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House approves bill to eliminate hospital assessment if tobacco settlement funds flow; sponsors say CHIP preserved
Summary
House passes HB284 to sunset the hospital assessment that funds part of CHIP if tobacco settlement money becomes available; debate centered on whether hospitals would lower charges and whether CHIP funding would remain intact.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House approved House Bill 284 on Feb. 16 to eliminate a hospital assessment—described on the floor as a "sick tax" passed on to patients—if tobacco settlement funds become available to replace that revenue in funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Representative Dayton, the bill sponsor, said HB284 does not dismantle CHIP. ‘‘This bill does not address the CHIP program. The CHIP program will be in place, and it will be funded…
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