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Committee questions emergency contracting and considers moving sickle-cell commission services under Health Department
Summary
Members flagged an earlier emergency renewal for the Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, criticized self-declared emergency meetings, and the sunset committee recommended routing administrative services to the Department of Health when the board's authorization is renewed.
Leah J. Wiggins, a commissioner with the Alabama Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, asked the committee to approve a renewal of the commission's administrative-services contract with no increase. During discussion, a committee member challenged the prior use of an "emergency" contract for that renewal and announced proposed legislation…
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