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HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
ROOM W125, WEST OFFICE BUILDING, STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX
February 8, 2007
Rep. Ronda R. Menlove, Vice Chair
Rep. D. Gregg Buxton
Rep. John Dougall
Rep. Wayne A. Harper
Rep. David Litvack
Rep. Phil Riesen
Rep. Stephen E. Sandstrom
STAFF PRESENT: Mark Andrews, Policy Analyst
Sylvia Newton, House Secretary
Note: A list of visitors and copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes.
Rep. Ray called the meeting to order at 8:38 a.m.
MOTION: Rep. Harper moved to approve the minutes of the February 6, 2007 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
H.B. 338 Emergency Room Tort Reform (Rep. B. Last)
Rep. Last presented H.B. 338 to the committee, assisted by Chet Loftis, attorney.
Spoke against the bill: Charles Thronson, attorney, Parsons Behle & Latimer
Clark Newhall, attorney
Myrleen Kelly, Utah Citizens Alliance
Tammy Diaz, citizen
Karla Glodowski, citizen
Laura Polacheck, AARP
Spoke in favor of the bill: Bennion Buchanan, emergency room physician
Todd Allen, emergency room physician
Spoke to the bill: Cathy Dupont, Associate General Counsel, Legislative Research and General Counsel
MOTION: Rep. Dougall moved to pass H.B. 338 out favorably.
SUBSTITUTE
MOTION: Rep. Riesen moved to table the bill. The motion failed with Rep. Litvack and Rep. Riesen voting in favor of the motion.
The original motion to pass the bill out favorably passed with Rep. Litvack and Rep. Riesen voting in opposition to the motion.
H.B. 369 Nursing Care Facility Licensure Modifications (Rep. S. Urquhart)
H.B. 369 was not heard in this meeting.
MOTION: Rep. Menlove moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Rep. Ray adjourned the meeting at 9:45 a.m.
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Rep. Paul Ray
Committee Chair