Political People & Events

State Rep. Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, has been named vice chairman of the Standing Committee on Health of the National Conference of State Legislatures. In the 2006 legislative session, Steele worked to advance historic legislation to replace the state's Medicaid program with a new patient empowerment system. Steele said the new system replaces one that was "one size fits all" with one that is tailored to each patient's needs.

The Oklahoma College Savings Task Force will hold its first meeting Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Room 511A at the Capitol. State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, who authored the legislation creating the task force, said, "If we can get more families to save for children's college education, it will make a dramatic difference in the future prosperity of Oklahoma." The task force plans to work to increase the number of low-to-moderate income families that use a state savings account program and encourage parents to put larger deposits into those accounts.

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