2009-02-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 0326
SB 10                                                                                                                         
The Health and Social Services Committee considered SENATE BILL                                                                 
NO. 10 "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 those clinical trials; relating to experimental                                                              
procedures under a state plan offered by the Comprehensive Health                                                               
Insurance Association; and providing for an effective date" and                                                                 
recommended it be replaced with                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 10(HSS)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Davis, Chair; Senators Ellis, Thomas,                                                                  
Paskvan.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Health and Social Services                                                              
 Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Commerce, Community                                                                     
          and Economic Development                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.