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Senate advances patient-brokering ban for substance-use treatment
Summary
The Senate moved House Bill 14 forward after sponsor testimony that the measure addresses national and local concerns about companies steering vulnerable patients into treatment for profit; the clerk reported 27 yeas and the bill advanced to third reading.
The Utah Senate advanced House Bill 14, a measure aimed at outlawing or restricting "patient brokering" — practices in which third parties refer or steer people seeking substance use disorder treatment to specific programs for payment. Senator Davis, the sponsor on the floor, said the bill grew from state-level task-force work and national attention and described support from local treatment providers, advocacy groups and a major insurer.
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