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Senate panel advances bill to put mental-health fee rules into statute
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 220 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation after the Department of Health and Welfare explained the bill would move a dormant sliding fee schedule from rule into statute, retain a 5% income cap, and preserve a requirement that no one be denied services for inability to pay.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 220 to the Senate floor with a "do pass" recommendation after a department official described the measure as a technical change to align payment rules with a new contractor model.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the…
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