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Senate substitutes hospital assessment bill amid $154M fiscal estimate
Summary
Senate floor substituted and advanced SB166, a hospital provider assessment tied to federal matching funds; sponsor cited a $154 million figure and answered detailed questions about taxation of nonprofit hospitals and program mechanics.
The Utah Senate advanced a substituted version of SB166 on the floor after the sponsor described changes to a hospital provider assessment mechanism used to generate federal matching funds.
Sponsor Senator Hilliard, presenting the second substitute, said the measure updates an earlier framework that taxes hospitals (the entity, not patients) to draw federal matching dollars for Medicaid and related programs. "With the tax post on the hospitals and the match, it means…
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