THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HOUSING

Senator Ron Menor, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Tuesday, March 2, 2004

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 2670

SD1

(SSCR2375)

RELATING TO PAIN MANAGEMENT.

Requires board of examiners to establish educational standards for health care providers with respect to patients' pain management. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

SB 2579

SD1

(SSCR2312)

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE INSURANCE.

Provides for mental health insurance parity. Allows for two treatment episodes per year. Clarifies definition of serious mental illness. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

SB 3136

(SSCR2179)

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires coverage under medicaid and QUEST programs to include chiropractic services.

HMS, CPH

SB 2612

RELATING TO MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PHARMACISTS.

Establishes pharmacist license renewal requirement of 30 continuing education credit hours, beginning with renewals for the licensing biennium starting on 1/1/06.

CPH

SB 3079

(SSCR2384)

RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.

Includes the intranasal delivery of vaccines within the scope of practice of pharmacists.

HTH, CPH

SB 2950

SD1

(SSCR2380)

RELATING TO GENERIC SUBSTITUTION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRODUCTS.

Makes USFDA approved, therapeutically equivalent generic drug products substitutable upon approval by the Director of Health. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

SB 2092

SD1

(SSCR2370)

RELATING TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Allows licensure of applicants who served a residency in a program approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the College of Family Physicians of Canada; clarifies licensure requirements that foreign applicants for an MD license have at least two years of residency in a program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the College of Family Physicians of Canada. (SD1)

HTH, CPH

SB 2589

(SSCR2009)

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Extends time frame for health insurance companies to determine the outcome of appeals not classified as expedited from 45 days to 60 days.

HTH, CPH

     

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

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Senator Ron Menor

Chair