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Senate committee clears a package of public-health bills; several measures passed by voice vote
Summary
The Senate Public Health Committee passed a set of bills including dementia training for assisted living, protections for 14(c) supported-employment programs, CGMs as a pharmacy benefit, newborn and postpartum screening measures, pharmacist dispensing of PrEP/PEP, a petroleum tank trust-fund increase, a boiler-inspection timing bill, and a packaging resolution; two notable bills failed for lack of a second (behavior-analyst licensure and expanded "no patient left alone").
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee completed a full agenda of health and welfare legislation, passing a group of largely noncontroversial measures by voice vote and tabling or allowing two measures to fail for lack of a second.
Passed bills and key points:
- HB 1518 (passed): Requires four hours of initial dementia training and two hours of continuing education for direct-care staff in assisted-living facilities and directs the state to update relevant assisted-living rules. Sponsor Representative Julie Mayberry and David Cook of the Alzheimer's Association said most providers already train staff and that free training options will be available.
- HB 1546 (passed): Protects 14(c) supported-employment programs in Arkansas while the federal allowance…
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