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Senate moves to authorize limited-supports Medicaid waiver to reach more Utahns with disabilities
Summary
Senate debate circled and later passed amendments to allow a new limited-supports waiver for people with disabilities to expand services to more families; members pressed for fiscal clarity and the bill passed the Senate and will go to the House.
Senators debated and ultimately approved legislation to authorize a limited-supports waiver that the governor's budget requested to expand services for people with disabilities.
Senator Hemmert, sponsor of Senate Bill 260, told the Senate the bill would allow the state to offer a "limited supports waiver," a service option outside the current statutory split within the comprehensive waiver, enabling earlier…
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