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On Tuesday the Senate voted down the Electronic Medical Records Act, HB 37, which was part of the governor's Health Care package. The bill, which passed the House 51-10, was supposed to pass easily. But in the Senate, it wasn't even close. The vote was 13 in favor, 23 against.
Also going down in flames was Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino's SB 474, which would have required insurance companies to disclose more information to consumers about the price of policies. The bill was amended to remove the enacting clause, which means it couldn't have become law even if it passed. Ortiz y Pino said opponents made confetti.
But here's some good news: The flowers in front of Room 300 -- which is part of a memorial to the late Corinne Wolf, who was champion of human service causes -- were returned. There is goodness in this world.
