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John Bel Edwards: “I say to my colleague that if there is already a law in place that covers this issue, it seems as a matter of procedure…”

On the recordJune 28, 2001
I say to my colleague that if there is already a law in place that covers this issue, it seems as a matter of procedure that the appropriate thing to do would be to amend the already existing law that covers the subject matter, as opposed to adding this measure to an HMO reform piece of legislation. So I guess, just as a matter of orderly process, that would make sense to me.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing legislative procedure regarding HMO reform and existing laws.

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