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House passes PIP amendment adding 'permanent impairment' with objective-findings limit
Summary
The Utah House approved an amendment to personal-injury protection law adding 'permanent impairment' alongside 'permanent disability' as a PIP threshold, and accepted Representative Stevens' amendment requiring those impairments be 'based upon objective findings.' The bill passed unanimously and was sent to the Senate.
Representative Valentine, sponsor of House Bill 15, told the House that the bill would align the personal-injury protection (PIP) statute with medical practice by adding "permanent impairment" alongside the existing threshold of "permanent disability." He said the statutory gap created a situation where retired people or non-working adults could have impairments recognized medically but not qualify under the legal definition of…
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