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Rules Committee reports House Resolution 117 after 18-15 votes on amendment and final report
Summary
The Rules Committee voted 18-15 to adopt Amendment A00220 to House Resolution 117 (Printer's No. 955) and then reported the resolution out of committee as amended by the same margin. Debate centered on language in the amendment and whether it cast aspersions on current health providers while recognizing documented racial disparities.
The Rules Committee voted to adopt Amendment A00220 to House Resolution 117 (Printer's No. 955) and then reported the resolution out of committee, with both votes recorded at 18 in favor and 15 opposed.
Committee members debated the language of the amendment, which the chair described as adding references to official studies and deleting a paragraph from the resolution. Some members said the amended language was intended to acknowledge documented disparities in maternal care; others said parts of the language could be read as casting a cloud over current providers serving underserved communities.
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