HB278
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Helmer |
State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc. |
Summary:
State plan for medical assistance services;fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty.
Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the stateplan for medical assistance services to include a provision for paymentof medical assistance for coverage of fertility preservation for individuals diagnosed with cancer who need treatment for that cancerthat may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility,as defined in the bill, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.The bill also establishes that it is a Class 3 felony for a healthcare provider to provide assisted conception treatment to a patientand use the health care provider's own gamete without the writtenconsent of the patient.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/6/2024 - Committee substitute printed 24106964D-H1 2/6/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/6/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources 2/7/2024 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) 2/13/2024 - Left in Appropriations
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Related Bills:
SB333 (Salim) - State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc.
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Health and Human Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
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HB453
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Callsen |
Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. |
Summary:
Kinship foster care; barrier crimes.
Allows local boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approve kinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted of certain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible for approval as a kinship foster care parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanor assault and battery convictions not involving a minor if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction. The bill directs the State Board of Social Services to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective no later than September 1, 2024.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/6/2024 - Enrolled 3/6/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB453ER) 3/6/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB453ER) 3/6/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/27/2024 - Reading of amendments waived 2/27/2024 - Committee amendments agreed to 2/27/2024 - Engrossed by Senate as amended 2/27/2024 - Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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HB499
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Cohen |
Medicaid waivers; program rule modifications. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Medicaid Waivers; program rule modifications.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to modify the program rules for certain Medicaid waivers to eliminate the requirement that certain visits for individuals enrolled in Family and Individual Support Waivers, Community Living Waivers, Building Independence Waivers, and CCC Plus Waivers be conducted face-to-face.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
1/23/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB499) 2/1/2024 - House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered 2/1/2024 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) 2/1/2024 - Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations 2/6/2024 - Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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HB577
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Runion |
Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allow for support coordinators to request and subsequently obtain approval of consecutive waiver slot-retention requests for a period of up to 365 calendar days for individuals who have been assigned a Developmental Disability waiver slot. Current regulations allow for four consecutive 30-day slot-retention extensions. The bill sunsets on June 30, 2026, and is identical to SB 610.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/29/2024 - Enrolled 2/29/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB577ER) 2/29/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB577ER) 2/29/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/22/2024 - Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 1-A) 2/23/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) 2/26/2024 - Read third time 2/26/2024 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 3/3/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB610 (Suetterlein) - Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date.
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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HB594
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Sickles |
State plan for medical assistance services; payment for certified community health workers. |
Summary:
State plan for medical assistance services;certified community health workers; work group.
Directs the Departmentof Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medicalassistance services to include a provision for payment for services provided by certified community health workers. The bill directsthe Department to convene a work group of stakeholders to designthe certified community health worker services benefit and to seekfederal approval through a state plan amendment to implement thebenefit.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/6/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/6/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources 2/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB594H1) 2/7/2024 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) 2/13/2024 - Left in Appropriations
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Related Bills:
SB615 (Pillion) - Medicaid- & CHIP-enrolled beneficiaries; DMAS shall convene work group to design services benefits.
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Health and Human Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
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HB620
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Price |
Medical assistance services; payment for essential hygiene products. |
Summary:
Medical assistance services; payment for essentialhygiene products.
Directs the State Board of Health to includea provision for payment of medical assistance for the purchase of essential hygiene products in the state plan for medical assistanceservices.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
1/9/2024 - Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services 1/17/2024 - Assigned sub: Social Services 1/29/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB620) 2/1/2024 - Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 2/6/2024 - Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025
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HB855
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Hernandez |
Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year. |
Summary:
State Department of Social Services; Home Energy Assistance Program.
Authorizes the State Department of Social Services to allow applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program to be submitted over an application period that provides adequate time for individuals to apply and is extended beyond the current application period subject to the availability of adequate funding.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB855ER) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/27/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB855ER) 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/6/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 3/6/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24108808D-S1 3/6/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB855S1 3/6/2024 - Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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HB908
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Shin |
Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial eligibility. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistances Services; financial eligibility standards for certain waivers providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the financial eligibility standards for individuals receiving services under the Family and Individual Support Waiver, Community Living Waiver, and Building Independence Waiver (the DD Waivers). The bill requires the Department, when determining financial eligibility for the DD Waivers, to disregard any Social Security Disability Insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income as determined by the U.S. Social Security Administration; however, such Social Security Disability Insurance income shall not be disregarded for purposes of determining an individual's patient pay obligation. The bill also requires the Department to (i) analyze the implications of such amendments to the financial eligibility standards for individuals under the DD waivers, which shall include a determination of the costs and the number of individuals who would benefit from such amendments and (ii) report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 676.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB908ER) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 4/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB908ER)
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/5/2024 - Reading of amendment waived 3/5/2024 - Committee amendment agreed to 3/5/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB908S1 3/5/2024 - Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB676 (Ebbin) - Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial eligibility.
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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HB909
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Shin |
1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amdmts., prog. modifications. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to seek federal authority through the necessary state plan amendments under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers to (i) modify the 40-hour-per-week work limit to allow legally responsible individuals with more than one waiver-receiving child to receive reimbursement for 40 hours of work per week per child receiving a waiver; (ii) eliminate the requirement that, in order for a legally responsible individual to receive reimbursement for personal care services, no one else be available to provide services to the member; and (iii) modify the program rules to allow a legally responsible individual or stepparent to be the employer of record. The bill directs DMAS to evaluate the possibility of allowing for respite services under certain 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers and submit its recommendations, cost estimate, and methodology used for obtaining the cost estimate to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 488.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 4/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB909ER)
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/5/2024 - Senate requested conference committee 3/7/2024 - Conferees appointed by Senate 3/7/2024 - Senators: Favola, Boysko, Head 3/8/2024 - Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President
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Health and Human Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
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HB1021
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Wilt |
Community services boards, local; waiver usage flexibility. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; waiver usage flexibilityfor local community services boards.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allowlocal community services boards the discretion to convert allocatedCommunity Living waivers to Family and Individual Support waiversand Building Independence waivers if the Community Living waiversare not being utilized and will not be utilized in the foreseeablefuture. The bill requires DMAS to seek any necessary federal approvalsto effectuate this modification through the submission of a stateplan for medical assistance services amendment to the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/6/2024 - Committee substitute printed 24107172D-H1 2/6/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/6/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources 2/7/2024 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) 2/13/2024 - Left in Appropriations
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Health and Human Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
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HB1282
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Wilt |
1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments, program rule. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to seek to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers to eliminate the requirement that in order for a legally responsible individual to receive reimbursement for personal care services, no one else be available to provide such services to the Medicaid member. This bill was incorporated into HB 1318.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
1/10/2024 - Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services 1/23/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB1282) 1/23/2024 - Assigned sub: Social Services 2/1/2024 - Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1318-Cole) 2/6/2024 - Incorporated by Health and Human Services (HB1318-Cole)
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Related Bills:
HB1318 (Cole) - 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments, program rule.
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1318-Cole)
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HB1318
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Cole |
1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments, program rule. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home andCommunity-Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments;program rule modifications.
Directs the Department of MedicalAssistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices to seek to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c) Homeand Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers to eliminate the requirementthat in order for a legally responsible individual to receive reimbursementfor personal care services, no one else be available to provide suchservices to the Medicaid member. This bill incorporates HB 1282.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/12/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) 3/5/2024 - Enrolled 3/5/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER) 3/5/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB1318ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/22/2024 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 2/27/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 2/27/2024 - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) 2/28/2024 - Read third time 2/28/2024 - Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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Related Bills:
HB1282 (Wilt) - 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments, program rule.
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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HB1423
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Cole |
Home care services; publication of information. |
Summary:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; publicationof information related to home care services.
Directs the Departmentof Medical Assistance Services to annually publish on its website the average hourly payment rates for home care services for eachtype of service provided. The bill also requires the Department topublish the total number of Medicaid-paid home care claims and thenumber of Medicaid enrollees who received home care services in theprior year.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/29/2024 - Enrolled 2/29/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1423ER) 2/29/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB1423ER) 2/29/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/22/2024 - Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) 2/23/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) 2/26/2024 - Read third time 2/26/2024 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 3/3/2024 - Signed by President
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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