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House refines spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation fund; adds board seats and small OHV fee
Summary
HB429 modifies Utah’s Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund: it clarifies the fund name, adds family-member representation on the board, and adds a $0.50 OHV/ATV registration surcharge to provide additional funds for rehabilitation. Sponsor said the fund is a payer of last resort; the House passed the first substitute 44–29.
Representative Hutchings described House Bill 429 as an enhancement to an existing rehabilitation fund for spinal cord and brain injury patients. Key floor points included removing the word "traumatic" from the fund’s name to distinguish it from a similarly named fund focused on…
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