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House passes bill to set county payments for jailed patients; amendment to use Medicare rates fails
Summary
The House passed House Bill 121 to set county payment rates for hospital and physician care of incarcerated persons (statutory default at Medicaid rates), rejecting an amendment that would have switched the default to Medicare rates after debate over county costs and fiscal uncertainty.
The Utah House on the floor passed House Bill 121, a bill setting county charges for hospital and physician services for incarcerated persons and extending a prior 2001 framework to all 29 counties, the House sponsor said. Representative Greenwood, the bill sponsor, said the change responds to litigation involving emergency-room physicians and county payment practices and will allow counties to be billed at a defined statutory rate rather than leaving payments to inconsistent local arrangements.
The bill as passed sets the statutory default payment at the state Medicaid rate for care provided to persons transported from county jails, Representative Greenwood said, and also includes payment for…
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