THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

       MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1999


      COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 016

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
            (Deferred from February 25, 1999)


SB 513     RELATING TO FAMILY CHILD CARE                      HHS,CPN
SD1        Includes condominiums,  apartments,  and townhouses
           as types of residences eligible to be used as child
           care homes;  clarifies  duties  and  rights between
           child  care  home   and  association  of  apartment
           owners.  (SD1)

SB 665     RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE                   TIA,CPN
SD1        Includes course approved  by  armed services branch
           installation commander  and  that  meets motorcycle
           safety  foundation   standards   as   a  motorcycle
           education course  for  purposes  of  qualifying for
           motorcycle liability coverage.  (SD1)

SB 818     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE                       HHS,CPN
SD1        Clarifies health insurance  coverage for mammograms
           for women forty  years  old  and  older, instead of
           forty nine years.  (SD1)

SB 822     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE                       HHS,CPN
SD1        Requires  all   health   insurers,  mutual  benefit
           societies, and health  maintenance organizations to
           cease excluding contraceptive services and supplies
           from coverage by  repealing  the  provision of such
           coverage as an employer option.  (SD1)

SB 973     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING                   TIA,CPN
SD1        Requires  towing   businesses   to  have  insurance
           coverage for towed motor vehicles during towing and
           storage  and  to  properly  identify  their  towing
           vehicles; repeals drop-dead  provision  of Act 138,
           SLH 1998; allows  suit  against  the towing company
           without insurance for $1,000, or three-fold damages
           suffered, whichever is greater.  (SD1)


                   No testimony will be accepted.


 
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