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SB 10                                                                                                                         
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                                                        

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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" was read the second time.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator Davis, Chair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the                                                                 
adoption of the Health and Social Services Committee Substitute                                                                 
offered on page 326. Without objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                                                  
10(HSS) was adopted.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Updated fiscal information for CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 10(HSS)                                                                   
was published today:                                                                                                            
 Fiscal Note No. 3, zero, Department of Health and Social Services                                                              
 Fiscal Note No. 4, zero, Department of Commerce, Community                                                                     
  and Economic Development                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator Davis offered Amendment No. 1 :                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 5, following "trials;":                                                                                          
     Insert "and"                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 6 - 7:                                                                                                            
     Delete "; and providing for an effective date"                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 9:                                                                                                                 
     Delete all material.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator Davis moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Senator                                                                
Bunde objected, then withdrew his objection. There being no further                                                             
objection, Amendment No. 1 was adopted.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis 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.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 10(HSS)(efd del) "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                                                             

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cancer; directing the Department of Health and Social Services to                                                               
provide Medicaid services to persons who participate in those clinical                                                          
trials; and relating to experimental procedures under a state plan                                                              
offered by the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association" was read                                                             
the third time.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bunde declared a conflict of interest.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                                                               
10(HSS)(efd del) "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; and relating                                                      
to experimental procedures under a state plan offered by the                                                                    
Comprehensive Health Insurance Association" pass the Senate?" The                                                               
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 10(HSS) (efd del)                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  1   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Davis, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman, Huggins,                                                                     
Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan, Stedman,                                                                       
Stevens, Thomas, Wielechowski                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Coghill                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Dyson, Wagoner                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 10(HSS)(efd del) passed the                                                                      
Senate and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.