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House amends health‑care access task force to add consumer seats, extend term
Summary
Lawmakers amended Senate Bill 143 to add consumer representation, give the governor appointment flexibility and extend the task force’s termination date to March 31; members also substituted the Department of Health seat for a nurses‑association seat by amendment.
Representative Jones proposed floor amendments to Senate Bill 143, the Access to Health Care Task Force bill, asking that the governor be authorized to appoint four members representing people with expertise or interest in the health care needs of the medically insured and increasing overall membership from 20 to 21. Jones said the change aims to add consumer and employee representation to a task force that otherwise “is primarily composed of government people,…
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