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Senate expands Medicaid task force, adds members and $150,000 for staffing
Summary
Lawmakers approved a substitute to expand the privately owned health-care organization task force to include additional legislative members, extend its term, and appropriate $150,000 for staffing. Supporters said extra time and resources are needed to study Medicaid; some senators worried the issue could be diluted.
Senators approved a first substitute to Senate Bill 152 that amends the privately owned health-care organization task force to add additional legislators from both chambers and parties, extend the task force through 2007, and appropriate $150,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to staff the group.
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