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Committee adjusts S 193 amendment to require doctors be "available" rather than on-site 24/7
Summary
Senator Benson described a change in S 193 that removes language requiring a doctor to be physically present 24/7 at certain facilities and instead requires doctors to be available 24/7 when individual patient programs demand in-person coverage; the committee noted draft 4.1 contains the revised language on page 2, lines 8–10.
The Senate Institutions committee moved on to an amendment to S 193 and discussed a change made that morning to on-site medical-staffing language.
Senator Benson told the committee the earlier draft had required a doctor to be "present 24 hours a day" in some facilities; the revised language replaces…
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