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Senate Amendment 3551

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 484 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 3,  by striking line 35 and inserting the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "a.  For salaries, support, maintenance,
  1  5 miscellaneous purposes,".
  1  6    #2.  Page 4, line 3, by striking the figure
  1  7 "2,777,339" and inserting the following:  "2,977,339".
  1  8    #3.  Page 4, line 4, by striking the figure "90.50"
  1  9 and inserting the following:  "94.50".
  1 10    #4.  Page 4, line 5, by inserting before the word
  1 11 "Of" the following:  "b."
  1 12    #5.  Page 4, line 8, by inserting before the word
  1 13 "The" the following:  "c."
  1 14    #6.  Page 4, line 11, by inserting before the word
  1 15 "The" the following:  "d."
  1 16    #7.  Page 4, line 20, by striking the letter "a."
  1 17 and inserting the following:  "(1)".
  1 18    #8.  Page 4, line 23, by striking the letter "b."
  1 19 and inserting the following:  "(2)".
  1 20    #9.  Page 4, by inserting after line 25 the
  1 21 following:
  1 22    "e.  (1)  Of the amounts appropriated to the
  1 23 insurance division in this subsection not more than
  1 24 $100,000 shall be used for continuing the division's
  1 25 senior health insurance information program and for
  1 26 the purpose of establishing a pilot consumer health
  1 27 education and assistance program.
  1 28    (2)  The purpose of the consumer health education
  1 29 and assistance program is to educate and assist health
  1 30 care consumers to make more informed health insurance
  1 31 and care choices in the marketplace.  Both oral and
  1 32 written educational assistance relating to health care
  1 33 insurance, delivery systems, provider services and
  1 34 coverage, billing procedures, and sources of
  1 35 information shall be provided by the division.  The
  1 36 division of insurance may request, and other state
  1 37 agencies shall provide, assistance in implementing and
  1 38 administering the health care education and assistance
  1 39 program.
  1 40    (3)  The commissioner of insurance shall appoint an
  1 41 advisory committee consisting of knowledgeable and
  1 42 interested citizens and state and local public
  1 43 officials to provide advice and review the program.  A
  1 44 majority of the members of the advisory committee
  1 45 shall be bona fide representatives of consumers.
  1 46    (4)  The commissioner of insurance shall prepare a
  1 47 progress report relating to the activities of the
  1 48 program, the report to be submitted to the governor
  1 49 and the members of the general assembly not later than
  1 50 March 1, 1996.  The governor and the legislative
  2  1 council may request progress reports from the
  2  2 commissioner of insurance as deemed appropriate."
  2  3    #10.  By striking page 30, line 33, through page
  2  4 32, line 8.
  2  5    #11.  Page 45, by striking lines 8 through 12.  
  2  6 
  2  7 
  2  8                              
  2  9 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
  2 10 MARY E. KRAMER
  2 11 SF 484.309 76
  2 12 tj/cf
     

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