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House suspends joint rule, refers Senate petitions to Financial Services committee and advances several bills to third reading or enactment
Summary
The House suspended joint rule 12 to refer two Senate petitions on insurance coverage to the committee on financial services and advanced several bills — scheduling them for consideration or ordering them to third reading — including measures on student mental health, pension matters, awareness-month designations, roadway safety and local charter changes.
The House suspended joint rule 12 to take up petitions sent from the Senate and referred them to the committee on financial services, and it moved forward multiple bills on its calendar.
The petitions from the Senate included a petition by Senator Patrick M. O'Connor asking for legislation to provide insurance coverage for medically necessary treatment of port-wine stains and a petition by Senator Michael F. Rush requesting legislation to require health-insurance coverage for scalp-cooling systems. The committee on rules recommended suspension of joint rule 12 to consider these petitions, the House concurred and the petitions were referred to the committee on financial services. The…
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