CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 161(HSS)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the purchase of durable medical                                                                        
     equipment under Medicaid; and providing for an                                                                             
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:11:27 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LYNN  GATTIS,  SPONSOR, explained  that  the                                                                    
bill  was  a   cost  saving  measure  for   the  state.  The                                                                    
legislation   allowed  for   DHSS   to   purchase  used   or                                                                    
refurbished durable medical equipment.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Micciche addressed the zero fiscal note.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Micciche MOVED  to REPORT  CSHB 161(HSS)  out of                                                                    
committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal  note. There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSHB  161 was  REPORTED out  of committee  with a  "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with   one  previously  published  zero                                                                    
impact note: FN1 (DHS).                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:13:08 AM                                                                                                                   
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:14:46 AM                                                                                                                   
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon discussed the following meeting's                                                                            
agenda.