"The nursing home industry is very powerful in Jefferson City," said Tim Harlan, D-Columbia. "Anytime there is an attempt to provide more protection for senior citizens or more accountability for the spending of public dollars, we know that there will be opposition from the nursing home industry."
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri House is scheduled to continue debate on a mental health parity bill, sponsored by Columbia representatives Vicky Riback Wilson and Tim Harlan.
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri House is scheduled to continue debate today on a mental health parity bill sponsored by Columbia representatives Vicky Riback Wilson and Tim Harlan.
JEFFERSON CITY - Columbia representatives Vicky Riback Wilson and Tim Harlan were set on Thursday to file a bill eradicating what they call the discrepancies between insurance policies for physical and mental problems.
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said he supported the bill. "I think it's a good idea," he said. "In view of the changes we've had in DNA evidence, I think these changes are appropriate."
Beebe, for example, is running for Arkansas state attorney general. On Wednesday, Reps. Tim Harlan and Chuck Graham, both Columbia Democrats facing term limits during the next few years, announced they are planning to run for the same state Senate seat in 2004.
Reps. Chuck Graham and Tim Harlan, both D-Columbia, said Wednesday that they plan to run for the same Senate seat in 2004, currently occupied by Ken Jacob. Graham has represented the area since 1997, so term limits will make 2004 his last possible year in the House. Harlan has represented the area since 1994, making this his last year in the House.
Rep. Vicky Riback Wilson, D-Columbia, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for Health and Mental Health, was set to file a mental-health parity bill Thursday. Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, is the primary co-sponsor of the bill.
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said a main issue for Columbia will be the state budget and university funding. Rep. Vicky Riback Wilson, D- Columbia, voiced similar concerns. "It's tough," she said. "We'll do what we can to see that MU has what it needs, but it's not going to have it all."
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