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House approves $5.5 million Houghton Medicaid settlement to reimburse legal fees
Summary
The Utah House unanimously approved SJR 19 on March 9, 2011, endorsing a $5.5 million settlement in the long‑running Houghton Medicaid class-action suit that will reimburse more than 1,200 recipients for underpaid legal fees; payments are expected in July and August and mostly covered by federal funds, with remainder from the rainy‑day fund.
The Utah House on March 9 approved SJR 19, endorsing a $5.5 million settlement of the Houghton Medicaid class‑action lawsuit that will reimburse about 1,200 Medicaid recipients for underpaid legal fees.
Representative Doukoura, the House sponsor, said the settlement resolves litigation that has stretched for 16 years and has already been approved by the courts, the…
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