Committee co-chairmen Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, and Sen. Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, have both put accessibility to emergency care at the top of their list.
The committee is in the final stages of a nearly six-month look at managed care in Missouri. Committee co-chairs Sen. Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, and Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said they hope to finalize a list of recommendations by the end of November.
Committee Co-chairmen Sen. Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, and Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said on Thursday that they think more regulation is needed for HMOs and the managed care industry as a whole.
A measure designed to lure credit card companies back to the state and keep retailers from moving was overwhelmingly passed by the House. Bill sponsor, Tim Harlan says the cap of 20 percent was out of sync with other states that have no ceiling. The bill, he says will not affect interest rates for the consumer:
Not everybody agrees with this point of view. Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said there are non-profit organizations that lobby for organizations whose members could not afford their own, personal, lobbyists.
Boone County representative, Tim Harlan says when agents and students keep professional contracts a secret, it's possible for M-U to break the rules without knowing it.
Both Columbia representatives cosponsored the bill and support local regulation over billboards. Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said it is better having people from Columbia deciding over Columbia, and not people from Jefferson City.
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said if a committee is appointed by the president, the chancellor or any other executive officer of the U.M. system, the chairman of the committee can decide whether the meeting will be open.
That led several members to question just what exactly was to be changed and Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, to ask Auer if there was a "real bill" elsewhere, waiting to be revealed. Auer's answer was a straight "no."