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Event Detail – Joint Committee on Financial Services

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Event Date:9/20/2011

Start Time:1:00 PM

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Item Name Start Time Duration Webcast
Joint Committee on Financial Services Hearing 9/20/2011
1:04 PM		 04:04:00 Recorded
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Health Care

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Item Bill Number Bill Title Sponsor
1 S417 By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 417) of Cynthia S. Creem, James E. Timilty, Carolyn C. Dykema, John Hart, Jr. and others for legislation to provide health insurance coverage for scalp hair prosthesis. Financial Services. Cynthia Creem
2 S430 By Mr. Joyce (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 430) of [PETITIONERS LIST] for legislation relative to in vitro fertilization for the purposes of genetic testing. Financial Services. Brian Joyce
3 S436 By Mr. McGee, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 436) of Thomas M. McGee and Kay Khan for legislation relative to insurance coverage for pervasive developmental disorders. Financial Services. Thomas McGee
4 S462 By Mr. Rodrigues, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 462) of Michael J. Rodrigues, Susan C. Fargo, Michael R. Knapik, Walter F. Timilty and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish benefits for services rendered by pharmacists acting under a collaborative practice agreement. Financial Services. Michael Rodrigues
5 S468 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 468) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to improve health care for rheumatologic patients in the Commonwealth. Financial Services. Bruce Tarr
6 S473 By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 473) of Steven A. Tolman, Kenneth J. Donnelly and James J. O'Day for legislation to improve access to alcohol and other drug clinical services. Financial Services. Steven Tolman
7 S474 By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 474) of Steven A. Tolman for legislation to provide for necessary aqua therapy. Financial Services. Steven Tolman
8 H295 By Mr. Kulik of Worthington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 295) of Stephen Kulik and others relative to health insurance coverage for marriage and family therapy. Financial Services. Stephen Kulik
9 H317 By Ms. Reinstein of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 317) of Kathi-Anne Reinstein relative to accidental sickness insurance coverage for annual physicals. Financial Services. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
10 H318 By Mr. Sannicandro of Ashland, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 318) of Tom Sannicandro for legislation to provide insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for certain persons for the detection of breast cancer. Financial Services. Tom Sannicandro
11 H320 By Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 320) of John W. Scibak relative to insurance coverage and payment for prescribed treatment for mitochondrial disease. Financial Services. John Scibak
12 H329 By Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 329) of Theodore C. Speliotis relative to Lyme disease treatment coverage. Financial Services. Theodore Speliotis
13 H332 By Mr. Walsh of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 332) of Martin J. Walsh and others relative to the definition of licensed mental health professional under the insurance laws. Financial Services. Martin Walsh
14 H1175 By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1175) of Ruth B. Balser, James J. O'Day and Ellen Story relative to mental health services provided by certain insurance policies. Financial Services. Ruth Balser
15 H1187 By Ms. Khan of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1187) of Kay Khan and others relative to requiring that certain health insurance policies include coverage for eating disorders. Financial Services. Kay Khan
16 H1188 By Ms. Khan of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1188) of Kay Khan and others relative to insurance coverage for mental health. Financial Services. Kay Khan
17 H2031 By Mr. Bradley of Hingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2031) of Garrett J. Bradley relative to mental health insurance. Financial Services. Garrett Bradley
18 H2053 By Mr. Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2053) of Sean Garballey and Benjamin Swan relative to providing for health insurance coverage for certain prescriptions and medical treatment. Financial Services. Sean Garballey
19 H2064 By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2064) of Louis L. Kafka and others relative to in-patient care for mastectomies. Financial Services. Louis Kafka
20 H3519 By Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3519) of William Smitty Pignatelli and others relative to insurance coverage for acupuncture. Financial Services. William Pignatelli
21 H3542 By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3542) of Cory Atkins and others for legislation to provide that cytologic screenings performed at the same time as annual physical examinations be separately billed by health care providers and paid by insurers. Financial Services. Jennifer Benson
22 H3566 By Mrs. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Patricia A. Haddad and others for legislation to include licensed rehabilitation counselors in the definition of licensed mental health professionals. Financial Services Patricia Haddad
23 H3641 By Mr. Koczera of New Bedford, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Robert M. Koczera and Mark Montigny relative to health insurance coverage for Devic's disease. Financial Services. Robert Koczera