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May
26,
2009 -- 5:45pm EDT
Breaking News -- Texas Senate Passes Calcium
Scoring Bill
On Saturday May 23, the Texas State Senate passed
the Texas Heart Attack Preventive Screening Bill (HR 1290) by a vote
of 26-5. This is significant because it mandates insurers in Texas
to cover Calcium Scoring, the first legislature to do so. There was
some controversy
back in March when this bill was being discussed, but it has now
passed. More details shortly.
Late update: Leaders of the Society for Heart
Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE)
have issued a press
release explaining how this legislation will benefit
patients and reduce costs. They are urging Texas Governor Rick Perry to
sign the bill into law.
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