Why Won’t Rep. Brenda Carter Hold a Hearing on Senate Bills 530, 531 and 575?
It has been over four months since the Senate passed a package of bills (SB 530, 531 and 575) aimed at ending the Crisis in Care with bi-partisan support. These bills provided narrow solutions with a reasonable fee schedule for essential post-acute rehabilitation and long-term care services, as well as an adjustment to allow more autonomy and choice for families to provide direct care to their injured loved ones. Despite the testimony provided by providers, physicians, and family members, as well as the posthumous words of Brian Woodward, sharing the need for urgent passage, the bills have languished in the House Insurance and Financial Services Committee.
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