HB 1701-1_ Filed 04/03/2003, 12:20

COMMITTEE REPORT

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:

SOURCE: Page 3, line 4; (03)CR170102.3. -->     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.

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    Miller
Chairperson


CR170102/DI 104    2003