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House committee sends repeal of 'Yellow Dot' program to the floor
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The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 80, which would repeal the state's Yellow Dot program chapter, to the full House with a do-pass recommendation after lawmakers debated whether the program had been used by first responders.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 80 to the full House with a do-pass recommendation after members said the state’s Yellow Dot program had seen little use.
Representative Heather Scott, R., District 2, told the committee that House Bill 80 would repeal the statute establishing the Yellow Dot program. "This was an unnecessary government initiative to distribute kits to citizens in order to collect information on their medical information to try to help with first responders," Scott said, adding later…
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