A PUBLIC HEARING on the Senate Bill was held in June, 2010. The video archive of Public Hearing on PA SB1199 (Currently Known as SB 210) is available, in its entirety: CLICK HERE for a link to the video webcast. Please contact your SENATOR and ask for his or her vote to pass SB 210 (formerly 1199) in PA. You, as their constituents, make a big difference in their awareness of the issues. Contact your REPRESENTATIVE and ask
for a meeting... many are not aware of the crisis in our state. Please
share with them. They can't help us if they don't know. For a sample template letter that you can personalize CLICK HERE.
To view full content of PA SB 210 please CLICK HERE. Provisions in the bill include the following, excerpted directly from the bill: To ensure that: (i) Physicians, insurers, patients and governmental agencies are educated that multiple standards of care exist. (ii) Physicians and other medical professionals provide patients with sufficient information about all standards of care to enable patients to make an informed choice as part of informed consent and respect the autonomy of that choice. (iii) Insurance reimbursement be provided for treatment rendered in accordance with the standard of care chosen. (iv) Pennsylvania government agencies provide unbiased information regarding multiple standards of care. |
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