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Senate advances rural health-care amendments after debate over distance and credentialing
Summary
Senators advanced House Bill 216, a compromise from an interim study addressing rural health-care provider access, expanding protections for services in rural areas and changing a distance standard in committee amendment from 33 to 60 miles; the bill passed to third reading with broad support.
After extended floor discussion on Feb. 13, the Utah Senate advanced House Bill 216, a package of rural health-care provider amendments the sponsor described as the product of an interim study and stakeholder negotiations.
The sponsor said the earlier effort had tried to address both PPOs and HMOs but that the compromise this year focuses on HMOs while work…
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