1999-05-17                     Senate Journal                      Page 1573
HB 158                                                                       
The question being: Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 158(L&C)                       
An Act relating to the annual report of the director of the division           
of insurance and to notice of cancellation of personal insurance pass          
the Senate? The roll was taken with the following result:                      
                                                                               
CSHB 158(L&C)                                                                  
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Green, Halford, Hoffman, Kelly Pete,       
Kelly Tim, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Pearce,                    
Phillips, Taylor, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                                      
                                                                               
and so, CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 158(L&C) passed the Senate,                      
was signed by the President and Secretary and returned to the House.           
                                                                               
HB 161                                                                       
Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that CS FOR                   
HOUSE BILL NO. 161(FIN)(efd fld) An Act relating to reduction                  
in payments to individuals under certain benefit programs be placed            
at the bottom of todays calendar. Without objection, it was so                 
ordered.                                                                       
                                                                               
HB 187                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN) An Act removing a                               
requirement that a certificate of need is needed before elimination of         
a category of health services provided by a health care facility;              
prohibiting a person from converting a building or part of a building          
to a nursing home that requires licensure unless authorized by a               
certificate of need; setting a standard of review for applications for         
certificates of need relating to nursing homes and nursing home beds           
and relating to that standard of review; providing that the standard           
of review for applications for certificates of need for beds other than        
nursing home beds or for a health care facility other than a nursing           
home is the availability and quality of existing health care resources         
or the accessibility to those resources compared to the current or             
projected requirement for health services  required  to  maintain  the