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Senate approves supplemental appropriations to fix school timing, restore hospital reimbursements
Summary
The Utah State Senate on a May 2009 special session approved a supplemental appropriations bill to correct minimum school program timing, restore $6.5 million toward Medicaid hospital reimbursements and fund a previously enacted payment amendment; bill passed on a broad bipartisan vote and was sent to the House and governor.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Senate on a special session in May 2009 approved a supplemental appropriations bill aimed chiefly at correcting the timing for the state’s minimum school program and softening cuts to hospital Medicaid reimbursements.
Senator Hilliard, sponsor of Senate Bill 1,004, told colleagues the legislation addresses three areas: timing corrections to the minimum school program, restoration of Medicaid hospital reimbursement rates and funding for Senate Bill 230 (a constitutional payment amendment). "First of all, I was asked the question whether this deals with federal spending money and this bill does not,"…
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