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Conferees consider nursing-home provisions in SB118; Senate resists adding therapeutic-cannabis language
Summary
A conference on SB118 covered DHHS-requested nursing-home changes and a late addition to allow therapeutic-cannabis cultivation; the Senate said it would not accept cannabis language attached to a bill focused on nursing-home funding and operations.
A committee of conference convened at 11:00 a.m. to consider Senate Bill 118, which includes several Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requests related to nursing-home residents and Hampstead Hospital.
Senator Susan Bridal, the bill sponsor, told conferees SB118 would allow the personal-needs allowance for nursing-home residents to reflect annual Social Security increases rather than a five-year schedule,…
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