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Committee advances gubernatorial appointments and sends three health-related bills to rules with recommendations
Summary
In executive session on March 14, the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee recommended confirmation of four gubernatorial appointees to the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission and advanced three bills to the Rules Committee, including one as amended with an added pharmacy technician seat.
During an executive session on March 14, the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee moved to report four gubernatorial appointments to the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission with a recommendation for confirmation and took action to advance three bills to the Rules Committee.
The committee voted (voice vote) to report the gubernatorial appointments for Stephanie Barton, Huey Yu, Patrick Gallagher, and Hawkins de France to the Senate with a recommendation that the appointments be confirmed. The motion was made and seconded on the floor and approved by voice vote; the record notes the recommendation is "subject to signatures." No roll-call vote was recorded in the public transcript.
On House Bill 1009, which would adjust membership of the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission, committee staff described a striking amendment S-2325.1 that increases the commission’s membership from 15 to 16 and adds one additional pharmacy technician member (for a total of two pharmacy technician members). The committee adopted the striking amendment by voice vote and then voted to send the bill as amended to the Rules Committee with a due-pass recommendation; the record shows voice approval.
The committee also moved that substitute House Bill 1706, concerning alignment of application programming interfaces for prior authorization with federal guidance, receive a 2nd-pass recommendation to Rules. The committee recorded a voice vote in favor. Finally, substitute House Bill 1720, which expands the types of medication assistance allowed in community-based care settings, was moved and approved to be sent to Rules with a due-pass recommendation. All three bills were recorded as "passed, subject to signatures" in the committee minutes.
Committee staff briefed members on the gubernatorial appointments and the bills before the executive session; no amendments beyond S-2325.1 were recorded and the actions were taken by voice vote without a roll-call tally in the public transcript. The committee adjourned after completing the recorded actions.
