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Senator Missy Irvin opened the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, explained ethics-reporting procedures for conflicts of interest (reports to Mr. Price), noted committee handouts from the Department of Workforce Services on demand occupations, and confirmed committee rules adopted at the prior meeting.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee considered multiple health-related bills including funding to pursue National Cancer Institute designation for UAMS, amendments to the Safe Haven Act to allow baby boxes, mandatory newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy, a proposal to require abortion-complication reporting, and technical changes to ABLE accounts. Several bills passed out of committee; SB3 was discussed but not voted pending fiscal details.
