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Utah House passes health care system reform bill, sends it to Senate
Summary
The Utah House passed First Substitute House Bill 133, a multi-year framework to pursue health system reform, 72-0. The bill creates a legislative task force, includes tax-parity provisions (estimated $18 million impact) and seeks federal waivers to allow transitions between CHIP and a state UP program.
The Utah House of Representatives on the floor passed First Substitute House Bill 133, a legislative framework aimed at initiating state-led health care system reform, by a recorded vote of 72-0 and referred the measure to the Senate.
Representative Clark, the bill sponsor, described HB133 as a long-term, market-oriented plan that sets out a three-, six- and ten-year approach and identifies 16 action items to guide a legislative task force and related work. "We have 306,000 that are uninsured," Clark said during floor debate to underscore the bill's intent to include uninsured residents in the reform discussion.
Supporters said the bill does not itself overhaul every statute but establishes a strategic plan, oversight and several policy…
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