Today is hump day.
The twentieth legislative day of the forty day session came and went rather quickly with only five items making it to the floor for member consideration. Looking at healthcare, House lawmakers took up HB 355. This payment system mimics the one used to pay assisting physicians, and would go only to those RNFAs who contract their services independently. Members saw this as a positive step that could decrease medical costs since RNFAs could be used in some cases instead of an assisting physician, and so the bill passed by a vote of 168-0. The environment also drew some consideration this morning as HB 261 was passed by a vote of 162-1.