The CBHC team is please to share the 2019 Legislative Review with our members. There are a few remaining bill that we’ve highlighted that have yet to be signed, so this document will continue to be finalized to reflect final actions by the Governor.
View the document HERE.
This review doesn’t highlight all of the bills we tracked. For the master list, please refer to our tracking slate HERE.
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