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make sure they have completed training and check whether they have been convicted of crimes. Registration would cost $50.
• In an email earlier this month South Dakota Insurance Director Merle Scheiber said the Division of Insurance was not able to prepare for the bill before its passage. The division would not likely have been able to set up the regulatory framework required by the bill before March, according the same email.
• On March 31, open enrollment ends on the online insurance marketplaces, also called exchanges.
• The federal government has provided some regulations for navigators already. And critics of the bill have said it would have added red tape to the process.
• After the hearing, Novstrup said, "In South Dakota we don't believe in excess regulation. We believe in appropriate regulation."
• He said he hasn't identified what regulations would be appropriate for the potential risk posed by navigators.
• Novstrup said he may bring this legislation back next year.
• "I see this as an opportunity for the state to exercise its 10th Amendment right," he said, which leaves states and individual people all powers not delegated to the federal government.
• Two committee members voted to pass the measure on to the House, despite Novstrup's request. It was defeated 5-2.
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SD lawmakers reject abortion ban for Down syndrome
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A measure that would have banned aborting fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome was rejected by a South Dakota legislative committee Thursday, with lawmakers saying it could jeopardize the state's legal defense of abortion restrictions passed in previous years.
• Lawmakers on either side of the issue joined to defeat the bill despite an emotional plea from its sponsor, Rep. Isaac Latterell, R-Tea, who talked about his love for his two sisters, Eva and Grace, who have the genetic disorder.
• "I hope you can see what a treasure my sisters are and how much they can teach us about what is truly important in life," Latterell said. "We must stop killing children simply because they have Down syndrome before they even have a chance to shower us with their love, as Eva and Grace have with me."
• The House and Human Services Committee voted 8-4 to scrap the measure after a vote to pass it ended in a 6-6 tie.
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