Hearings scheduled for Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Committee on CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Public Hearing to be held in Gardner Auditorium at 10:30 A.M.

Senate, No. 113
Petition of Karen E. Spilka, Paul J. Donato, Joyce A. Spiliotis, Christine E. Canavan and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to children and families requiring assistance.
House, No. 96
Petition of Colleen M. Garry for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to adolescents at risk.
House, No. 99
Joint petition of Geoffrey D. Hall, Steven C. Panagiotakos and another relative to changing the definition of children in need of services.
House, No. 3466
Joint petition of Paul J. Donato and Karen E. Spilka for legislation to provide community-based crisis intervention services for children and familes requiring assistance.


Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES

Public Hearing to be held in Room A-1 at 1:00 P.M.

Senate, No. 564
Petition of Steven A. Baddour, Bruce E. Tarr, Susan C. Tucker, Thomas P. Kennedy and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to prescription drug voice synthesizers.
Senate, No. 569
Petition of Stephen M. Brewer, Christine E. Canavan, Joyce A. Spiliotis, Anthony J. Verga and other members of the General Court for legislation to mandate coverage for ectodermal dysplasia.
Senate, No. 584
Petition of Cynthia S. Creem, Martha M. Walz, Geraldo . Alicea and Susan C. Fargo for legislation to mandate insurance coverage for bone mass measurement testing for the diagnosis of osteoporosis.
Senate, No. 585
Petition of Cynthia S. Creem, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Jennifer L. Flanagan, James E. Timilty and other members of the General Court for legislation providing breast cancer patient protection.
Senate, No. 586
Petition of Susan C. Fargo, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Patricia D. Jehlen and Karen E. Spilka for legislation to provide coverage for lymphedema treatments.
Senate, No. 589
Petition of John A. Hart, Jr. and Joseph F. Wagner for legislation to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Senate, No. 599
Petition of Thomas M. McGee, Kathi-Anne . Reinstein, James R. Miceli and Steven M. Walsh for legislation relative to increasing coverage for infertility treatments.
Senate, No. 636
Petition of Bruce E. Tarr, Richard R. Tisei and Christin E.Canavan for legislation to improve health care for rheumatologic patients inthe commonwealth.
Senate, No. 644
Petition of Steven A. Tolman and Robert A. Havern for legislation relative to large print labels for the visually impaired.
Senate, No. 648
Petition of Marian Walsh for legislation to provide health insurance coverage for scalp hair prosthesis.
Senate, No. 2185
Petition of Dianne Wilkerson for legislation relative to coverage for asthma education and training.
Senate, No. 2394
Petition of Robert A. Havern for legislation to provide coverage for hearing aids for children.
House, No. 545
Petition of Tom Sannicandro and others for legislation to provide insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for certain persons for the detection of breast cancer.
House, No. 922
Petition of Jennifer M. Callahan and another for legislation to provide insurance coverage for base-line echogram testing for certain persons.
House, No. 924
Petition of Jennifer M. Callahan and others relative to access to coverage for assissted reproductive technologies.
House, No. 925
Petition of Christine E. Canavan and others relative to increasing coverage of nonprescription enteral formulas.
House, No. 926
Petition of Christine E. Canavan and others eliminating the need for medical reauthorization for coverage of nonprescription enteral formula.
House, No. 946
Petition of Robert F. Fennell and others that health insurance providers be required to include coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer.
House, No. 966
Petition of William G. Greene, Jr. relative to providing health insurance coverage for scalp hair prosthesis for certain persons treated for cancer.
House, No. 982
Petition of Louis L. Kafka that insurance policies issued in the Commonwealth shall provide coverage for the cost of a mastectomy and coverage for a minimum of 48 hours in-patient care.
House, No. 1066
Petition of Kathi-Anne Reinstein and Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. relative to further regulating insurance benefits.
House, No. 1071
Petition of Jeffrey Sánchez and others relative to improving asthma management.
House, No. 1077
Petition of Margaret Klehm and others relative to insurance coverage and payment for prescribed treatment for mitochondrial disease.
House, No. 1078
Petition of John W. Scibak and others relative to congenital craniofacial anomalies.
House, No. 1081
Petition of Theodore C. Speliotis relative to Lyme disease treatment coverage.
House, No. 3855
Petition of James B. Eldridge relative to providing health insurance coverage for cochlear implants in children.
House, No. 3931
Petition of Ronald Mariano relative to providing health insurance coverage for vision screening for children.
House, No. 4283
Petition of Louis L. Kafka that health insurance policies be required to provide coverage for the treatment of children with cleft lips and palates.


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