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Senate adopts amendment setting standard rates for emergency care of incarcerated persons; advances House Bill 121 to third reading
Summary
Senators adopted Amendment 4 to House Bill 121, establishing reimbursement standards for health-care facilities and emergency-room physicians treating county inmates and advanced the amended bill to the third-reading calendar after debate over unpaid past claims.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28 adopted an amendment to House Bill 121 that establishes a uniform reimbursement standard for health-care providers who treat incarcerated persons, and then voted to advance the amended bill to the third-reading calendar.
The amendment, offered in Senator Bell’s name and adopted by voice vote, sets reimbursement for health-care facilities at the non‑capitated state Medicaid rate and sets an agreed standard for emergency-room physicians at 65% of the amount that PEHP would pay in Salt Lake County. "This amendment ... establishes that for a healthcare facility, the…
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