“I think it’s important that this bill is a law because an administrative order can be changed just as quickly as a stroke of a pen,” said Sen. April Weaver.
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Kandace Brown is using her own frustrating experience as a way to spearhead change: “We’ll do whatever we can to protect these moms.” “I had no choice,” said Brown. “She cannot eat without me and I couldn’t understand the entire time how they couldn’t understand that.”
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