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Local health leader reaction to Senate Bill 5 veto override
Public health leaders are sharing their disappointment at the override veto vote on Senate Bill 5.
Posted: May 12, 2021 10:26 PM
Updated: May 13, 2021 6:36 PM
Posted By: Anna Darling
TIPPECANOE, FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, Ind. (WLFI) - Public health leaders are sharing their disappointment at the override veto vote on Senate Bill 5. 
As we previously reported, Governor Eric Holcomb vetoed the bill. However, the state legislature reconvened on Monday and voted to override that veto.
The bill makes it so that health departments must get approval from county commissioners to make any kind of public health mandate. It makes it so that local health orders can t supersede a state health order, and it makes it so county health officers must be appointed by county commissioners. ....

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