Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Hearings On Bills Today

All the talk on Beacon Hill has been about the budget, but today some other matters get their day, as three committees hold hearings on new bills.

First up is Public Health, at 10:00. Initial steps on regionalization of public health services will be discussed, among other things.

At 10:30 Children and Families looks at a slate of proposals, mostly concerning the beleaguered Department of Social Services.

And at 1:30, Financial Services hears testimony on insurance-regulation bills, mostly concerning the always-contentious realm of automobile coverage.

The list of bills is here, although to read the texts you'll have to enter the bill numbers at the Senate or House search engines.

Tomorrow's hearings include Public Service on state employee retiree benefits, and Veterans and Federal Affairs on the Department of Veterans Services.

4/4/2007 10:26:39 AM by David S. Bernstein | Comments [1] |

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:44:37 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

The most idiotic reform is that proposed by Rep. Moran AND OTHERS to ban race, employment and education level as factors in determining insurance. Since NONE of these is a factor now, and race as a factor was explicitly banned fifty years ago, ANYONE who co-signed this bill is a fool.

The second prize goes to Reps. Marzilli and Scortino jointly, for their proposal for pay-per-mile insurance. For those of us outside Boston, in areas without public transportation, this is a travesty. Let's make that one Suffolk County only, shall we?

Peter Porcupine

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