 ccrp state healthcare exchange committee hearing news from 112912  we attended the house health policy standing committee this morning where they were considering the reporting out of committee sb 693 that has already passed the senate testimony was given before the committee from the governor s office and from various groups and individuals both pro and con the state healthcare exchange bill had two bills tiebarred to it in the house both dealing with abortion the democrats attempted to remove the tie barred bills but the motion was defeated by a 12 to 4 vote the reporting of the state healthcare exchange bill out of committee was also defeated by a vote of 9 to 4 with 3 abstentions with the provision that it be up for reconsideration on the next legislative session day the bill will probably come up or reconsideration early next week at this point the fight isn t over and the governor is working hard at getting the state healthcare exchange passed before the end of this legislative session representative opsommer who is on this committee voted against it and is working for its ultimate defeat if the bill doesn t get reported out of committee speaker bolger can force it out for consideration by the whole house this is a possibility if he gets enough pressure from the governor rsquo s office and lobbyists if you are not in favor of the passage of the state healthcare exchange feel free to contact the members of the house health policy standing committee and let them know your opinion health policy committee members gail haines r committee chair 43rd district mike callton r majority vicechair 87th district paul e opsommer r 93rd district kenneth kurtz r 58th district wayne a schmidt r 104th district mike shirkey r 65th district thomas b hooker r 77th district matt huuki r 110th district paul muxlow r 83rd district ken yonker r 72nd district holly hughes r 91st district joseph graves r 51st district lesia liss d minority vicechair 28th district thomas stallworth iii d 8th district george t darany d 15th district kate segal d 62nd district jimmy womack d 7th district marcia hoveywright d 92nd district tim greimel d 29th district  2012 all emails addresses  