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Utah Senate extends hospital provider assessment to preserve federal matching funds
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to reauthorize a hospital provider assessment through 2019 to preserve access to federal matching funds; supporters said letting it lapse would shift costs to private insurance or the state general fund, while at least one lawmaker called it a choice between bad options.
The Utah Senate voted to reauthorize the hospital provider assessment, extending the program’s sunset to 2019, the chamber announced during its floor session. Sponsors and supporters said the assessment allows hospitals to access federal matching dollars and that failing to extend it would lead to higher private insurance premiums or increased state general-fund costs.
A sponsor from the Health and Human Services Committee…
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