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House advances bill to allow continuous CHIP enrollment, ban denials for preexisting conditions
Summary
The House passed First Substitute House Bill 3 26 to let eligible children enroll continuously in the Children's Health Insurance Program and bar denial based on diagnosis or preexisting conditions; sponsors said funding and nonlapsing balances and federal matching will support the change.
Representative Greg Curtis introduced First Substitute House Bill 3 26 to remove enrollment caps for Utah's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and to prohibit denial of enrollment based on diagnosis or preexisting conditions. "[A] may not be denied enrollment due to a diagnosis or preexisting condition," Curtis said, summarizing the bill language and the department restriction on closing enrollment when a child is otherwise eligible. He described the change as shifting CHIP from episodic…
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