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May 17

Written by: Amanda Patanow
5/17/2009 

Medicaid decisions (HB 285): Restructures the panel that recommends how Medicaid money is distributed. Passed.

Assigned benefits (SB 1122): Allows doctors outside of an insurance company to more easily collect money for treating the insurance company's patients. Passed.

Prescription drug monitoring (SB 462): Sets up a statewide prescription drug-monitoring database. Passed.

Vaccines (SB 242): Gives parents more authority to delay the pace at which their children are vaccinated against illnesses like measles, mumps and polio - as long as they are up to date with their shots by the time they enter the public school system. Also bans the use of preservative ethyl mercury in vaccines. Failed.

Health agencies merger: Governor's cost-cutting proposal to merge the Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration, saving $2 million a year. Failed.

Ultrasounds (HB 983): Requires doctors to perform an ultrasound before all first-trimester abortions and to give the woman a chance to view the scan. Failed.

KidCare (SB 1918): Removes red tape and bureaucracy in the subsidized health care program for children, decreasing the wait time for families that have lost private insurance and want to enroll in KidCare. Passed.

Kidney transplants (SB 1022): Named for former Miami Heat star and kidney transplant recipient Alonzo Mourning, improves access to medical coverage for those who are under 65 with end-stage renal disease and waiting for a transplant. Passed.

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