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Committee reviews multiple Department of Health rule changes, including controlled-substances scheduling and home/private care rule revisions
Summary
The Department of Health and DHS presented multiple rule updates — additions to controlled-substance schedules (including fentanyl-related and a synthetic cannabinoid), home health and private-care clarifications following Act 811, and nursing- and APRN-related changes — and each rule was reviewed by the committee without objection.
LITTLE ROCK — The Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee reviewed a package of rule updates from the Department of Health and related agencies, including proposed additions to controlled-substance schedules, revisions to home health and private care agency rules, and broad nursing and allied-professional updates tied to statutory changes.
Laura Shih, general counsel for the Department of Health, summarized the controlled-substances rule, drawing…
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