Relating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action May 23, 2023
Floor votes · House May 5, 2023
How they voted
109–26
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 140
May 5, 2023
D
Democratic59
91% Yea
R
Republican81
67% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Amendments
2
May 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services
upper
May 9, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 8, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
Referred to Human Services
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
6 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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