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Votes at a glance: committee approves several health and welfare measures, rejects pediatric care waiver
Summary
The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee held a series of voice votes on multiple measures affecting Medicaid waivers, insurance coverage for obesity medications, tire-recycling rules and food‑assistance eligibility, approving several bills and defeating a proposed pediatric extended-care pilot.
The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted on several bills during the session, advancing some measures and rejecting others.
Concurrence and amendments
The committee voted to concur in an amendment to House Bill 1468, a technical change requested by the attorney general that excludes actions brought by the attorney general from a provision affecting deceptive trade-practice enforcement. The motion to concur carried on voice vote.
Bills passed
House Bill 1332: Representative Aaron Pilkington’s rewritten bill — now an amendment that requires the Department of Human Services to track obesity-related care and…
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