Senate Resolution 104 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  BOLKCOM
  1  3 A Senate Resolution requesting the legislative council
  1  4    to authorize an interim study committee to consider
  1  5    whether to require health benefits coverage of
  1  6    autologous bone marrow transplants for treatment
  1  7    of breast and other types of cancer.
  1  8    WHEREAS, a bone marrow transplant is a treatment
  1  9 that offers options for patients to fight disease and
  1 10 infection and to withstand high doses of chemotherapy;
  1 11 and
  1 12    WHEREAS, autologous transplant allows the patient
  1 13 to donate their own bone marrow stem cells to produce
  1 14 new white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets;
  1 15 and
  1 16    WHEREAS, there is research indicating that
  1 17 autologous bone marrow transplantation offers
  1 18 significant improvements in survival rates as compared
  1 19 to standard therapy for advanced breast cancer; NOW
  1 20 THEREFORE,
  1 21    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the legislative
  1 22 council is requested to authorize a study committee
  1 23 for the 2008 interim to consider whether to require
  1 24 health benefits coverage of autologous bone marrow
  1 25 transplants for treatment of breast and other types of
  1 26 cancer.
  1 27 LSB 5652XS 82
  1 28 jp/rj/24