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House approves default-inmate medical-payment formula for prisons in absence of contracts
Summary
The House passed the second substitute to HB 312 to set default payment rates for inmate medical care when no contract exists, specifying hospitals be paid 60% and physicians 65% of PEHP-contracted rates; the bill passed the House 62–7 and was sent to the Senate.
The Utah House on March 8 approved the second substitute to House Bill 312, establishing default payment rates for offender medical care when the Department of Corrections has no contract with a provider.
Representative Brey, speaking on the bill, said it "simply takes what was offered to the jails and does the same thing for the prison," explaining that if no contract exists hospitals would be paid 60% of the amount…
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