Committee Endorses Patient Fund, Finance Panel Also Spawns Tobacco, Video Lottery Bills

Charleston Daily Mail › March 02, 2004

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The House Finance Committee has endorsed a measure that would impose a tax on doctors to fund a new state program to compensate victims of medical malpractice or their survivors.

With the regular session heading toward its final two weeks, the committee on Friday also originated and advanced a bill that would halve to five the number of video lottery machines allowed in fraternal clubs.

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Committee Endorses Patient Fund, Finance Panel Also Spawns Tobacco, Video Lottery Bills

A third committee bill would lay claim to the $196 million "bonus" won by the attorney general's office for its pioneering lawsuit against th...

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