04/09/2026 03:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

Senate Health and Social Services Committee · April 9, 2026

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Call to order and agenda

Announcement

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Chair Dunbar called the Senate Health and Social Services Committee to order, noted a quorum and announced the day's single agenda item: a second hearing on SB 281 (health care compacts / rural health program).

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The Senate Health and Social Services Committee held a second hearing on SB 281 on April 9, 2026, hearing testimony from licensing and health officials about joining interstate professional licensure compacts and updates on implementing the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Officials said joining compacts could preserve a $272,000,000 federal award and detailed application, review, and transparency plans for nearly 1,800 letters of interest for RHTP funding.

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