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House Journal: Page 883: Thursday, March 27, 1997

Hansen         	Holmes         	Houser         	Huseman       
	Jacobs         	Jenkins        	Klemme         	Kremer        
	Lamberti       	Larson         	Lord           	Martin        
	Mertz          	Metcalf        	Nelson                 
	Rayhons        	Siegrist       	Sukup          	Taylor        
	Teig           	Thomson        	Van Fossen     	Van Maanen    
	Vande Hoef     	Weidman        	Welter         	Rants,
	 		 Presiding
Absent or not voting, 6:
Boggess        	Connors        	Garman         	Gipp          
	O'Brien        	Weigel         	
Amendment H-1386 lost.
Huser of Polk offered amendment H-1388 filed by her as follows:

H-1388

 1     Amend House File 448 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 34, by inserting after the figure
 3   "151." the following:  "For the purposes of this
 4   chapter, "reasonable and necessary charges of the
 5   hospital or licensed professional for treatment, care,
 6   and maintenance of the patient" means charges which
 7   are limited to the minimum amount that the hospital or
 8   licensed professional would accept for payment for the
 9   treatment, care, and maintenance of the patient under
10   any governmental reimbursement program or managed care
11   program including any health maintenance organization
12   or preferred provider organization, in which the
13   hospital or licensed professional participates in at
14   the time the lien is asserted."
Huser of Polk offered the following amendment H-1450, to
amendment H-1388, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:

H-1450

 1     Amend the amendment, H-1388 to House File 448 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 14, and
 4   inserting the following:
 5     "   .  Page 1, line 34, by inserting after the
 6   figure "151." the following:  "For the purposes of
 7   this chapter, "reasonable and necessary charges of the
 8   hospital or licensed professional for treatment, care,
 9   and maintenance of the patient" means charges which
10   are limited to the reimbursement that the hospital or
11   licensed professional would receive for payment for
12   the treatment, care, and maintenance of the patient
13   under the governmental reimbursement program or

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