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| | The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will hold a joint hearing | 
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| | with the Senate Committee on State Affairs on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 | 
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| | at 9:30 a.m. in the Senate Chamber. | 
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| | The Committees will hear invited and public testimony on Joint Interim | 
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| | Charge #1 relating to examining and making recommendations regarding the | 
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| | state's role in regulating pharmacy benefit managers; and Joint Interim | 
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| | Charge #2 relating to studying how to reduce dependence on Medicaid for | 
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| | the provision oh long-term care, increasing the use of end-of-life | 
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| | planning, and encouraging innovation in nursing facilities. | 
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