The Committee on Health and Human Resources met this afternoon. Three bills were on the markup and passage stage, and one was on the committee hearing stage.
Markup & Passage
House Bill 4602 establishes a pilot program to support caseworker administrative tasks with technology and human caseworker aide services, increasing the frequency and timeliness of caseworker interactions with children and families served by caseworkers within the Department of Human Services.
House Bill 4852 adds a definition for “poisonous or injurious to health” for the section of code relating to pure food and drugs.
House Bill 5096 removes personal care services and intellectual developmental disabilities services from the certificate of need.
Committee Hearing
Senate Bill 210 cleans up code relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability to reflect the changes in the department split to the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Health Facilities.
