Representative Charolette Wagner

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which would perhaps be important to let that happen before we go to more laws concerning

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1999, would you say they might be open to reviewing those rules and regulations,

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Robert Brick with the Department of Health. My question is, since the Department of Health deals with a variety of the things that we're discussing here, Would that be within their realm to have rules and regulations that would take care of what we're doing today or discussing here today? Or would you have to have another law, as the Senator has mentioned, in order to base your rules and regs on?

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Thank you. I appreciate your coming to the table.

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Is there anyone here, perhaps, with the Department of Health, who could help us with that? I think I

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Department of Health. I misspoke to you. Representative Wagner. Thank

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you. I'm still concerned about whether this could possibly be done through rules and regulations rather than us having to do a law.

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Health, Medical Society, any of those groups that have to do with the actual work?

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Arkansans United for Life. What about with agencies like the Department of

Meeting — March 31, 2011 (49:34)

Thank you, Madam Chair. Senator, what groups are for or against this bill, the ones that you're

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trimester abortions, and you're changing this to

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five, are you wanting to conflict with that law, or? Actually, ma'am,

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law just the other day that had to do with Representative Wilkins'

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law. If you look on page 3, line 32, I think in that particular bill he had 10 or more first

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And, you know, it's... Madam Chair, may I follow up with one more question? The other thing I wanted to ask you about, we passed a

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they have the authority to go ahead and work on their rules and regulations as they are now, as our laws are now. If

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tried to work with that group to get rules and regs changed rather than having to go through a law? DHS actually

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procedures. That's correct. They already have some, is that

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The Medical Society, they, of course, are examining their doctors and trying to be sure they are following certain guidelines. Can, even in your bill, you mention on page three, excuse me, page four, the Department of Health shall establish policies and

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thank you for that correction. Senator, what I'm concerned with, and I'm wondering about this, the Department of Health, the Medical Society, it seems that they have varying rules and regulations, or with the