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SB 178                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 178 An Act relating to small employer health                   
insurance was read the second time.                                            
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be             
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final            
passage.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 178 was read the third time.                                   
                                                                               
Senator Rieger offered Title Amendment No. 1:                                  
                                                                               
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	Delete relating to small employer health insurance                          
	Insert increasing the number of eligible employees that                      
constitute an employer group for purposes of providing small                   
employer health insurance; amending the definition of `small                   
employer'; and requiring an annual report from the Small                       
Employer Health Reinsurance Association until 1999                            
                                                                               
Senator Rieger moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption              
of Amendment No. 1.  Without objection, Amendment No. 1 was                    
adopted.                                                                       
                                                                               
The question being: Shall SENATE BILL NO. 178(title am) An                     
Act increasing the number of eligible employees that constitute an             
employer group for purposes of providing small employer health                 
insurance; amending the definition of `small employer'; and requiring          
an annual report from the Small Employer Health Reinsurance                    
Association until 1999 pass the Senate?  The roll was taken with               
the following result:                                                          
                                                                               
SB 178(title am)                                                               
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Duncan, Ellis, Frank, Green, Halford,                    
Hoffman, Kelly, Leman, Lincoln, Miller, Pearce, R.Phillips, Rieger,            
Salo, Sharp, Torgerson, Zharoff                                                
                                                                               
Excused:  Taylor                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 178                                                                       
and so, SENATE BILL NO. 178(title am) passed the Senate.                       
                                                                               
Senator Duncan gave notice of reconsideration.