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Senate committee reviews S.2 to codify Office of Health Equity; fiscal impact to be clarified
Summary
The Senate Government Operations committee examined S.2, a bill to statutorily place an existing Office of Health Equity inside the Department of Health and define the executive director’s duties, and asked staff to check potential budget implications with the Joint Fiscal Office.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Tuesday reviewed S.2, legislation that would formally establish the Office of Health Equity within the Department of Health and spell out the executive director’s duties.
Committee discussion centered on cleanup of temporary language, the office’s statutory placement and leadership, and whether the bill’s July 1, 2025, effective date could pose a budget complication. A legislative staff member summarized the measure as “look[ing] back and do[ing] some cleanup” of earlier time-limited provisions and described the bill as the step that would “giv[e] birth to it statutorily.”
The bill text, as described in committee, would: locate the…
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