2001-03-14                     Senate Journal                      Page 0653
                           Standing Committee Reports                                            
                                                                                                    
SB 37                                                                                             
The Labor and Commerce Committee considered SENATE BILL NO.                                         
37 "An Act relating to collective negotiation by physicians with health                             
benefit plans; and to health benefit plan contracts with individual                                 
competing physicians" and recommended it be replaced with                                           
                                                                                                    
             CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 37(L&C)"An Act                                                  
             relating to collective negotiation by physicians with                                  
             health benefit plans, to health benefit plan contracts                                 
             with individual competing physicians, to the                                           
             application of state antitrust laws to agreements                                      
             involving providers and groups of providers affected                                   
             by collective negotiations, and to the effect of the                                   
             collective negotiation provisions on health care                                       
             providers."                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Signing no recommendation: Senator Phillips, Chair, Senators Davis,                                 
Torgerson. Signing do pass: Senators Austerman, Leman.                                              
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 1, Department of Law                                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Community and Economic                                            
  Development                                                                                       
 Fiscal Note No. 3, indeterminate, Department of Administration                                     
 Fiscal Note No. 4, zero, Department of Health and Social Services                                  
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 59                                                                                             
The Transportation Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 59                                          
"An Act relating to awards of federal funds to municipalities for road                              
projects; and providing for an effective date." Signing do pass: Senator                            
Cowdery, Chair, Senators Wilken, Taylor. Signing no                                                 
recommendation: Senator Ward. Signing do not pass: Senator Elton.                                   
                                                                                                    
Fiscal information forthcoming.