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Votes at a glance: Health & Welfare committee advances multiple bills, sends several to finance and calendar
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced multiple bills on May 20, routing some measures to Finance for fiscal review and placing others on the Senate calendar or referring them to Commerce.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee considered multiple bills and budget items in a single session and recorded a series of roll‑call outcomes. Several measures were advanced to the Finance Committee for fiscal review, while others were placed on the Senate calendar or referred to Commerce.
Key roll calls and formal actions recorded during the meeting:
- Senate Bill 747 (renewal of ground ambulance assessment with amendment changing payment timing from 30 to 45 days): amendment adopted; bill sent to Finance (roll call recorded 9 ayes). Sponsor: Sen. Yeager.
- Senate Bill 748 (increase reimbursement for ground nonemergency ambulance runs from 67.5% of Medicaid rate to 100%): motion carried; bill sent to Finance (roll call recorded 9 ayes). Sponsor: Sen. Yeager.
- Senate Bill 1198 (restoring critical‑access hospital designation for Perry County and Decatur County hospitals): motion carried; went to calendar (recorded ayes on roll call). Sponsor: Sen. Jackson.
- Senate Bill 210 (Save the Rural Ambulance Act / reimbursement-update measure introduced by Sen. Jackson later in the hearing): motion carried; referred to Commerce (roll call recorded 7 ayes in committee). Sponsor: Sen. Jackson.
- Senate Bill 1385 (amendment and adoption regarding lab supervisor on-premises hours): amendment adopted, bill sent to calendar (roll call recorded ayes).
- Senate Bill 282 (individualized investigational treatment; right‑to‑try–style language): amendment adopted; bill passed out of committee to calendar with recorded tally 8 ayes, 1 no.
- Senate Bill 1269 (statutory updates to align department name to Department of Disability and Aging and record-keeping clarifications): bill passed to calendar (roll call recorded 9 ayes).
- Senate Bill 1283 (adds hepatitis C screening and additional syphilis testing in pregnancy): bill passed to calendar (roll call recorded 8 ayes, 1 present/not voting).
- Senate Bill 1284 (health-care oversight, disciplinary and records provisions): bill passed to calendar (roll call recorded 8 ayes, 1 no).
- Senate Bill 955 (Medical Ethics Defense Act protecting conscientious objectors among health professionals): amendment adopted; bill passed to calendar (roll call recorded 7 ayes, 1 no).
Committee budget items and other formal actions:
- Commission on Children and Youth budget: committee voted to send a letter to Finance asking that CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) funding be held harmless and to include funding for four new Safe Baby Court‑associated CASA programs (motion passed; committee instructed staff to send letter to Finance signed by committee members).
- The committee took up departmental budgets (Department of Disability and Aging and Health Facilities Commission). Both departments presented line‑item requests and answered members’ questions. Budget items were forwarded to Finance according to committee practice (roll-call outcomes recorded in session notes).
Votes were taken by roll call for each measure; the committee recorded final tallies and routing instructions (finance, calendar, commerce) as shown above. Where the committee adopted an amendment on a bill, the amendment text was noted on the record and the amended bill advanced.
