THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

      MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1999


      COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
                 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 016

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
              (Deferred from March 1, 1999)


CPN/JDC
SB 1510    RELATING TO INSURANCE                              CPN/JDC
           Requires professionals  and  businesses to maintain
           liability insurance.    Excludes  professionals and
           businesses  that  maintain  the  required liability
           insurance   from    the    definition   of   "joint
           tortfeasors."


CPN
SB 773     RELATING TO INSURANCE                                  CPN
           Requires mutual benefit  societies  that offer long
           term care insurance to  pay  premium taxes on those
           premiums and to require  membership in the life and
           disability guarantee association.

SB 830     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS            CPN
           Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies,
           and health  maintenance  organizations to reimburse
           providers  and  patients  within  a  specified time
           period.

SB 781     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE                    CPN
           Extends the  sunset  date  for  amnesty  period for
           uninsured motorists.

SB 984     RELATING TO GENERAL CASUALTY INSURANCE                 CPN
           Permits certain contracts  of  warranty or guaranty
           to  include  coverage  for  towing  and  substitute
           transportation.  


                   No testimony will be accepted.

For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-6460.