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Intern Bailey Davis briefs committee on right-to-repair proposals for medical devices; members request state comparisons

Brevard House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development · March 28, 2026
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Summary

Bailey Davis, a committee intern from Norwich University, summarized right-to-repair provisions for medical devices (citing Vermont H 1 60 and state examples), calling for OEM access to service documentation and parts and warning about software locks that block third-party repairs.

Bailey Davis, introduced herself to the committee as a committee intern from Norwich University and presented on right-to-repair rules for medical devices during the March 27 meeting of the Brevard House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development.

Davis said the central feature of the medical-device right-to-repair concept is requiring equipment manufacturers to provide hospitals and independent technicians the same service documentation, replacement parts and diagnostic tools that manufacturers supply to their own service staff. She described the problem most commonly as a…

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