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Sunday, June 06, 2010

Ind. Gov't. - "Legislature sets summer study committees "

Dan Carden reported June 3rd, 2010 in the NWI Times in a story that begins:

State legislators will study health care policy, criminal sentencing, student absenteeism and gaming, along with 12 other topics, in a series of committee meetings this summer to begin crafting legislation for the 2011 session of the General Assembly.

Three different committees will examine the impact to Indiana of the national health insurance reform law.

"That has to be looked at and studied very well because it seems to be shaping and changing as it goes along, so we really don't know the impact," said state Rep. Earl Harris, D-East Chicago. "We want to know how it's going to affect Indiana health care, and we have to work at that very hard."

Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has produced estimates that Indiana will spend nearly $3 billion on new Medicaid expenses over the next 10 years due to the health law. Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, say the cost to the state will be much less.

Here are links to the LSA interim study committee resolutions adopted at the June 2 meeting: LSA 10-01 and LSA 10-03.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 6, 2010 08:25 PM
Posted to Indiana Government