MR. PRESIDENT:
The Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services, to which was referred House Bill
No. 1701, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
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Page 3, delete lines 4 through 8.
Page 3, delete lines 31 through 32.
Page 3, line 38, delete "present" and insert " presents".
Page 3, line 41, after "calendar." insert " At least two-thirds (2/3)
vote of the members present at a meeting is required to place a
rule upon a consent calendar under this subsection.".
Page 4, line 3, after "chapter." insert " A technical change under
this subsection does not include any change that substantively
alters the proposed rule.".
Page 4, line 6, delete "The committee may conduct a" and insert
" This section applies to a meeting of the committee at which at
least six (6) voting members of the committee are physically
present at the place where the meeting is conducted.
(b) A member of the committee may participate in a meeting of
the committee by using a means of communication that permits:
(1) all other members participating in the meeting; and
(2) all members of the public physically present at the place
where the meeting is conducted;
to communicate simultaneously with each other during the
meeting.
(c) A member who participates in a meeting under subsection
(b) is considered to be present at the meeting.
(d) The memoranda of the meeting prepared under
IC 5-14-1.5-4
must state the name of each member who:
(1) was physically present at the place where the meeting was
conducted;
(2) participated in the meeting by using a means of
communication described in subsection (b); and
(3) was absent.".
Page 4, delete lines 7 through 11.
Page 4, line 12, delete "(b)" and insert " (e)".
Page 9, line 20, strike "sixteen (16)" and insert " seventeen (17)".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to HB 1701 as printed February 18, 2003.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
Committee Vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0.
Miller
CR170102/DI 104 2003