Body | Bill Status |
Official Actions |
Last Action |
Law | Bill Text |
Chief Author |
Short Description |
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House | HF4213 | 1 | 05/18/2006 | Loeffler | Motor vehicle insurance database established. | ||
House | HF4166 | 1 | 04/26/2006 | Seifert | Citizenship eligibility requirement established for higher education financial aid. | ||
House | HF4142 | 22 | 05/16/2006 | Krinkie | Property tax rebate provided, state land sale authorized to offset administrative costs, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF4068 | 3 | 04/11/2006 | Abrams | Motor vehicle sales tax revenue allocation modified, highway user tax distribution funds provided, and previous constitutional amendment ballot question modified. | ||
House | HF4014 | 1 | 03/28/2006 | Thissen | Influenza immunizations required for children in child care facilities. | ||
House | HF3855 | 9 | 05/04/2006 | Wardlow | Congressional Medal of Honor recipients plaque authorized in the Court of Honor on the Capitol grounds. | ||
House | HF3802 | 1 | 03/22/2006 | Simon | Hennepin or Dakota County nursing home construction moratorium exception provided for a facility for persons with eating disorders. | ||
House | HF3790 | 1 | 03/22/2006 | Cybart | Dakota County Technical College land purchase funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3785 | 3 | 04/04/2006 | Latz | Community benefits report required from licensed hospitals. | ||
House | HF3726 | 1 | 03/20/2006 | Powell | Prescription drug prior authorization limited under medical assistance. | ||
House | HF3712 | 23 | 05/08/2006 | 201 | Hackbarth | Mercury Emissions Reduction Act of 2006 adopted requiring mercury emission reductions by public utilities, and notice required regarding disposal of fluorescent lamps containing mercury. | |
House | HF3692 | 3 | 04/03/2006 | Powell | Health care and medical assistance provisions modified. | ||
House | HF3667 | 1 | 03/20/2006 | Gunther | Chiropractors advertising restrictions implemented. | ||
House | HF3615 | 1 | 03/16/2006 | Peppin | Group residential pilot project established. | ||
House | HF3590 | 4 | 03/23/2006 | Powell | Pharmacy payment reform advisory committee established, study provided, and report required. | ||
House | HF3579 | 3 | 03/20/2006 | Cybart | Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3556 | 3 | 04/03/2006 | Powell | I-35W Bus Rapid Transit funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3494 | 2 | 03/15/2006 | Wilkin | Unemployment and dislocated worker benefit eligibility regulated. | ||
House | HF3490 | 2 | 05/11/2006 | Powell | Individual education plan due process hearing burden of proof placed on the party seeking relief. | ||
House | HF3439 | 3 | 03/28/2006 | Powell | Lead abatement program authority transfer provided. | ||
House | HF3424 | 1 | 03/13/2006 | Anderson, B. | President and Congress memorialized by resolution to enact legislation to allow members of the armed forces to transfer unused educational assistance to their dependents. | ||
House | HF3402 | 5 | 03/27/2006 | Wilkin | Loss ratios and small employer insurance coverages regulated and disclosure of medical bills without charge required. | ||
House | HF3393 | 2 | 03/20/2006 | Powell | Home inspections regulated, rulemaking authorized, and penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF3379 | 1 | 03/13/2006 | Powell | Medical assistance special transportation service coverage criteria specified, special transportation reimbursement rates increased, and broker usage prohibition extended. | ||
House | HF3360 | 4 | 03/27/2006 | Bradley | Minnesota comprehensive health insurance plan funding provisions modified and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3341 | 3 | 03/29/2006 | Powell | Health savings account option provision for legislators and staff required. | ||
House | HF3340 | 2 | 04/03/2006 | Bradley | Hospital construction proposal evaluation process evaluated. | ||
House | HF3299 | 1 | 03/09/2006 | Powell | Secondary public safety answering points added to 911 emergency communication system. | ||
House | HF3279 | 2 | 03/28/2006 | Powell | Psychiatric consultation definition modified to include psychologists. | ||
House | HF3258 | 16 | 04/27/2006 | Brod | Abortion notification reporting required relating to abortions performed on a minor or specified other women, state fund use prohibited, civil penalties provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3218 | 1 | 03/08/2006 | Samuelson | Tanning facilities regulated. | ||
House | HF3217 | 11 | 04/24/2006 | Hansen | Paid organ donation leave for certain public employees provided. | ||
House | HF3165 | 2 | 03/09/2006 | Ozment | Minnesota Zoological Garden funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3144 | 16 | 05/15/2006 | Bradley | Assisted living services requirements established, housing with services provisions modified, consumer information advisory committee established, home care bill of rights and long-term care provisions modified, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3138 | 2 | 04/27/2006 | Powell | Burnsville tax increment financing district creation authorized, time deadlines extended, and certain related authority repealed. | ||
House | HF3110 | 11 | 05/16/2006 | Westrom | Voting system criteria and voting machines operations working group established. | ||
House | HF3101 | 1 | 03/02/2006 | Buesgens | Gambling other than parimutuel betting authorized at licensed racetrack, and constitutional amendment proposed. | ||
House | HF3100 | 3 | 03/30/2006 | Beard | Card club provisions modified. | ||
House | HF3094 | 3 | 03/27/2006 | Powell | State Patrol vehicles provided with automatic external defibrillators, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3086 | 2 | 03/22/2006 | Powell | Reporting of maltreatment of vulnerable adults data sharing with local medical examiner of reports of suspicious deaths required. | ||
House | HF3049 | 8 | 05/11/2006 | Davids | Ambulance purchase and lease regulated and manufacturer's duty to repair, refund, or replace defective ambulances established. | ||
House | HF3032 | 5 | 03/13/2006 | Emmer | Pharmacists prohibited from refusing to dispense a prescription drug or device except under certain circumstances. | ||
House | HF3029 | 1 | 03/01/2006 | Powell | Essential community provider designation modified. | ||
House | HF2916 | 23 | 05/17/2006 | 217 | Smith | Fire safety account established from fire premium and assessment revenue, and fire insurance tax abolished. | |
House | HF2856 | 9 | 03/23/2006 | Wilkin | Senior citizens protected from financial exploitation, and annuity transactions regulated. | ||
House | HF2849 | 1 | 03/01/2006 | Lenczewski | Bloomington; grant provided to maintain the old Cedar Avenue bridge for hikers and bikers, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF2840 | 7 | 05/17/2006 | 220 | Hansen | Paid organ donation leave provided for certain public employees. | |
House | HF2810 | 7 | 04/24/2006 | Powell | Radiation therapy facility construction limitation expiration date modified. | ||
House | SF2793 | 2 | 04/06/2006 | Powell | Essential community provider designation modified. | ||
House | SF2743 | 9 | 05/20/2006 | 242 | Westrom | Voter record data privacy provided, election law provisions modified, voting system criteria established, and voting machines options working group established. | |
House | HF2731 | 7 | 03/30/2006 | Powell | EMT training programs required to meet an average yearly pass rate. | ||
House | HF2713 | 1 | 03/01/2006 | Powell | Burnsville water treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF2621 | 7 | 04/10/2006 | 177 | Powell | EMT training programs required to meet an average yearly pass rate. | |
House | SF2576 | 17 | 05/20/2006 | 249 | Davids | Ambulance purchase and lease regulated; manufacturer's duty to repair, refund, or replace defective ambulances established; hospital construction authorized; hospital license review requirements modified; and facility study required. | |
House | HF2558 | 2 | 03/01/2006 | Powell | Dakota County public safety support center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF2532 | 8 | 04/27/2006 | 190 | Powell | Radiation therapy facility construction limitations expiration date extended. | |
House | HF2530 | 1 | 05/19/2005 | Beard | Scott County public safety training facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2486 | 2 | 05/04/2005 | Klinzing | School districts required to spend at least sixty-five percent of their total operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures. | ||
House | HF2469 | 8 | 05/08/2006 | Vandeveer | Homestead property tax limitation provided based on the income of the homeowner. | ||
House | HF2438 | 1 | 04/18/2005 | Abeler | Health plan innovation and regulation provided, health plan companies and plans requirements modified, consumer information disclosure required, reports and studies required, and cost-containment initiatives implemented. | ||
House | HF2426 | 1 | 04/14/2005 | Jaros | Gift ban exception modified to eliminate requirement of making a speech as part of a program. | ||
House | HF2389 | 1 | 04/11/2005 | Powell | Psychology Practices Act modified, and licensed psychological practitioner licensure phased out. | ||
House | HF2388 | 1 | 04/11/2005 | Powell | Gender reassignment surgery coverage removed from state health care programs. | ||
House | HF2373 | 2 | 04/14/2005 | Zellers | Maple Grove hospital construction moratorium exception provided. | ||
House | HF2358 | 5 | 04/27/2005 | Seifert | MFIP monthly cash assistance payments prohibited for use in purchasing tobacco or alcohol. | ||
House | HF2351 | 1 | 04/06/2005 | Hilstrom | Community reintegration of offenders provided by placement of certain offenders with less than 180 days to serve in county jails, and sheriffs authorized to electronically monitor offenders who are sentenced to work release. | ||
House | HF2339 | 3 | 05/04/2005 | Lenczewski | Property tax market value credit reductions reflected in the credit amount shown on each property tax statement. | ||
House | HF2300 | 1 | 04/04/2005 | Powell | Receiving motor fuel without paying service charge and civil penalty increased, and civil liability clarified to not bar criminal liability. | ||
House | HF2254 | 1 | 03/31/2005 | Slawik | Minnesota False Claims Act adopted. | ||
House | HF2245 | 1 | 03/31/2005 | Cybart | Speed contests prohibited, observing a speed contest as a spectator penalty specified, and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF2203 | 1 | 03/30/2005 | Samuelson | Long-Term Care Task Force recommendations implemented, nursing facility beds excess capacity reduced, savings allocated to home and community-based services, and services for elderly and caregivers expanded. | ||
House | HF2127 | 1 | 03/29/2005 | Huntley | Clinical trial health plan coverage study and report required. | ||
House | HF2117 | 2 | 04/20/2005 | Brod | Prescription drug program; I-Save Rx program participation established. | ||
House | HF2103 | 1 | 03/23/2005 | Powell | Emergency 911 communication provisions modified. | ||
House | HF2086 | 10 | 05/11/2006 | Beard | Metropolitan Airports Commission membership provisions and reporting requirement modified. | ||
House | HF1994 | 6 | 04/29/2005 | Moe | Shared hospital or ambulance service purchasing provision modified. | ||
House | HF1993 | 2 | 04/06/2005 | Powell | Metropolitan Radio Board earlier responsibility transfer date provided. | ||
House | HF1970 | 1 | 03/21/2005 | Samuelson | Center of Nursing start-up funding provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1921 | 5 | 05/23/2005 | Wilkin | Medical treatment of minors consent provisions modified, parental access to minor's records authorized, and minor consent agreements provided. | ||
House | HF1881 | 1 | 03/16/2005 | Powell | Ambulance service provisions and first responder and emergency medical technician requirements modified, and emergency suspension of certain requirements provided. | ||
House | HF1873 | 3 | 04/06/2005 | Powell | MinnesotaCare provisions modified to align with practice. | ||
House | SF1869 | 7 | 05/13/2005 | 63 | Moe | Shared hospital or ambulance service purchasing provision modified. | |
House | HF1856 | 2 | 04/07/2005 | Tingelstad | Law enforcement teachers required to be licensed as peace officers. | ||
House | HF1847 | 2 | 04/11/2005 | Powell | Medical assistance special transportation services coverage criteria specified, special transportation reimbursement increased, prohibition on brokers to manage services extended, and review of special transportation services required. | ||
House | HF1783 | 1 | 03/14/2005 | Bradley | Child care assistance modified by limiting absence days. | ||
House | HF1728 | 1 | 03/10/2005 | Beard | Basic services regulation of telephone companies provided. | ||
House | HF1664 | 2 | 03/31/2005 | Buesgens | Racino; lottery gaming machines provided, contracting for placement of machines authorized, horse racing purse payments established, tax on machines and card club revenue imposed, and blackjack and other card games authorized. | ||
House | HF1574 | 2 | 03/09/2005 | Samuelson | Home care services reimbursement rates increased. | ||
House | HF1564 | 4 | 03/28/2006 | Erhardt | Diseased shade trees removal and replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1555 | 27 | 05/23/2005 | 150 | Powell | Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act and authority of out-of-state license holders modified, and emergency executive order provided. | |
House | HF1551 | 5 | 05/23/2005 | Holberg | Student survey notice requirements provided. | ||
House | HF1528 | 8 | 05/23/2005 | 140 | Gazelka | Claims practices regulated. | |
House | HF1507 | 23 | 05/23/2005 | 149 | Abeler | Quarantine and isolation provisions modified for persons exposed to or infected with a communicable disease. | |
House | HF1505 | 9 | 03/28/2006 | Brod | Vaccines containing mercury or mercury compounds prohibited. | ||
House | HF1465 | 3 | 03/14/2005 | Finstad | Long-term care provider liability limited, and medical malpractice insurance report required. | ||
House | HF1464 | 22 | 04/27/2006 | Dean | Medical actions against health care providers expert review regulated, and liability limits provided for certain nongovernment licensees and medical directors. | ||
House | HF1397 | 2 | 03/17/2005 | Cybart | State Patrol term prohibited in advertising for private detective or protective agent services. | ||
House | SF1368 | 8 | 05/19/2005 | 97 | Westrom | Energy provisions modified relating to transmission companies, wind energy, biomass, gas utilities, hydrogen, and biodiesel; and money appropriated. | |
House | HF1349 | 1 | 02/24/2005 | Abeler | Radiation therapy facility construction limitations expiration date removed. | ||
House | HF1347 | 1 | 02/24/2005 | Gunther | Automatic recovery of electricity transmission costs provided, high-voltage transmission line certification requirements modified, and stakeholder group established to study state certification process. | ||
House | HF1344 | 8 | 04/27/2005 | Westrom | Energy resource development provisions modified, public utilities regulated, local power quality zones authorized, community-based energy development tariff provided, studies and reports required, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1318 | 4 | 04/12/2006 | Atkins | Electronic mail messages regulated, and criminal penalties prescribed for false and deceptive commercial messages. | ||
House | HF1307 | 1 | 02/24/2005 | Erickson | Princeton nursing facility temporary rate increase authorized. | ||
House | HF1273 | 4 | 03/29/2005 | Demmer | Teacher contract negotiation during school year prohibited and January 15 contract settlement penalty repealed. | ||
House | HF1230 | 5 | 04/07/2005 | Holberg | Wireless telephone directories regulated to protect consumer privacy. | ||
House | HF1222 | 1 | 02/22/2005 | Powell | Metropolitan Radio Board and the Metropolitan 911 Board merger authorized. | ||
House | HF1218 | 1 | 02/22/2005 | Powell | Vehicle-monitoring device installation allowed in authorized emergency vehicles. | ||
House | HF1203 | 1 | 02/21/2005 | Abeler | Ramsey nursing home bed moratorium exception provided by allowing the relicensure and recertification of beds placed on layaway. | ||
House | HF1172 | 12 | 05/23/2005 | Olson | Local government state mandate opt-out provided. | ||
House | HF1156 | 4 | 03/17/2005 | Powell | State Patrol vehicle automatic external defibrillators funding provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1120 | 4 | 05/11/2006 | Ozment | State employee voluntary unpaid leave and early retirement options and incentives provided. | ||
House | HF1109 | 17 | 05/21/2005 | 110 | Smith | Firefighting training and education board revived and reenacted. | |
House | HF1087 | 5 | 04/24/2006 | Cox | Seat belt violation primary offense provided regardless of age in all seating positions, and fine increased. | ||
House | HF1086 | 5 | 03/21/2005 | Powell | School districts authorized to replace state shortfalls in special education funding with local levy authority, and local discretionary levy authorized. | ||
House | HF1074 | 1 | 02/16/2005 | Cybart | Family day care, child care center, or foster care license data classified as public in certain circumstances. | ||
House | SF1070 | 2 | 04/21/2006 | Powell | Seat belt violation primary offense imposed in all seating positions regardless of age, and seat belt violation fine increased. | ||
House | SF1057 | 11 | 05/20/2006 | 277 | Powell | Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association merged into the Teachers Retirement Association, postretirement adjustment calculation modified, contribution rates adjusted, postretirement adjustments limited, and money appropriated. | |
House | HF0995 | 9 | 05/21/2005 | Erhardt | Local government employee compensation limit repealed. | ||
House | SF0953 | 17 | 05/23/2005 | 169 | Erhardt | Local government employee compensation limit increased and indexed. | |
House | HF0952 | 11 | 05/11/2005 | Finstad | Abortion alternative grants and public information provided, "Positive Alternatives Act" adopted, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0938 | 1 | 02/10/2005 | Garofalo | Real estate document pilot project continuation, extension, validation, and Web posting provided. | ||
House | SF0917 | 17 | 05/23/2005 | 124 | Finstad | Abortion alternative grants provided, "Positive Alternatives Act" adopted, and money appropriated. | |
House | HF0914 | 17 | 04/27/2005 | Beard | Teacher retirement association additional benefit provided. | ||
House | HF0903 | 2 | 02/24/2005 | Sykora | Charter schools authorized to limit admission to chemically dependent students. | ||
House | HF0892 | 6 | 04/14/2005 | DeLaForest | Campaign material unauthorized removal prohibited, and penalty provided. | ||
House | HF0859 | 3 | 03/03/2005 | Holberg | Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority development of bus rapid transit in Cedar Avenue transitway corridor authorized. | ||
House | HF0854 | 12 | 05/09/2006 | Finstad | Licensed health care professional definition provided, and physical therapy licensing provisions modified. | ||
House | HF0850 | 1 | 02/07/2005 | Powell | Vehicle-monitoring device installation in certain vehicles authorized. | ||
House | HF0829 | 4 | 03/03/2005 | Peppin | Shaking infants and young children dangers education provided for parents, primary caregivers, and child care providers. | ||
House | HF0775 | 15 | 04/19/2005 | Bradley | Long-term care provider inflation adjustments provided. | ||
House | HF0725 | 1 | 02/03/2005 | Tingelstad | Metropolitan regional park acquisition and betterment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0659 | 4 | 03/01/2006 | Tingelstad | Adoption records access and services provided. | ||
House | HF0651 | 4 | 03/01/2006 | Powell | Ambulance service licensee nongovernment liability limits provided. | ||
House | HF0622 | 2 | 04/04/2005 | DeLaForest | Equal treatment of voters with disabilities provided, assistive voting equipment funding provided from the Help America Vote Act account, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0615 | 9 | 05/21/2005 | Klinzing | Nonprescription pain relief possession by secondary students authorized. | ||
House | HF0588 | 13 | 04/13/2005 | Wilkin | Small employer group health coverage flexible benefits plans authorized. | ||
House | HF0564 | 4 | 03/07/2005 | Holberg | Clean Indoor Air Act modified to preempt local regulation of smoking in public places, establishments allowing smoking required to register, criminal penalties imposed, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0541 | 3 | 02/07/2005 | Cybart | Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF0538 | 2 | 05/17/2005 | Peppin | Shaking infants and young children; education provided for parents, caregivers, and child care providers on the dangers of shaking infants and children, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0530 | 6 | 03/16/2006 | Wardlow | Child support services provisions modified. | ||
House | HF0521 | 2 | 02/07/2005 | Powell | Burnsville water treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0515 | 5 | 05/23/2005 | Holberg | Legislature size specified and legislative districts coordinated. | ||
House | HF0471 | 7 | 03/30/2006 | Atkins | Customer sales or service call center requirements imposed, and criminal penalty imposed. | ||
House | SF0467 | 7 | 05/02/2005 | 43 | Vandeveer | Washington County; Disabled Veterans Rest Camp on Big Marine Lake conditions and requirements provided, and property tax exemption provided. | |
House | HF0465 | 2 | 02/07/2005 | DeLaForest | Interfering with ambulance service personnel who are providing emergency care established as a crime. | ||
House | HF0463 | 4 | 03/16/2005 | Lenczewski | Casino; city approval of state-operated or state-licensed gambling facility required. | ||
House | HF0335 | 2 | 01/24/2005 | Cybart | Dakota County Technical College capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0323 | 2 | 01/24/2005 | Paulsen | Legislative sessions restricted to odd-numbered years. | ||
House | HF0319 | 8 | 03/17/2005 | Powell | Child restraint system required for motor vehicle passengers under nine years of age. | ||
House | HF0317 | 3 | 01/27/2005 | Blaine | Global War on Terrorism veterans bonus payment provided, bonds issued, and constitutional amendment proposed. | ||
House | HF0309 | 8 | 04/06/2005 | Zellers | Long-term care insurance income taxation credit adjusted. | ||
House | SF0298 | 2 | 03/16/2005 | Powell | Child restraint and booster seat system motor vehicle usage requirements expanded and public awareness campaign required. | ||
House | HF0291 | 5 | 02/24/2005 | Sykora | Community education facility levy authorized. | ||
House | HF0253 | 1 | 01/13/2005 | Hansen | South St. Paul landfill reclamation and parkland conversion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0241 | 10 | 04/11/2005 | Vandeveer | Public employers and contractors prohibited from forbidding employees from wearing an American flag patch or pin. | ||
House | HF0235 | 1 | 01/13/2005 | Otremba | Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act adopted, and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | SF0232 | 6 | 05/23/2005 | 126 | Klinzing | Nonprescription pain relief use and possession by secondary students authorized. | |
House | HF0229 | 8 | 03/14/2005 | Newman | Income tax checkoff provided to fund grants for members of the National Guard and reserves who have incurred financial need as a result of active service since 9/11, administration by the adjutant general authorized, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0226 | 4 | 03/17/2005 | Smith | Abortion notification data reporting required relating to abortions performed on a minor or specified other women. | ||
House | HF0118 | 7 | 05/23/2005 | Urdahl | Food manufacturers and sellers protected from legal actions taken against them to recover damages for alleged injury or weight gain resulting from consumption of food. | ||
House | HF0034 | 10 | 04/28/2005 | Vandeveer | Washington County; Disabled Veterans Rest Camp on Big Marine Lake excluded from the Big Marine Park Reserve, and veterans property protected from certain condemnation powers. | ||
House | HF0012 | 7 | 03/20/2006 | Rukavina | Minors prohibited from employment where liquor is served or consumed. | ||
House | HF0009 | 4 | 02/10/2005 | Wilkin | Consumer-driven health plan federal tax conformity provided. | ||
House | HF0007 | 9 | 01/27/2005 | Holberg | Motor vehicle sales tax proceeds dedicated to transportation, dedication phased in over a five-year period, and constitutional amendment proposed. | ||
House | HF0006 | 15 | 03/31/2005 | Severson | Marriage recognized as the union of one man and one woman only, and constitutional amendment proposed. | ||
House | HF0005 | 8 | 02/10/2005 | Hamilton | Basic education formula allowance increased. | ||
House | HF0004 | 4 | 01/20/2005 | Johnson, J. | Methamphetamine precursor drug sales regulated, reporting of suspicious activity authorized, education program for retailers required, criminal penalties increased, violent crime definition expanded, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0002 | 7 | 01/24/2005 | Bradley | Consumer-driven health plans and health plan efficiency encouraged, health care cost containment implemented, government mandates reduced, health maintenance organization regulatory authority changed, and malpractice liability reformed. |