2008-02-19                     Senate Journal                      Page 1923
SB 280                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 280 BY SENATOR DAVIS, entitled:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act requiring health care insurers to provide                                                                     
          insurance coverage for medical care received by a                                                                     
          patient during certain approved clinical trials                                                                       
          designed to test and improve prevention, diagnosis,                                                                   
          treatment, or palliation of cancer; directing the                                                                     
          Department of Health and Social Services to provide                                                                   
          Medicaid services to persons who participate in                                                                       
          clinical trials; relating to experimental treatments;                                                                 
          and providing for an effective date."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health, Education and Social                                                        
Services, Labor and Commerce and Finance Committees.