Senate adopts bill requiring insurers to cover preventive kidney screening
House Bill 1019, which would require health coverage for preventive kidney-function screening services, cleared the Senate after a technical amendment; sponsors said early screening can prevent costly progression to dialysis and transplants.
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The Senate adopted a technical amendment and advanced House Bill 1019 on second reading after sponsor Sen. Rich described the human and economic costs of late-stage kidney disease.
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