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Votes at a glance: Health & Welfare committee approves multiple rule dockets aligning rules with contracts, consolidations and fee updates
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a package of administrative-rule dockets by voice vote, including consolidations, fee updates, Medicaid chapter revisions and the removal of department-as-provider language following a state contract shift to Magellan.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved multiple administrative-rule dockets by voice vote during its session. Most dockets were described by department staff as either zero-based-review (ZBR) cleanups, consolidations, or repeals to align rules with statutory or contract changes. The motions and outcomes recorded on the transcript are summarized below.
Summary of dockets and committee action (voice votes unless otherwise noted):
- Docket 16132401: EMS chapter repeal (remaining chapter consolidated into an approved chapter). Motion to approve carried on a voice vote. - Docket 162122401: Newborn screening ZBR review (removes outdated/duplicative language; internal lab obligations mostly changed from "must" to "should" in internal-facing rules); committee discussion included questions about consent and a…
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