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Utah House Approves Health Reform Measures; HB165, HB188 and HB331 Move to Senate After Floor Debate
Summary
The Utah House passed several health-reform measures Feb. 18: First Substitute HB165 (administrative simplification) passed 72-0; First Substitute HB188 (insurance-market reforms, portal and risk-adjuster) passed with recorded tally 64-4 (transcript contains a bill-numbering anomaly; vote applies to HB188); Second Substitute HB331 (state-contract insurer coverage incentives) passed 58-12. Debate included amendments, concerns about limited-benefit plans and risk sharing.
The Utah House spent much of its Feb. 18 floor session debating and voting on a package of health-reform measures aimed at administrative simplification, market transparency and incentives for employer-provided coverage.
First Substitute House Bill 165, described by the sponsor as an administrative-simplification measure, passed the House by a recorded vote of 72-0. The bill requires clearer standards for information exchange among insurers, providers and patients; creates a demonstration project for alternative payment and delivery models; standardizes coordination-of-benefit rules (notably a birthday-month tiebreaker) and requires insurers to provide current coverage information to providers. Sponsor remarks noted the measure is not effective until July 1, 2010 for certain provisions: "It is not effective until, 07/01/2010," the sponsor said on the floor. The sponsor also told members the bill aims to reduce administrative costs that can…
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