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Senate health committee advances bill moving behavioral‑health fee schedule from rule into statute
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 2 20 to the Senate floor with a do‑pass recommendation after the Department of Health and Welfare said the measure would move an unused sliding fee schedule into statute, retain a 5% income cap, and preserve a no‑denial rule for inability to pay.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 2 20 to the Senate floor with a “do pass” recommendation after hearing that the measure transfers a dormant sliding fee schedule for mental‑health services from state regulation into statute.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee, “House Bill 20 20 is a bill that, the department worked with representative Erickson on on the House side and which has been voted out of that body unanimously. And it follows a similar pattern to, several bills that you've seen the department bring or provide…
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