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SB 280                                                                                                                        
The Health, Education and Social Services Committee considered                                                                  
SENATE BILL NO. 280 "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" and                                                               
recommended it be replaced with                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 280(HES) "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                                                                        

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            services to persons who participate in those clinical                                                              
               trials; relating to experimental procedures; and                                                                
          providing for an effective date."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Davis, Chair; Senator Thomas. Signing no                                                               
recommendation: Senators Elton, Cowdery, Dyson.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 1, Department of Health and Social Services                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.