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House Health and Welfare committee sends five bills to the House floor with due-pass recommendations
Summary
At its 9:00 a.m. meeting the House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send five bills — covering refugee Medicaid rules, code cleanup, provider scope, laboratory rules and tobacco/clean-air rules — to the full House with due-pass recommendations after limited debate and little public testimony.
At its 9:00 a.m. meeting the House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send five bills to the full House with due-pass recommendations: House Bill 199, House Bill 91, House Bill 110, House Bill 198 and House Bill 133.
The measures moved forward after brief presentations and limited questions. Most items were described by sponsors as routine “move rules into statute” cleanups or clarifications of existing policy; only House Bill 110 prompted extended technical questioning about scope-of-practice boundaries.
Representative John Vandewada, sponsor of House Bill 199 (medical assistance for refugees), told the committee, “House Bill 199 basically takes the section of rules and puts them into statutes in regards to the refugee Medicaid, medical assistance act and then deletes the rules out of the rule section and…
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