 Telephone: (512) 482-9300 Facsimile: (512) 482-9303

/s/ Karen C. Burgess Karen C. Burgess State Bar No. 00796276 Email: KBurgess@burgesslawpc.com Katie Dolan-Galaviz State Bar No. 24069620 Email: KGalaviz@burgesslawpc.com BURGESS LAW PC 404 West 13th Street Austin, TX 78701-1825 Telephone: (512) 482-8808

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE COOK CHILDREN’S HEALTH PLAN

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on July 16, 2025, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served via electronic service through eFileTexas e-filing system on all parties through counsel of record listed below:

Ken Paxton Cheryl Joseph LaFond Attorney General of Texas clafond@scottdoug.com Brent Webster Jason R. LaFond First Assistant Attorney General jlafond@scottdoug.com William R. Peterson SCOTT, DOUGLAS & MCCONNICO LLP Solicitor General 303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400 William F. Cole Austin, Texas 78701 Principal Deputy Solicitor General Telephone: (512) 495-6300 State Bar No. 24124187 William.Cole@oag.texas.gov Counsel for Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc. Cory A. Scanlon Assistant Solicitor General State Bar No. 24104599 Joseph R. Knight Cory.Scanlon@oag.texas.gov jknight@ebbklaw.com Thomas Bevilacqua EWELL, BROWN, BLANKE & KNIGHT Assistant Attorney General LLP Jennifer Cook 111 Congress Ave., 28th Floor Assistant Attorney General Austin, Texas 78701 Stephanie A. Criscione Telephone: (512) 770-4010 Assistant Attorney General OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY Counsel for Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. GENERAL P.O. Box 12548 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-25848 Telephone: (512) 475-4104 Facsimile: (512) 320-0667

Counsel for Appellant Cecile Erwin Young, In Her Official Capacity as Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission

4 Susan Feigin Harris Rich Phillips susan.harris@nortonrosefulbright.com rich.phillips@hklaw.com Warren S. Huang One Arts Plaza warren.huang@nortonrosefulbright.com 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US, LLP Dallas, Texas 75201 1550 Lamar, Suite 2000 Houston, Texas 77010 Theresa Wanat Telephone: (713) 651-5151 theresa.wanat@hklaw.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP Paul Trahan 811 Main Street, Suite 2500 paul.trahan@nortonrosefulbright.com Houston, Texas 77002 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US, LLP Telephone: (713) 821-7000 98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1100 Austin, Texas 78701 Karen D. Walker Telephone: (512) 474-5201 karen.walker@hklaw.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP Thomas A. Coulter 315 S. Calhoun Street, Suite 600 tom.coulter@nortonrosefulbright.com Tallahassee, Florida 32301 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US, LLP Telephone: (850) 425-5612 799 9th Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20001 James E. Cousar Telephone: (202) 662-0200 james.cousar@hklaw.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP Jeff J. Wurzburg 98 San Jacinto Blvd Jeff.wurzburg@nortonrosefulbright.com Austin, Texas 78701 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US, LLP Telephone: (512) 469-6112 Texas State Bar No. 24105140 111 W. Houston Street, Suite 1800 Counsel for Appellee Superior Health Plan, Inc. San Antonio, Texas 78205 Telephone: (210) 224-5575

Counsel for Appellee Texas Children’s Health Plan

5 Robert F. Johnson III rjohnson@foley.com FOLEY & LARDNER, LLP 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 3000 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 542-7000

Michelle Y. Ku mku@foley.com Brantley A. Smith bsmith@foley.com FOLEY & LARDNER, LLP, 2021 McKinney, Suite 1600 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: (214) 999-3000

Benjamin J. Grossman, bjgrossman@foley.com FOLEY & LARDNER, LLP 106 E. College Ave., Suite 900, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Telephone: (850) 222-6100

Counsel for Appellee Wellpoint Insurance Company f/k/a Amerigroup Insurance Company

/s/ Amy Warr Amy Warr

6 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Stacey Jett on behalf of Amy Warr Bar No. 795708 sjett@adjtlaw.com Envelope ID: 103242679 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Motion ISO PHV Status as of 7/17/2025 9:00 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Michaelle Peters mpeters@scottdoug.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Julie Wright julie.wright@nortonrosefulbright.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Amanda DoddsPrice amanda.price@squirepb.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Karen Burgess 796276 kburgess@burgesslawpc.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Mark Emery 24050564 mark.emery@nortonrosefulbright.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Robert Johnson 10786400 rjohnson@foley.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Richard Phillips 24032833 Rich.Phillips@hklaw.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

J McCaig 24070083 meghan.mccaig@outlook.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Michelle Ku 24071452 mku@foley.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Joseph Knight 11601275 jknight@ebbklaw.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Amy Warr 795708 awarr@adjtlaw.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Warren Huang 796788 warren.huang@nortonrosefulbright.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Paul Trahan 24003075 paul.trahan@nortonrosefulbright.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Susan Harris 6876980 susan.harris@nortonrosefulbright.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Anna Baker 791362 abaker@adjtlaw.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Maria Williamson maria.williamson@oag.texas.gov 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Mandy Patterson mpatterson@adjtlaw.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

Michelle Joyner mjoyner@scottdoug.com 7/17/2025 8:51:46 AM SENT

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Cecile Erwin Young, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.; And Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. v. Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, Superior Health Plan, Inc., and Wellpoint Insurance Company, (Tex. Ct. App. 2025).

Cecile Erwin Young, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.; And Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. v. Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, Superior Health Plan, Inc., and Wellpoint Insurance Company (Cecile Erwin Young, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.; And Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. v. Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, Superior Health Plan, Inc., and Wellpoint Insurance Company) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.