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Senate advances package of bills on education, licensing and consumer protections
Summary
On Jan. 23 the Utah Senate advanced a slate of bills to the third-reading calendar, approving measures on workers' compensation medical panels, professional licensing technical fixes, highway naming and auto-franchise rules; senators debated education block-grant changes that preserve school-nurse language.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Jan. 23 moved a large group of bills forward on the second- and third-reading calendars, approving measures on worker-compensation procedures, professional licensure, municipal finance, highway designations and consumer protections.
What passed: Senate Bill 107, limiting mandatory medical panels in workers' compensation industrial-disease cases to disputed matters, passed third reading with a roll-call tally of 22 ayes and no nays. Senate Bill 109 (technical amendments to genetic-counselor…
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