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Senate committee advances amended bill on 340B hospital transparency after contentious amendments
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted to advance an amended version of Senate Bill 124, removing provisions that conflicted with an earlier bill and keeping reporting and enforcement sections to preserve transparency requirements for 340B program recipients.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee advanced Senate Bill 124 as amended Tuesday, sending the measure to the next stage of legislative consideration after a protracted amendment phase and divided vote.
Senator Zachary Weisman, sponsor of the amendment, said the change was intended to resolve direct conflicts between SB124 and related legislation, and to preserve key reporting and enforcement language. “With this amendment, I think that there is a lot to commend onward progress of 124 out of this committee and on to second reading,” Weisman said during the amendment discussion.
The amendment identified in committee as L‑8 removes subsections from pages described in the draft that the…
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