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Utah House defers bill to maintain risk-management coverage for local health departments
Summary
After extended debate about private market availability and oversight, the House moved to circle House Bill 45, which would repeal a sunset on state risk-management coverage for local health departments; sponsors argued private insurers are unavailable or inadequate and the bill was deferred for further work.
Representative Fred R. Hunsaker, sponsor of House Bill 45, told the chamber the bill would repeal a sunset provision that otherwise would terminate local health departments’ ability to remain in the state risk-management fund after July 1. "House bill 45 that deals with risk management, for the local health department," Hunsaker said in introducing the measure, describing the change as necessary to maintain coverage for districts that carry out state-mandated public-health duties.
Hunsaker and other supporters told colleagues that the private insurance market does not provide an adequate or affordable alternative.…
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