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Parkinson group working in cooperation with UNMC and Creighton University were able to have a bill introduced in the state legislature to request funding for a Parkinsons Disease (and related movement disorders) registry in Nebraska. The bill was initially opposed by the state pharmacists group (paperwork involved to report prescriptions). the physicians lobbyist: paperwork involved reporting patient diagnosis/visit; and the hospitals lobbyist: paperwork involved reporting patient admission. Pharmacists eventually agreed to support bill, but it died in committee. Basic premise on all parts of opposition is if we agree to do this with one disease, we will open the door to do it with all others. Let's not add more paperwork to our stacks. (necessary to have pharmacy, doctor and hospital reporting because patients treated by doctor instate receive prescriptions by mail order out of state; patients treated out of state for their PD may or may not buy drugs in state; and those hospitalized may not be treated by in state physician for parkinsonism.) As an agriculturally oriented state, it is believed this registry could have proven to be very useful. Rita Weeks