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Senate approves bill to preserve University Hospital referral access after pitched floor debate
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 280 on Feb. 22, 1994, a measure aimed at preventing preferred‑provider networks from excluding state‑affiliated hospitals such as the University of Utah Hospital; a broader amendment to extend protections to all providers failed on the floor.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Feb. 22 passed Senate Bill 280, a measure intended to protect referrals to the University of Utah Hospital and other state‑affiliated medical training facilities while leaving insurers and health plans room to set contract terms.
Sponsor Lane Beatty, the bill’s floor manager, said the measure was prompted by shifts in insurer contracting that threaten the University of Utah’s referral base and the hospital’s teaching and indigent‑care missions. “If they are excluded, it’s going to do one of two things: it will either force them to have to close down or it’s going to take a great deal of additional state tax dollars to support that facility,” Beatty said during floor debate.
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