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Health Care & Wellness Committee advances seven health bills; one deferred
Summary
The committee reported six bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations, deferred one for further work, and adopted amendments on two measures dealing with contract communications and continuing care retirement communities.
The Health Care & Wellness Committee met April 1 and reported six bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations, deferred one bill for further work, and adopted amendments on two measures that change contract-notice rules and strengthen disclosure for continuing care retirement communities.
The committee's action moved forward substitute Senate Bill 5239 (medical record retention), engrossed second substitute Senate Bill 5337 (certification requirement for memory care units), Senate Bill 5455 (Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment updates), substitute Senate Bill 5493 (hospital price transparency aligned to federal rules as of Jan. 1, 2025), substitute Senate Bill 5579 (limits on public statements about potential contract terminations; amended), and substitute Senate Bill 5691 (registered continuing care retirement communities; amended). Substitute Senate Bill 5594 (biosimilar medications) was deferred for further work.
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