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Committee reports five health bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations
Summary
During executive session the Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee moved five bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations. All recorded roll-call tallies in the hearing record were 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.
In executive session March 25, the Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee reported five bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations. The bills and committee actions recorded in the hearing transcript were:
- Substitute Senate Bill 5,124 — network adequacy standards for post-acute care (nursing homes and inpatient rehabilitation facilities). Moved by Vice Chair Lakanoff; amendment week 042 was adopted; committee recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused. The committee report language was “do pass as amended.”
- Gross Substitute Senate Bill 5,200 — exemption from adult family home licensure requirements for medical foster homes. Moved by Vice Chair; committee recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.
- Substitute Senate Bill 5,351 — provisions on dental-only insurance and same-day reimbursement issues; recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.
- Senate Bill 5,361 — delays the implementation date for managed-care transition to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria, fourth edition, from Jan. 1, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2028; recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.
- Senate Bill 5,498 — removes the refill-only restriction to permit 12-month contraceptive supply coverage; recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.
Each motion in the record was moved and seconded and the committee used expedited voice roll calls and staff-announced tallies. Committee members commented in support on policy goals — network adequacy for post-acute care, expanding medical foster options, improving dental coverage, maintaining quality standards for addiction-treatment criteria while delaying implementation for budget reasons, and increasing access to contraceptive supplies. The committee’s final recorded votes for these items were unanimous among members present according to the transcript’s roll-call tallies.
