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Senate committee unanimously backs bill to repeal COVID testing requirement for long‑term care new hires and admissions
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to give a do‑pass recommendation to House Bill 645, which removes a pandemic‑era requirement to test all new hires and new admissions to long‑term care settings for COVID‑19.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to give a do‑pass recommendation to House Bill 645, which would repeal a pandemic‑era requirement to test new hires and new admissions to long‑term care facilities for COVID‑19.
Representative LaHood, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the testing requirement was added as an amendment to House Bill 987 during the 2020 pandemic response and was…
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