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Bill to bar post-accident solicitation by medical providers fails after members cite overbreadth concerns
Summary
House Bill 12 37, which would have prohibited certain solicitation of injured individuals by medical providers, failed on the floor after members raised concerns about scope, social-media advertising, natural-disaster responses and possible unintended consequences.
The Arkansas House of Representatives on the floor voted down House Bill 12 37, a measure that would have prohibited medical professionals from soliciting recently injured individuals and imposed penalties for violations. The measure failed on a recorded vote of 40 yays, 36 nays and 13 present.
Representative Jay Richardson, the bill sponsor, said the measure was designed to protect accident victims from direct solicitation immediately…
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