House Insurance Committee adopts substitute for House Bill 530 and votes substitute 'do pass'

The House Committee on Insurance adopted a House Committee substitute to House Bill 530 and then voted the substitute "do pass," the committee chair said.

The substitute — identified in committee as a House committee substitute ending in ".02c" — was offered and described by the chair as removing physicians from a rule and from the statute. "It removes physicians from the, from the rule and from the statute," the chair said while presenting the amendment for adoption.

The substitute was adopted first by voice vote. Committee discussion before the roll call was brief. Representative Thomas asked where the substitute had been distributed, saying, "Did it where, where was it distributed? I don't think I have a copy of it." Representative Waller pointed to a specific provision, saying that "on line 22 subsection 4, 334 is what refers to physicians and allows them to still being reimbursed at a different rate," identifying the committee's substantive concern about physician reimbursement under the bill as debated in committee.

After adopting the substitute, the committee moved that the House committee substitute for House Bill 530 be "voted do pass." The clerk conducted a roll-call vote that the chair summarized as 10 yeses, 2 no and 1 present. Recorded votes (as read on the roll) were: Chairman Deal — Aye; Vice Chairman Matheson — Aye; Representative Butts — No; Representative Allen — Aye; Representative Applebaum — Aye; Representative Castile — Aye; Representative Huckin — Aye; Representative Hinman — Aye; Representative Johnson — No; Representative Murphy — Aye; Representative Phelps — Aye; Representative Thomas — Present; Representative Thompson — Aye. The chair stated that, by that vote total, the substitute was voted "do pass."

With that action completed and no further business before the committee, the chair adjourned the meeting.

Notes on attribution and phrasing: discussion in committee focused narrowly on the substitute's removal of physicians from the relevant rule/statute language and on reimbursement treatment; the transcript records the distribution of the substitute (email prior to spring break) and a request by Representative Thomas to view the document in session. The transcript does not identify additional changes in the substituted text beyond the chair's description, and no external agency approvals or implementation steps were stated on the record.