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Representative introduces code-cleanup repeal for county medical program
Summary
Rep. Jordan Redmond asked the committee to introduce RS 33,166, a technical repeal that removes the final statutory section of a county medical program previously repealed in 2022; Representative McCann raised concerns about removing authority that could make future reinstatement more difficult.
Representative Jordan Redmond introduced RS 33,166 and said the measure is intended as housekeeping to remove a statutory provision for a county medical program that no longer exists.
"The purpose of this legislation is to repeal the last section of the County Medical Engine Program, which no longer exists," Redmond said, adding that the program was repealed in 2022 and counties requested the cleanup. Representative McCann said she was "really concerned if these issues get shoved back onto our counties" and warned that removing the section could make it harder to reinstate indigency funds later.
Redmond replied that the repeal is a final step to align code with the program's prior repeal and that counties asked for the change. The committee voted to introduce RS 33,166; the motion carried and the petition was introduced to the record.
Next steps: RS 33,166 was introduced for future consideration; no fiscal or implementation details were discussed beyond Redmond's statement that this is a county-requested code cleanup.
