Votes at a glance: committee advances multiple health bills in executive session
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Summary
In executive session the committee adopted substitutes/amendments and advanced SB 5916, SB 5981, SB 5985, SB 6019, SB 6161 and SB 6183 with due‑pass recommendations or referrals to Rules/Ways & Means; transcripts record verbal ayes and some nays but do not provide full numeric tallies.
During an executive session on Jan. 27 the Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee considered several bills and adopted proposed substitutes or amendments before advancing the measures with due‑pass recommendations and referrals to committee or Ways & Means as recorded in the transcript.
Actions recorded in the executive session (verbal motions and committee responses are taken from the committee transcript):
- SB 5916 (non‑opioid drugs for treatment of pain): proposed substitute S‑4314.1 adopted; motion to give due‑pass recommendation to Rules was carried.
- SB 5981 (340B drug pricing program transparency): Senator Robinson’s amendment S‑4,295.2 was adopted; the amendment was rolled into a proposed substitute and the bill received a due‑pass recommendation and referral toward Ways & Means.
- SB 5985 (endometriosis online resource center): proposed substitute S‑431.1 adopted; bill moved with due‑pass recommendation.
- SB 6019 (home care rate statutes): proposed substitute S‑4,122.3 adopted; bill advanced with due‑pass recommendation.
- SB 6161 (Department of Health information on dementia): moved with due‑pass recommendation to Rules.
- SB 6183 (coverage for HIV antiviral drugs): proposed substitute S‑4243.1 adopted; bill moved with due‑pass recommendation to Rules.
The transcript records verbal 'aye' responses and occasional recorded 'nay' statements (one 'nay' is recorded during the SB 5981 amendment discussion), but does not provide numerical vote tallies. The committee noted that bills were passed 'subject to signatures.'
