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Committee advances a package of health measures: oversight, pharmacy protections, parity and cancer screening
Summary
The committee approved a set of health-related measures by voice vote: HB 1192 (financial reporting and oversight for DHS/DCH funds), HB 810 (substitute protecting rural pharmacies), HB 951 (parity for prosthetic coverage with updated fiscal note), HB 1211 (colorectal cancer screening coverage expansion), and two study resolutions on noncompetes and PBMs (HR 592, HR 948).
A single committee session advanced several health-related measures in quick succession, most by voice vote.
House Bill 1192 (LC520972), introduced by Chairlady Taylor in the appropriations subcommittee, directs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Community Health to provide annual reporting on state and federal funds and tasks the department commissioner with ensuring funds are allocated and used for their assigned purposes. Members emphasized the need for separable fund…
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