SB 300-HEALTH CARE: PLAN/COMMISSION/FACILITIES                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:35:53 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DAVIS announced  consideration of SB 300. She  said she had                                                               
changed  the  bill  so  that   the  department  rather  than  the                                                               
commission  would  be  responsible  for hiring  a  contractor  to                                                               
perform  the CON  study  and  asked if  anyone  on the  committee                                                               
wanted to comment.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELTON said he was prepared for a motion.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON said  he was a little uncomfortable  that they were                                                               
ducking the  CON issue;  it needed to  be addressed.  He believed                                                               
the rest of the bill had value  and needed to be done, but wished                                                               
they had  time to  work through  this issue.  He said  that, even                                                               
with Chair Davis' change, it  was still possible that the results                                                               
could be  "stacked," and asked  if she had considered  having the                                                               
department  submit a  short list  of 2  or 3  contractors to  the                                                               
legislature for a final decision.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DAVIS  said she had not,  but they could look  at that when                                                               
it got to Finance.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON said Finance was so  backed up that he doubted much                                                               
of that kind of  work was going to get done.  He pointed out that                                                               
Chair Davis  had enough votes to  pass this out and  he would not                                                               
strenuously object.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DAVIS said  she would  like to  have Senator  Dyson's vote                                                               
too, and  she wanted to  hear from  Senator Elton on  the matter.                                                               
She asked Senator  Elton if the current version of  the bill gave                                                               
him more confidence than the previous one had.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELTON thanked her for asking.  He was not sure they would                                                               
ever  get to  his comfort  level or  Senator Dyson's;  they might                                                               
just have  to assume good behavior  was going to happen.  He said                                                               
he was prepared to go with her solution.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:40:00 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COWDERY moved to adopt  the proposed committee substitute                                                               
CSSB 300, labeled 25-LS1, Version  \C, as the working document of                                                               
the committee. There being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON  said he would  have more comfort with  moving this                                                               
bill today  if she would commit  to move the Governor's  bill out                                                               
in the next week.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DAVIS said  the bill  would be  moved, but  she could  not                                                               
commit to  a specific time  frame as there  was still work  to be                                                               
done on it.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON said  he trusted her to do that,  but didn't always                                                               
trust  the  process and  was  worried  it  might die  because  of                                                               
timing.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COWDERY  moved to report  SB 300 from the  committee with                                                               
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:42:07 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR DYSON objected.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
A  roll call  was  taken. Senators  Cowdery,  Elton, Thomas,  and                                                               
Davis  voted  yea and  Senator  Dyson  voted nay.  Therefore  the                                                               
motion passed 4:1 and CSSB 300(HES) moved from committee.