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Senate advances House Bill 128 to reshape Utah's small-group insurance rules and reauthorize reform task force
Summary
Senators passed Second Substitute House Bill 128 after the sponsor outlined five changes: statewide data aggregation for small-group rating, moving actuarial review to the insurance department, trimming mandated plans for state contracts from five to four, a clause limiting federal oversight of the state exchange, and reauthorizing the Health Systems Reform Task Force.
Senators voted to pass Second Substitute House Bill 128 after its sponsor described a package of changes aimed at stabilizing small-group insurance markets and consolidating state oversight of health-reform work.
The sponsor said the bill allows statewide aggregation of small-group claim and enrollment data so carriers can set rates more accurately, shifts actuarial review authority from the Risk Adjuster Board to the state Insurance Department, and reduces the number of top plans employers must offer under state…
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