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Committee moves a slate of health bills forward, including foster youth fund, patient‑disclosure changes and pharmacy fixes
Summary
The committee passed or placed on consent several bills addressing foster youth accounts (HB108), the elimination of a statute of limitations for FGM prosecutions (HB139), patient disclosure and nondisclosure protections (HB164), prescription refills and substitution rules (HB264), and 340B/drug distribution technical changes (HB356).
Beyond the committee’s extended debates on HB156 and HB71, senators advanced a package of largely non‑controversial or amended health bills.
HB108: Representative Fielfia presented amendments to create secured accounts for foster youth aging out of care, proposing to set aside 50% of specified funds; the committee passed the bill unanimously to the Senate floor.
HB139: Sponsor explained the bill eliminates the four‑year…
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