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In 1995, Blee was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Assemblyman John Gaffney in the New Jersey General Assembly from District 2 in Atlantic County . Blee sponsored legislation which established the nation's first statewide screening and education program for the insidious Hepatitis C virus. This bill was signed into law by Governor Of New Jersey Christine Whitman in 1998. Blee also sponsored legislation establishing a 15-member Drug Utilization Review Board which has review authority with respect to the Medicaid program, New Jersey's Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD) program, the AIDS drug distribution program and any other State and federally funded pharmaceutical benefits program. The board reviews and evaluates these pharmaceutical benefit programs to make certain they are operating efficiently. Assemblyman Blee sponsored the "Senior Gold Prescription Drug Discount Act" which significantly increases the income eligibility level for Seniors to qualify for prescription drug coverage, allowing over 100,000 previously ineligible seniors to participate in this program. Assemblyman Blee served on the Absecon City Council from 1991-1995, serving as Absecon's youngest ever Council President from 1992-1993. Blee graduated with a B.A. from Dickinson College in Political Science and received a D.C. from Life Chiropractic College (now Life University ). DISTRICT 2 Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly . The other representatives from the 2nd Legislative District for the 2006-2008 session are:
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