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Healthcare Committee, Alabama State Senate
The Healthcare Committee (formerly the Health and Human Services Committee) is a standing committee of the Alabama State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Alabama State Senate are assigned by the Committee on Assignments, consisting of the president pro tempore, the presiding officer, the senate majority leader, and three additional members appointed by the president pro tempore. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. [1][2]
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | The Committee on Healthcare, to which committee shall be referred all bills and other matters concerning the health of the people of Alabama; the operation of programs managed by the Department of Human Resources; the needs of senior citizens; welfare reform; and any other matters which affect the health care of the citizens of Alabama. The Committee on Healthcare shall not exceed 12 members.[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Healthcare Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Healthcare Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Healthcare Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Healthcare Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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Cam Ward (R) left this committee on December 07, 2020.
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Health and Human Services Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Billy Beasley | • Gerald Dial, Chair | • Harri Anne Smith | ||
| • Linda Coleman | • Jim McClendon, Vice chair | |||
| • Greg Reed, Deputy chair | ||||
| • Slade Blackwell | ||||
| • Paul Bussman | ||||
| • Tim Melson | ||||
| • Larry Stutts | ||||
| • J. T. Waggoner | ||||
| • Cam Ward | ||||
| • Tom Whatley | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Health Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Linda Coleman, Alabama Senator | • Greg Reed, Chair | • Harri Anne Smith | ||
| • Paul Bussman, Vice chair | ||||
| • Billy Beasley | ||||
| • Slade Blackwell | ||||
| • Gerald Dial | ||||
| • Cam Ward | ||||
| • J.T. Waggoner | ||||
| • Tom Whatley | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Health Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Linda Coleman, Chair | • Steve French | • Harri Anne Smith | ||
| • Larry Means, Vice chair | • Larry Dixon | |||
| • Tom Butler | ||||
| • Roger Bedford | ||||
| • Hinton Mitchem | ||||
| • Priscilla Dunn | ||||
| • Quinton Ross | ||||
| • Myron Penn | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to the Presiding Officer," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 47-b)
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to Committees," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 48)
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to Committees," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 48-12)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
