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Senate committee advances bill moving mental‑health fee rules into statute, retains 5% cap
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 2020 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after the Department of Health and Welfare said the bill moves a dormant sliding‑scale fee schedule from regulation into statute, retains a 5% income cap and preserves a guarantee that inability to pay will not bar services.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 2020 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after the Department of Health and Welfare told the panel the bill would move a dormant sliding‑scale fee schedule from regulation into statute, retain a 5% cap on income for client payments and explicitly preserve that no one will be denied services for inability to pay.
The change is intended to make the fee structure easier for contractors to administer now that the state no longer…
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