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Transcript: TEEN SMOKING BILL PASSES WITH D'AMATO/MURKOWSKI BREAST CANCER PATIENT PROTECTION AMENDMENT
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- May 14, 1998
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For Immediate Release: Contact: Chuck Kleeschulte or Cindi Bookout
May
14, 1998 O (202) 224-9306, H (301) 283-4149; O 224-8767
TEEN SMOKING BILL PASSES WITH D'AMATO/MURKOWSKI BREAST CANCER PATIENT
PROTECTION
AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON -- With Alaska Sen. Prank Murkowski in support, the Senate
Finance
Committee today approved legislation aimed at reducing teen smoking
clearing
the way for the bill to be considered by the full Senate next week.
The Senate panel approved an amendment that will require physicians
and
not insurance companies to determine the length of stay of a mastectomy
patient in the hospital after breast cancer surgery. The bill also
ensures
that ...