Emily Schabacker

"If you do decide to put (HB 645) through, you should hold yourselves complicit in the deaths of anybody waiting for an organ transplant,” Kinsella said.

The bill creates a framework for future funding of senior and long-term care, which has endured an unprecedented financial decline since the start of the pandemic.

Since Medicaid is funded with both state and federal dollars, the federal match would raise the available funds by about $54.3 million. 

HB 590 would establish a reporting system and data collection for violence against health care workers.