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House approves expanded spinal-cord and brain-injury fund with new OHV, motorcycle fee
Summary
The House passed a second substitute to House Bill 359, expanding the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund, adding a 50¢ registration fee on off-highway vehicles and motorcycles to increase funding for early-intervention rehabilitation. The measure passed 56-18 and will go to the Senate.
Representative Hutchings, sponsor of the bill, told the House that the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund — created in 2012 with general fund support and fees — provides early-intervention rehabilitative services that have both improved outcomes and reduced long-term costs. “This is a fund of last resort. You have to jump through every other hoop,” Hutchings said, describing the program’s…
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