04/16/2002 10:34 AM Senate RLS

SENATOR  COWDERY  moved  to  calendar   SB  91-ABORTION:  INFORMED                                                          
CONSENT; INFORMATION at the Chairman's discretion.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS  announced that an  amendment to SB 91  has been                                                              
proposed.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HALFORD  moved to adopt the proposed  amendment (Amendment                                                              
1), which reads as follows:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
      Page 1, line 7, after the word "prepare," insert "and                                                                     
     annually update"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ANNETTE KREITZER,  aide to  Senator  Leman, informed  members                                                              
that this  issue was  raised in the  Senate Finance Committee  but                                                              
the  timing was  such  that the  amendment  could  not be  drafted                                                              
before  the bill moved  on. The  Department of  Health and  Social                                                              
Services concluded,  after looking at  subsections (2) and  (3) on                                                              
page  2, that  it  would be  required  to prepare  an  information                                                              
packet more  than annually.  The amendment  will clarify  that the                                                              
department is expected to do an annual update.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS  announced that  with no objection  to Amendment                                                              
1,  it  would  be  incorporated  into  a  Senate  Rules  Committee                                                              
substitute.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  HALFORD   moved  to  calendar   CSSB  91(RLS)   with  its                                                              
accompanying  fiscal note  at the  Chairman's discretion.  Senator                                                              
Halford pointed out the fiscal note  may change as a result of the                                                              
amendment  and requested  the Chairman request  an updated  fiscal                                                              
note.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS  stated that if the fiscal note  amount changes,                                                              
the committee will bring it up the following day.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
There  being no  objection to  calendaring CSSB  91(RLS) with  its                                                              
updated fiscal note, the motion carried.