HB 10-GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE FOR PRIVATE GROUPS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Number 2113                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR GATTO announced that  the next order of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO. 10, "An  Act amending the definition  of group                                                               
health insurance,  and allowing the Department  of Administration                                                               
to obtain  a policy  or policies of  group health  care insurance                                                               
for    employers   that    are   small    businesses,   nonprofit                                                               
organizations,   special   services   organizations,   or   small                                                               
associations  for  insurance  purposes;   and  providing  for  an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS)  for HB 10,  Version 23-LS0030\X,  Ford, 4/25/03,                                                               
as a work draft.  There  being no objection, Version X was before                                                               
the committee.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CISSNA  moved  to  report  CSHB  10(HES)  out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSHB  10(HES)  was                                                               
reported  from the  House Health,  Education and  Social Services                                                               
Standing Committee.