2009-01-21                     Senate Journal                      Page 0025
SB 10                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 10 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                                                                   
      those clinical trials; relating to experimental procedures                                                                
      under a state plan offered by the Comprehensive Health                                                                    
      Insurance Association; and providing for an effective date."                                                              
      (Prefile released January 9, 2009)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health and Social Services,                                                         
Labor and Commerce and Finance Committees.