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House approves temporary hospital provider assessment to shore up Medicaid funding
Summary
The Utah House passed substitute House Bill 204, a temporary hospital provider assessment sponsors say will generate roughly $36 million with federal match for the Medicaid program and includes intent language to protect certain mental-health referral practices and a sunset date of June 30, 1995.
The Utah House on the floor approved substitute House Bill 204, a temporary hospital provider assessment intended to replace prior voluntary hospital contributions and preserve Medicaid funding.
Sponsor Representative Vincent Valentine described the bill as “a temporary assessment” that would “yield $36,000,000 to our Medicaid system with the federal match,” and said it was designed to stabilize rising Medicaid costs and reduce emergency-room reliance…
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