THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

    MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2000

      COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 016


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
         (Deferred from February 4 and 7, 2000)


SB 2325    RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND  CPN, WAM
           Allows  for  the  porting  of  Medicare  Part  B to
           employee organizations.

SB 2327    RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND  CPN, WAM
           Allows  Public  Employees   Health  Fund  to  offer
           different benefits to retirants

SB 2125    RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND  CPN, WAM
           Requires carriers who receive overpayments from the
           public employees health fund  to return them to the
           State or county at  the carrier's earliest possible
           opportunity, subject to  the  payment of penalties.
           Requires contracts  entered  into  between the fund
           and a carrier  to  specify  that  payments shall be
           made on a monthly  basis  to  carriers and shall be
           audited annually.


                No testimony will be accepted.


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