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Senate committee hears Matthew Fast Act to screen and flag veterans in civilian health care
Summary
Senate Bill 740 would require Maryland health-care facilities to identify veterans, service members and their families as a vulnerable population for screening and data collection, the sponsor said, to catch service-related conditions earlier in civilian care settings.
Senate Bill 740, the Sergeant First Class Matthew Fast Act, would require Maryland health-care facilities to systematically identify and respond to the needs of veterans, service members and their families in civilian health-care settings.
Sen. William Foulden (presenting) described the measure as a response to a preventable loss: his testimony said Matthew Fast, who served in the military and later as a police officer, died at age 29 from an undetected heart condition that the sponsor tied to military exposures. Foulden and Jessica Fast, Matthew's widow,…
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