Blue Cross and Blue Shield found to be adequate
Colorado officials report the Blue Cross and Blue Shield programs are operating adequately with 17 recommendations for Blue Cross and 18 for Blue Shield. Key issues include record keeping, disclosure of conflicts, and procedures to handle unpaid claims and duplicate payments. The audit covers 1868 to 1931 and cites high turnover in the claims unit as a factor in errors. A Colorado inmate escape reported at Canon City Prison follows this item.
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Carl Hilliard
Associated Press
Denver
Colorado Hospital Service
Colorado Medical Service Inc
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
J. Richard Barnes
Barnes
Colorado
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Kaiser Plan
Hospital Service Inc
Fort Collins
Canon City
Colo
Here
George L. Banker
Imaginary horror tale tests traffic bill's reach in Colorado
Democrat Roger Cisneros described a fictional Denver man Joe to illustrate how a sweeping traffic offenses bill could cascade from a single DUI to license suspension and eventual ruin. The Senate approved the bill 23 to 9 despite the cautionary tale.
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Gordon G. Gauss
Associated Press
Colorado Senate
Roger Cisneros
Ine Schieffelin
R-Lakewood
Joe
Denver
Cisdéros
Jne
Lakewood
Department of Revenue
Ile
Cisneros
Senate
Jordan River Pollution Fear Prompts Urgent Action
The Knesset Ecology Committee chair Joseph Tamir warned that without new legislation the Jordan River, Israel's main irrigation reservoir, could be polluted within a year or two, potentially triggering a national water crisis.
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Knesset
Israal
Jordan
Joseph Tamir
Knesset Ecology Committee
Mountains Return on Colorado License Plates
Colorado license plates for 1974 will feature mountain imagery and the word Colorful. For 1975 and 1976 plates the colors will be red, white and blue and include Centennial to highlight Colorado’s 100th anniversary in 1976. The Senate gave preliminary approval and will vote again Friday. the House already approved with Senate amendments to review.
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Denver
Colorado
Senate
House
Leek blasts veteran tuition waiver estimate in Colorado
In Denver, Ed Leek of the United Veterans Committee grilled the Colorado CCHE cost estimates for veteran tuition waivers. He cited figures pegged at 2.2 million to 12.6 million and challenged the Metropolitan State veteran counts, urging closer alignment with VA data as Senate Education Committee hearings continued with no action.
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Cary
Hilliard Associated Press
Denver
Colorado Commission On Higher Education
United Veterans Committee
Senate Education Committee
Ed Leek
Veterans Group
Colorado
North Vietnam
Hugh Fowler
Leek
Ted Strickland
Westminster
Frank Abbott
CCHE
Executive Budget Office
Lee
Bridget
Veterans “Administration
Colorado Senate toughens penalties for narcotics robberies
In Denver the Colorado Senate gave final approval to a bill stiffening penalties for drugstore robberies to obtain narcotics. The measure would classify such crimes as a Class 1 felony with a possible life imprisonment. The bill also aligned narcotic definitions with federal law.
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Denver
Colorado
Senate
Ted Strickland
Westminster
Kenneth Kinnie
Rhulesbury
Strickland
Ray Kogovsek
D-Pueblo
Pred Anderson
Loveland
Hank Brown
Grevley
Anderson
Allen Dines
Colorado Senate approves 2.8 million remedial reading measure
The Education Committee approved SB184 to expand proven remedial reading pilot programs, costing an estimated 6.9 million for a full school year. The state would pay 3 dollars per student, with districts covering about 140 dollars per pupil. Officials say earlier reading reforms were shelved. Also approved was a tuition guideline bill for Colorado colleges and universities. Highway tax receipts for February totaled over 47 million, with distributions to state and local entities.
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Denver
Colorado Senate
Sen
Hugh Fowler
R-Littleton
Fowler
Appropriations Committee
Colorado
Senate Approves Reporter Shield Measure In Colorado
The Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval 22 to 6 on a reporter shield bill shielding journalists from contempt for refusing to disclose sources or information. Debate lasted over an hour with two amendments rejected, sending the measure toward a final Senate vote and possible House action.
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Py Rater
dNta
Gauss
Associated Press
Wilter Denver
Colorado
Senate
House of Representatives
Joe Shoemaker
Denver
John Bermingham
Bermingham
Hu Wis
Court of Appeals
Identification required in sales to pawn shops
DENVER AP Finger prints or social security numbers and drivers licenses with photographs will be required of persons selling items to local pawn shops, to be implemented by the end of March. Sellers must fill a detailed form proving ownership, duration of ownership, and whether the item was found or how acquired.
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Denver
Dale Tooley
Tooley
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