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Utah House approves package of bills on autism coverage, transportation donations, tanks and codes; confirms research office director
Summary
The Utah House on Jan. 23 passed multiple measures — including making autism insurance coverage permanent, creating a transportation safety donation fund, renewing the underground storage tank program and adopting a construction-code substitute — and unanimously approved an appointment to the legislative research office.
The Utah House of Representatives on Jan. 23 moved a slate of bills through final or procedural action, sending several measures to the Senate and approving an executive appointment.
Representative Ray, sponsor of House Bill 24, told colleagues the law expanding required insurance coverage for autism has not created the cost impacts once feared and asked the chamber to strike the 2019 sunset. "It really hasn't affected anything," Representative Ray said; the House passed HB 24, 58 yeas to 14 nays, and the bill will be transmitted to the Senate.
The chamber also approved House Bill 26, a measure to create a fund to accept private donations for Utah Department of Transportation safety programs and related…
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