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Arkansas Department of Health outlines 10 proposed bills to public-health committee

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · January 13, 2021
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ADH Secretary Jose Romero told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee the department plans roughly 10 bills this session, including hepatitis C screening in pregnancy, cancer-registry data changes, trauma-system updates and opioid-policy proposals.

Jose Romero, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that the department plans roughly 10 bills this session and offered a brief overview of their topics.

Romero said the package would include a proposal to expand hepatitis C screening during pregnancy “as a part of a program for elimination of hepatitis C,” and a change to the state cancer…

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