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Utah House passes access-to-health-care bill after heated debate over charity immunity and dependent coverage
Summary
The House approved House Bill 130, a package to expand primary-care clinics, require insurer comparisons and extend continuation coverage; a Jones amendment to extend dependent coverage to age 26 failed amid cost and mandate concerns.
The Utah House passed House Bill 130 on Feb. 23 by a vote of 63 to 8, sending the access-to-health-care package to the Senate for further consideration.
Representative Beverly Ann Evans, sponsor of House Bill 130, described the measure as a multi-part effort to expand primary-care clinics for low-income Utahns, require the insurance commission to develop two model plans for price-and-value comparisons, create uniform claims processing aligned with national initiatives, bar discrimination between classes of providers, extend continuation of benefits from two to six months at the employee’s cost, and require practitioners to disclose financial…
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