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Wyoming committee rejects Medical Ethics Defense Act 2 after amendment cleared
Summary
The Labor, Health & Social Services Committee approved an amendment striking complaint-timing and penalty language from House Bill 222 but ultimately voted 2–3 against advancing the bill as amended.
The Labor, Health & Social Services Committee voted 2–3 on a roll call and did not advance House Bill 222, the "Medical Ethics Defense Act 2," after approving an amendment that struck a subsection of the bill.
Representative Altman, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure "is not to discriminate negatively towards anyone, but to be a very positive move and to bring very qualified health care professionals into our state," and asked members for an aye vote. Altman also said she first introduced a version of the measure four years ago and that it has been revised in subsequent sessions.
Committee members debated…
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