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Monday, February 23, 2009

Ind. Law - This week at the General Assembly - Week 7

Bryan Corbin's weekly "Legislative Notebook" report appears today in the Evansville Courier & Press with this headline: "General Assembly faces full docket: Budget, smoking ban pass; immigration on tap." It begins:

Big decisions are ahead this week for the Indiana General Assembly as lawmakers plow through dozens of proposals dealing with health, business and taxes.

Indiana House members are facing deadlines to pass bills and send them to the state Senate, while senators are under a similar rush to finish bills and send them to the House.

Among the bills mentioned:
Cancer treatment: Senate Bill 554, authored by Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, would allow more low-income and uninsured Hoosiers to receive coverage through Medicaid for cervical and breast cancer treatments. Currently, low-income Hoosiers are eligible for Medicaid for screenings only if they are screened through a federal program administered by the State Department of Health, but 32 counties don't have participating screening facilities, Becker said. The bill, which would extend Medicaid coverage, passed 50-0 and moves to the House.
This bill addresses the very serious loophole discussed in this Sept. 14, 2007 ILB entry.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 23, 2009 07:35 AM
Posted to Indiana Law