THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

            MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2000

             COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
                               9:30 a.m.
                          Conference Room 016


               DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
                   (Deferred from February 23, 2000)


SB 2589  RELATING TO INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS                CPN
        Amends medical examination laws regarding independent medical
        examinations by requiring employer requested medical examinations
        to be done by a State-licensed experienced physician of the same
        specialty as the treating physician.  (KANNO)

SB 3041  RELATING TO OPTOMETRY                                       CPN
        Repeals the joint formulary advisory committee and removes
        reference to "topically applied" pharmaceutical agents.
        (TANIGUCHI)


                     No testimony will be accepted


  For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-6830.






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Senator Brian Kanno                     Senator Brian Taniguchi
Co-Chair                                Co-Chair