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Committee reports a slate of health and human services bills, mostly unanimous or near-unanimous

Health and Human Services Oversight Committee ยท February 25, 2026

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Summary

The Health & Human Services Oversight Committee reported a package of bills (including updates to 2-1-1, audit standards, juvenile oversight disclosures, hospice referral pathways, an all-payer claims database cleanup, service-animal clarifications, and death-certificate fixes); most passed by unanimous voice or near-unanimous roll calls.

The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee advanced numerous measures on a do-pass basis during its session.

Votes at a glance: House Bill 4,248 (regulating THC drinkables under the three-tier liquor system) reported do-pass, 9-0; HB 38,49 (OCCY mentoring language) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 4,095 (2-1-1 collaborative reaffirmation) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 43,02 (juvenile oversight disclosure PCS) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 33,42 (Medicaid audit reforms) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 33,42 (work on provider audit standards) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 36,45 (alternate hospice referral pathway) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 36,47 (all-payer claims database) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 39,30 (service-animal statute) reported do-pass, 10-2; HB 39,31 (death certificate cleanup) reported do-pass, 12-0; HB 18,18 (social-work licensing) reported do-pass as amended, 12-0; HB 43,36 (pain-management definitions) reported do-pass, 12-0.

Several bills were discussed only briefly and passed without debate; others produced substantive questions, as noted in separate articles about HB 31,94 (pregnancy resource centers), HB 33,44 (foster care), and the untimely PCS on edible labeling. Committee members signaled further drafting and stakeholder meetings on several items before possible floor consideration.