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Committee advances bill to codify mental‑health fee cap while keeping services available regardless of ability to pay
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 220 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after hearing the Department of Health and Welfare describe a move of a fee schedule from rule into statute while keeping a 5% income cap and a prohibition on denying services for inability to pay.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 220 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a brief presentation and discussion.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee the bill transfers provisions from department rule into statute to reflect that mental‑health services are now provided by a contractor under the Magellan contract that began July 1. "We have in regulation a basically a dormant fee schedule ... and nobody's been paying anything since 2020, but we…
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