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Conference stalls on several Senate amendments to HB 243 FN after privacy and process disputes
Summary
Senate and House conferees debated multiple Senate amendments to HB 243 FN — including changes to the maternal mortality review process, an EV charging-station inspection program, and acceptance of portraits into the State House — and left the disputed provisions unresolved; the House caucus opted to retain underlying provisions for further work.
Conferees met on the senate-amended version of House Bill 243 FN and debated three distinct sections added or changed by the Senate: revisions to the maternal mortality review process, a new inspection and fee structure for electric vehicle charging stations, and a provision directing acceptance and placement of portraits in the State House.
Representative Erica Leon (House) told the conference she objected to several policy changes to the maternal mortality review process adopted in the senate version. Leon said the bill’s new public-health definition would “destroy the data we are collecting” by changing how maternal deaths are defined and by folding accidental and incidental causes into a broadly rewritten definition. She also objected to language that would…
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