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House passes HB171 to let legally resident immigrant children enroll in CHIP and Medicaid without a five‑year wait
Summary
HB171, sponsored by Rep. Holdaway, would use a federal waiver to remove the five‑year waiting period so legally resident immigrant children can access CHIP/Medicaid immediately; sponsors cited federal matching funds and estimated about 800 children could be covered. The House passed the bill 50–23.
The Utah House on March 6 approved HB171, which would allow legally resident immigrant children to enroll in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid without the current five‑year waiting period by using a federal waiver.
Sponsor Representative Holdaway told the chamber the bill is intended to cover an estimated 800 legally resident immigrant children who are already here through legal channels, and that a revised fiscal note indicated about $391,600 in state money (down from an earlier $485,000…
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