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Committee passes Public Health Readiness Act to improve medical equipment repair access
Summary
The Public Health Readiness Act (Senate Bill 332) would require manufacturers to provide diagnostic tools, documentation, parts and software to independent repair providers for equipment used by Arkansas medical facilities on fair and reasonable terms; hospital engineers and HVAC/biomedical technicians testified about pandemic‑era repair delays and patient‑safety impacts.
Senate Bill 332, the Public Health Readiness Act, would require manufacturers supplying Arkansas medical facilities to make available to independent repair providers necessary diagnostic tools, documentation, parts and service software on fair and reasonable terms. Sponsor Senator Missy Irvin said the bill is narrowly tailored to medical‑facility equipment…
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