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Senate approves bill requiring legislative review before Medicaid expansion decision
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a fifth-substitute version of H.B. 391 that requires the governor to await public reports from the health care task force and a private vendor and return to the Legislature for funding approval if the state elects to expand Medicaid; the measure passed 27–0 and moves to the House.
The Utah Senate on March 13 adopted a fifth-substitute version of House Bill 391, a measure that requires the governor to make public studies from the state health care task force and a private vendor before taking a final step to expand Medicaid and to return to the Legislature for funding approval if expansion is chosen.
Sponsors said the change is procedural rather than policy. "This bill will say they need to make their findings public, before any decision's made," said Senator Weiler, who presented the substitute on the floor and described it as…
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