AHBA Members Let me kick off February report by thanking all Executive Officers helping me at the state association learn the task necessary to perform this job. Please know I will continue to lean on each of you and “yes” ask basic elementary questions. Please know I have attempted to write this report at least five times starting the first of March. However, the current state of legislative issues have literally consumed my time. Friday or Monday each have been receiving an Legislative update so for the most part I will not repeat what has already been written. The latest is HB1158 is sort of not going anywhere. HB2001 has been written to sort of override that bill and it is just as bad or worse. I will speak against this bill. There is a new bill HB1729 that is approximately 37 pages long which outlines each agency and when that agency needs to come before a review committee. In other words our licensing board would come before some committee to validate
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